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

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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

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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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FACULTY Mitt Mtrgwt'ilt ohrnttedl Mitt Celia Natike Mitt Dorit Pippenger Mrt. Marguerite Gindler Mrt. Elm Pence Mrt. Margaret lake Mrt. True Pelerten Mrt. Geraldine Thompton . . . to make available the school's facilities Some of the most important duties of the Special Service Department are executed by the office staffs. In 207. the principals office, the secretaries are always busy, for their work includes, handling correspond- ence. processing purchase orders, securing substitutes, and preparing the faculty payroll. They make up the eligibility lists, and keep the permanent records of all the students. Supervising activities in 205 and in 203 are the counsellors secretaries. Their many duties include handling correspondence, changing schedules, attend- ance records, guidance activities, and personal date — besides mailing diagnostic reports. Performing an invaluable service to the school are the librarians, who are in charge of managing the library efficiently. They help students with research work and keep an up-to-date reference section. SPECIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT Did you say Unieuropean impulses? Supervisory capacity