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

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BUSINESS EDUCATION MRS. IRIS B. KOHLER. Kansu State College. M S.. 3 years: MR RUDY SKUL. Northern Illi- nois University. M S.. 2 years; MR. E WILLIAM CORR—Head of Department. University of Iowa M.A., 5 years; MISS VIRCINIA WHEELER. Western Illinois University. 8.S.. I year; MRS. JOAN A. OLSZEWSKI. Eastern Illinois Univer- sity. B.S.. 2 years. BUSINESS EDUCATION The Business Department, headed by Mr. William Corr, instructs students in both the fundamental and advanced business techniques and procedures needed to enter today's business world. On the underclass level, personal typing, general business, and accounting are offered as a basis for further business training. To upper- classmen, Typing I, stenography, economics, office practice, advanced accounting, and commercial law arc offered. The Business Department offers a well rounded variety of courses aimed at preparing students to enter the business world with ease and self-confidence. LIBRARY Reading center, information and fact finding service, and teaching agency—this is the threefold purpose of the library. To the librarians falls the responsibility of effi- ciently maintaining the 12,000 books and 138 periodicals to be found on the library shelves. Supplementing these collections are teaching aids such as pictures, career pamphlets, film strips, recordings, and college bulletins. The library is a beautiful, well arranged area where students may read and do academic research during their free periods and before and after school. LIBRARY MISS LORENA SCHORMAN—Assistant Librarian. Rosary College. M A„ 6 years; MRS. EDITH K. CAMPBELL—Librarian. University of Denver. M.A.. 2 years. Mrs. Marguerite Boh-nstcdf—C'e-k 14 vCa-s. 27

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MISS LOUISE E. KILLIE, University of Chicago M.A . 16 years; MR. EUCENE T. RECAL. Uni versify of Wisconsin. M.A.. 5 years; MR EVERETT E. HOLT—Head of Department. Uni- versity of Michigan. M.S.. 28 years. NATURAL SCIENCE Guiding the student through the realm of the sci- ences. the Natural Science Department, headed by Mr. Everett Holt, strives to give him a better understanding and appreciation of science, to provide a sound basis for future studies, and to illustrate the practical applications of science. New to the curriculum this year was a freshman physical science course offered as an alternate to biology. A highly select group of sophomores who exhibited outstanding scientific potential was offered the chemistry course previously open only to upperclassmen. DGHS has kept pace with the national trend to put greater emphasis on the sciences. MR CLIFFORD H. BLATCHLEY. JR.. Texas Western College. BA. 1 year; MR PAUL F. KLUTH. University of Michigan. M.A. 2 years; MR. JAMES E. LIND. North Central College. B.S.. 4 years; MR LARRY L LEATHERS, Eastern Illinois University. B.S.. 3 years; MISS LOIS H. CASE. Aquinas College. B A 2 years; MR HENRY C KRASS. United States Merchant Marine Academy. B.S.. 1 year. 26

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DRIVER EDUCATION DRIVER EDUCATION MR. FRANK RIDDIESBERGER—Head of Department. Northern Illinois University B A 18 years: MR. RALPH CRESSEY. Colorado State College. M.A.. 29 years. OFFICE STAFF Answering telephones, keeping attendance records, taking dictation, counting money—these are just a few of the dozens of tasks executed daily by the members of the unusually efficient office staff at DCHS. Through their able hands pass program cards, mimeograph stencils, lost fountain pens, transfer slips, locker assignments, college applications, room keys, dollar bills, and four cent stamps. As is the case in any large business, the school could not function smoothly without the office staff. This year, in addition to the traditional junior first aid and freshman health courses, a sophomore course in classroom driver education has been added to the physical education curriculum. This indoor training, extending from three to six weeks, is given by physical education teachers to both boys and girls. After completing the indoor course and receiving a State instruction permit, behind-thc-whccl instruction is offered in the department's three dual-control training automobiles by a staff of well-trained instructors headed by Mr. Frank Riddlcsbcrgcr. The reward for ten weeks of hard work spent in learning to drive is the coveted driver's license. Charlotte J. Hitzeman R.N.—Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing School Nurse 28 OFFICE STAFF MRS. CERALDINE THOMPSON, stenographer, principal's office: MRS. MARGARET PROS, typist-clerk. dean of girls' office: MRS. ELIZABETH DIXON, typist-clerk, dean of boys' office: MRS MARY ROGERS, bookkeeper principal s office; MRS ELMA PENCE, secretary to the principal; MRS. PAT OLSON, switchboard operator-typist, principal's office; MRS IDA COOD. stenographer, guidance director's office.