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

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FACULTY Mr. Merlin Schultz Mr. Charles Britten Mr. Everett Holt Mitt Louise Killie Muscle-bound Oscar and friends NATURAL SCIENCE Providing a well-rounded science program D.G.H.S. offers a variety of courses in that field. The underclassmen learn the elements of science and observe nature at work. Biology provides a closer look at the structure of “those little cells” and an oppor- tunity to become acquainted with George, the biology working dummy. Upperclassmen advance to bigger things literally, for a trip to 318 will bring to light a twelve-foot slide rule which physics students use. A look around would seem to disprove the motto that the basic laws of science are learned with no fuss, no muss, no lx ther”, for pulleys and cables, electrical apparatus and gravity set-ups dominate the scene. The Chemistry room also has a distinctive air about it — until one becomes accustomed to it. Here students perform experiments and gain valuable practical experience. Science is an ever-widening field and D.G.H.S. is preparing scientists for the future. 24 Mr. Eugene Regal

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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

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Mr . Helen Cleveland Mit R. B. Howland Mr. Harry Paulin Mr. Arthur Rawer BUSINESS FOREIGN LANGUAGE Some of the most immediately valuable courses of instruction at Downers arc offered by the Business Department. Students who elect shorthand, typing, and accounting are prepared completely for secretarial positions. In law and economics classes, instruction is given in the basic principles that regulate our economy, and students learn how industry provides the world with the goods it needs. In May, business students made a trip to Chicago to attend the Office Machine Show which was spon- sored by the Chicago Area Business Education Associ- ation. It proved very interesting and valuable, for the department keeps its students posted on the most up- to-date methods. Remember the Foreign Language teachers who worked so hard to explain to us the confusing gram- mar and the endless vocabularies of French, Latin, Spanish, and German? Remember the long evenings trying to fathom the meaning of a complicated translation, or struggling to master the subjunctive, or the conditional? Remember Miss Howland’s lapsing into a Spanish lecture, only to discover that she was speaking to her French class? Studying a language did more than just give us a new set of words to use. It broadened our minds as well as improved our English and lent interest to our historical and scientific language studies. 25 ? Sabe ustedes? Mr. Corr lends a hand