Dekalb High School - Kalibre Yearbook (Dekalb, IL)

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IL'-'J IST ROW Mary Fisher ,lane Fletcher Ann Thorne ZND ROW Imogene Byerly Ruth Hector Margery Griffin Phyllxs Lyons 3RD ROW Salma Lahti Edxth Youngren Linnea Swanson Evelyn Mosl er 4TH ROW Elma arvx Mane Harding Laurie Koslu Gene Wxld ey Carl Swanson Miss Mma Bearhope Our next stop IS at Mxss Mma Bearhopes second year shorthand class We are told that the mam purpose of the course IS to prepare the students for business posltxons, the de partment standards exactly COlI1CldlI1g wlth the standards used 1n the modern busmess world The goal to which the shorthand students aspire IS to be able to talce dlctatxon from elghty to one hundred words a mmute, dependmg upon the length and dxlhculty of the copy Miss Bearhope states that she en deavors to worlc 1nt0 her course IH formation about ofhce machlnes that are used m th1s localxty, and several lessons on busmess ethlcs so that the student wxll be able to Hr hlmself for the job m questlon wlthout dlfllculty IST ROW Nxck Arhus Margarer Gare lyn Mosher ZND ROW Muse Madgelme Belts Imogene Byerly Cath ryn Gustafson G e n Wildey Gerald Hickey ZRD ROW An Ko vacevxch Amelia Tepo uch Dorothy Enxch Molly Mabel G l a d y s Sehree Victory ackson 4TH R O ll Perry Stefani Rodney Wrlght Irene Hyre Irene Chape lonls Anna Blanch! 0 Gosnell Carl Swanson Miss Madgcllne Belts Crash' Bang' Clangl We round the corner and upon hearmg a bedlam of deafenmg no1s wc conclude that we must be ln the reglon of the typmg room As we enter the room, we hear Mxss Belts saylng, Wrlte and as we notlce every student slt up straight and ln a rather frenzxed manner start to type, we gather that the class IS being gxven a tlme test In our COHVCFSBIIOH wxth Mlss Belts, we learn that these five mmute txme tests are gxven on an average of every other day Later m the year the tests are increased to ten mmutes in length Aslde from developlng speed and accuracy ln typmg stralght copy, the students also learn some rhmg about busmess and letter wrxtmg As our five mmutes are up and M155 Belts lS busy explammg some phase of busmess letter wrlt mg to the class, we declded to talce our leave Page Twcniy ,wx 9 1 , , , I I ' I I X ' . . l ' ' . G l J . . , ' - ' . A . . O 21777 ' l . ' S. Chauncy Watson, Eve- , 9 . ' Y ,I V . . 5 ' , .V J e . , . . . , A . . R . ,, . 1 I - ,

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Another 3b Engllsh class, that we shall v1s1t thls mornmg, IS bemg taught by MISS Dorothy Bordwell These stu dents, who, th1s semester, are read1ng the llterature of the Anglo Saxon perxod and the Pur1tan and Restora t1on per1od 1nclus1ve, next semester, durmg the first sxx weeks, wrll read the l1terature of the elghteenth century and of the age of Romantxclsm Contmumg the1r readlng rn Ad ventures zn Englzsfv Literature, jumors w1ll find the poetry and prose of the VICIOFIHH age extremely outstandmg After the ltterature of th1s perxod of stuffy grandness w1ll come the study of the development of the novel The student of Engllsh llterature wlll read, as the semester closes, the twentleth century l1terature the lltera ture of a compllcated age Creatlve wr1t1ng IS done throughout the semester Mlss Etta Larson IST ROW Wlllram Terw1ll1ger Torvo Luoma ZND ROW Delbert Worrell Jack Renwrck Orville Mosher Albert Worrell Davrd Bush 3RD ROW Lorraxne Sanderson W anda Sal kawske Helen Hayes Donald Davrs 4TH ROW Alvern Hetland Janette Rowe Eleanor Flood 5TH ROW Walter Huhta Erro Mtchelson George Laube Mxss Dorothy Bord we 6TH ROW Donald Fuller 7TH IQOLFU Bill Athls Margery Rich Verna Ry an er Miss Dorothy Bordwell we find she tells Roundmg the corner, we come to the end of the hall and Mlss Etta Larson s room In our conversation wrth MISS Larson us some mterestmg facts concernxng her economlcs class flch life posstble Man has many wants, sp1r1tual, aesthetic and materxal The must nnclude the satxsfacnon of all to as great a degree as Economlcs IS the study of the way 1n wh1ch man seelcs to S3I1SfY h1s mater1al wants, or, more slmply, If IS a study of the way ln whtch man works for a l1v1ng The richer and more var1ed hrs l1v1ng, 1n so far as the sat1sfact1on of materlal wants IS concerned, the better IS the economlc system wh1ch supplles hrs wants It IS only through a study of and a thorough understandxng of tts fundamental laws, that sorely needed correcnves may be dlscovered and applred 1n order that the economlc organlzatlon may better fulfill 1ts purpose IST ROW Helen Hope ZND ROW Howard Wxlson Elmer Maukams George Kahxlus Alxda Fmnestad Floyd Boyes BRD ROW Donald Prentice Marvrn Moore Fern Klvell Edward Galla gher Marvin Cochran 4TH ROW Lucllle Pyhperh ur Elmle Robert Splck Robert Doro thy Evans Robert Hooker eanetre Boardman Phxlllp Grotewohl M155 Etta Larson Nrck Peshut Talml Lahti Hazel Graham Coultas STH ROW Anna Sakalouskr Wamlo Donald Wennlund Brll Leutbecker Hlland Clara Dann 6TH Row Barbara erman Leonard Marshall Earl Donahue Pottenger Woodrow Royalty Mlldred Lucas Page Twenty ive ' ' 1 , . . h - , . , . , . . e .V , T 1 v - , . ' 1 v - 1 v 1 v s ' Il. - . . . ,, ., 1 . - , . . . N . .... . . R ' X 77 7 ' ' I -T ' ' u 1 v ' . . J , K K Z, . -

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Next we meander into MISS Irma Wlttkes hrst year French class We hear varlous puplls enthus'ast1cally en deavorxng to pronounce what they tell us are phonetics Upon rnqulry we learn that these cur1ous ammals are no less than sounds and pronunclat ons of the language In our conversation with Mlss Wlttke we learn that thls course IS devoted prmclpally to the study of French grammar, together wxth lrfe and language of the French people The pupxls also read short French SIOFICS ThlS glves them pract1ce 1n determm mg whether or not they can apply the grammar whxch they have learned ,- ,L ' 'XI J IST ROW Harriet Wedherg Loul 4' ohnson Kathryn ohnson 'ND ROW Allen Davy Lucille Pvprr Dorothx O B men Caroyln Hay ERD ROXX Helen Shxpman essr- Allen Nlarlon Halverson Phyllis L u h ck r Rlch-1 u Dearrh Ml s lrmn J Wfxttke ffl 'X 'X f l if qi JXANX KIXXQ f VAN fl xl ll I M' X MZ Y. Page Twenty :even . . 3 r f 1 - 1 Qt ' 77 - - .. -i 1-P- .J..' '. ' .1 I1-tee. f' Meier. 4TH ROW-john Xwlllry. Herbert Jenks, Lester Cartwright. LRvw Nt 9 Q-' V fl l :ff l L f 'Y l , A K ,X l