East Aurora High School - Speculum Yearbook (Aurora, IL)

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2,,.,,..,,, .- - HUBERT DAVIS M. W. DAY EILENE DONNER ROWENA GALBRAITH EVA E. MARTENS Tell me, little chum, do you know why George Washington stood up in the boat while crossing the Delaware? And did you know that john Paul was one of the jones Boys? These are typical of the 21564 questions passed up in East High's de-luxe American History course. Seriously though, have you read Fight for Freedom or Our American Heritageu? American History classes know them. Most World History students can be found any time in the library, pawing through dusty volumes searching for Napoleon's tailor, or the more intricate clauses of the Magna Charta- burdening themselves with factual knowledge so as to be prepared when john Kieren retires. Progressing further through the Social Sci- ences, Civics looms on the right-for those who desire to wrestle with Superior Courts, Elec- toral Colleges, and Inter-State Waterways Com- missions, while on the left is Economics-for the student who wishes to mutter to himself incoherently as he catechizes on bureaucracy, autocracy, plutocracy, aristocracy, democracy, and the Psychological Effect Upon the Adoles- cent Mind of Detrimental Environment As Evinced In Criminal Tendencies. '7aM,ofj!ae,!mwa Global laorizom keep n lairfory .rmdent working ffm to know hir geogmplaytodoy. f EIGHTEEN J

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!,dZ,afM4 ,Z!uJ1 East High offers an invigorating course of brain-blitzing subjects in mathematics. For in- stance, as a teaser, the young and innocent stu- dent may take Arithmetic, or if he chooses, Algebra, a bracing subject for a beginner. This he either Hunks or passes. For the sake of a happy ending, we'll say he passes-and so, feeling gay, he signs up for Ge- ometry, Plane fif he wants college creditj, Prac- tical Qif he's machine mindedj If the student comes through this with flying colors-or even banners at half mast-it's a sign of definite success. Now he can afford to be reckless. Conse- quently, he has a brief fling at Advanced Algebra. If this ordeal is survived the student is usually mathematically impervious to all failure, so he signs up for Solid Geometry and Trigonometry which slide by with no effort at all-well prac- tically none! I SEVENTEEN 1 l R. E. CRAVENS ALBERT MCHENRY JOHN Mouw C. J. ROBERT G. M. RUNNINGER Preventing R. E. Cmzfenr and lair All Girl Harmonic Hour in Ibeir later! number, Figure It On! for Yozznrelff'

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Yarn, paper platef, water rolorx, rlripy of pink and green paper-the 1vor,lP.rl9op clan pndx llaem all afefal in creating original deyigm. Eeaufq ,in But canlt you see-that it's a tree! Ah, but that kind of statement isn't heard in our Art Department-they don't draw trees. The East High art student dabbles in watercolors, poster paint, colored chalks, and charcoal. Not only does he sketch and paint, but models in clay, carves soap, makes block prints, and designs flashy book covers. The Art Department also supervises the stage scenery for all plays, and performs that great service to the school-the never-ending task of poster making. Its work in connection with the junior Red Cross was a splendid con- tribution to East High's war effort. The Music Department includes Chorus, A Cappella Choir, Orchestra, Band, and Har- mony, all of which interest the student with a taste for music. In addition to furnishing the music for numerous school convocations, the class plays, the Christmas Cantata, and other school events these organizations often appear at Parent-Teacher meetings, Teachers' Insti- tutes, and other local programs. M. W. DAY MARY GODDARD DORTHA POOLEY MARGARET Pouk JESSE SHIRLEY I NINETEEN jl