Dekalb High School - Kalibre Yearbook (Dekalb, IL)

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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

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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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Our next stop wrll be Mr L C Colvln s commerclal geography class The arm 1n teachrng commerclal geography IS to grve the pupll a lcnowl edge of mans relatronshlp to the earth, srnce man rs a trader and the earths surface IS a place for hrm to carry on commerce and mdustry Th1s commerclal study talces ln a wlcle range of subjects It teaches the puplls to be more observant of the economlc and commercral conclrtron and to talce a greater rnterest 1n the HBCIOH s problems It places before them the possrbllrtles for surtable vocatlons founcl rn agr1cultural, rndustrral, and commercral Helds Thls course of study also stresses what the Unltecl States produce 1n 1n dustrlal lmes, and nts relatronshrp to the rest of the world, brmg1ng 1n the fact that each one of us contrlbutes somethlng Page Twenty erglvt O04 X. IST ROXX Clayton Adkins Ralph Conners Human Louis Rrdulph ZND RONX' Anna Branch: Harold Cool: Roy Kalavas Leo Smith ZRD ROW oe Bianchi Daisy Eastwood acl: Lelfhelt Lors Sohne 4TH ROW jessre Brakey Joe Gosnell Herbert Plapp Everett Swanson 5TH ROW Wrllram Carr Margery Griffin Dorothy Lehman Andrew Papas 6TH ROW Robert Jacobs Hart Maryorle Rich Edward Webster 7TH ROW Delbert Worrell Clyde Holdrndge Laurxe Koslcl Gene Wrldey Mr L C Covln r, . 1' . . . Q 'l- . , . - . . .1 . , - . - .I i. Y - . 'f . ' 1 1 -lee , 7 ' ' TJ . '.q . ,'- ,J ' . .V . 1 . . . lg .Jog I . - , WC' Y