Downers Grove North High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Downers Grove, IL)

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FACULTY Mrs.Ethelyn M Ph»ot«rs Mr. J. Frank RiddUsburger Min Vivian Vifquain INDUSTRIAL ARTS DEPARTMENT To train Craftsmen in the making Downers lias a fine Industrial Arts program which includes sewing and cooking for the girls, and shop and printing for the boys. Their aim is to prepare those who show aptitude for the manual arts. Under Miss Vivian Vifquain, besides dexterity with the needle, girls learn the wisdom of the sages, and know that Emerson said, “When you throw mud at somelxnly else, you’re the one who’s losing ground. Homemaking, under Mrs. Ethelyn McPheeters, prepares girls for the responsibility of running a house- hold, and includes cooking, furnishing, and even budgeting. We often marvel at the beautiful woodworking done by the students of Mr. Kenneth I-age, who turn out polished cedar chests, and tables, and chairs. They often start with tie-racks, corner shelves, and lamp bases, which shows the extent of training. Training for future draftsmen is provided by Mechanical Drawing under the supervision of Mr. William Cleveland. Printing, under Mr. Donovan Ingles, is a class which puts their skill to service for the school. Those little blue tardy slips are products of room 115. as are the programs for all school productions, and tickets for the dances. Besides the training they receive, both girls and boys find the Industrial Arts interesting and fun, a credit to these fine teachers.

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...to teach us appreciation of our cultural heritage To product well-educated graduates, a school should offer art and music courses, and Downers Grove has exceptionally fine departments for these subjects. In art classes. Miss Dickson's students study basic principles of sketching and painting, as well as more advanced silk screen and poster work. They put their knowledge to work in service for the school in various ways, such as making scenery for the plays. In the three music departments, besides stimula- tion of interest in instrumental and vocal music, students are taught to work together in productions. Both local and tournament concerts highlight the year for Band and Orchestra, while the choruses perform for community affairs, and produce a Christmas pro- gram. In the Spring, the vocal music department pre- sented the operetta, 'The Vagabond King”.

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our hands and build our bodies This year Miss Heller and Miss Krajewski directed the girl's physical education program. Its purpose is to give the girls a chance for active partici- pation and good posture through team sports, stunts and dancing. PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Junior girls are required to pass the Standard Course in American Red Cross First Aid. while Senior girls take the Red Cross Home Nursing Course. On the other hand those crimson-faced, panting boys whom we find completing a weary lap around the track are probably the losers of a gym class compe- tition. Under the direction of Mr. Guy Wellman, and Mr. Jim Stahl, the lx vs physical education classes cause the gym to resound with the cadence of calcs- thenics or the grunts of wrestling. Warm weather brings softball, soccer, and the sound of lusty cheers, all of which help to develop team spirit. p Mi» Leigh Heller Mi» Irene Krajowiki 23 Mr. Jeme Slahl Mr. Guy Wellman