Elgin High School - Maroon Yearbook (Elgin, IL)

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Physical Education One for all, and all for one. To- gether the members of the physical education classes work ARTHUR ROGGEN, out the im ortant rin- P p zlepzzrinzent head ciples of teamwork and cooperation. What a line reason for a class of this sort! The department of physical educa- tion is working toward making a bet- ter student through organized activi- ties of many sorts. Everyone knows the degree of clear and keen thinking and the cooperation necessary on the basketball Hoof or on the football field. This training will prove MIKE A. FARROH ' hl ' '- of great ep in work C. E' ADAMS ing out the problems of later life. But a reason which is just as important is the development of the body, for this leads to a happier, healthier life. A good student is a healthy student. The most important sports open to the student are basketball, football, vol- leyball, hockey, tennis, speedball, and baseball. While participating in these activities, the student realizes the im- portance of skill, teamwork, sports- manship, and fair play. A good player is judged HAROLD M' PERRY I . A. KRAFFT by all these qualities, and not only by his personal skill and accomplishments. A skilled player who does not play fair is ranked lower than the poorest man on the team. The girls in the gym classes are kept busy with dancing, marching, basket- ball, skill tests, basket- WILDA L. LOGAN shooting, volleyball, and HELEN KETTERING baseball. The boys take up boxing. basketball, volleyball, tum- bling, baseball, and track. 'hY1s..,,g pg-S--. 65

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1 it l ,N , i , 'Tail 7 Sw , ' rt .. I ,. ' was - .m'- WI 1'-' i aw-t WE? '7'-I ui gf-rf 1 . w - lNllijQSI - fu'. X V J. iff w ' tt. . -3 gg1.,1Q.i.QjQ.i 1. xx' ADAH dcflrzzrnzclfr head ADELA THOM HORTENSE E. WILSON Mathematics What science can there be more noble, more excellent, more useful for men, more admirably 1 right and demonstrative than this of mathema- tics?', This quotation from Benjamin Franklin sums up very well the benehts derived from a study of mathematics. Mathematics is becoming more and more useful to students every year. Most colleges demand that every stu- dent have it before en- tering. Algebra, besides furnishing the founda- tion for geometry and trigonometry, is useful to the person interested in in- surance and investment. Future archi- tects and surveyors must study geome- try. Trigonometry is used in aviation and navigation. All these branches of mathematics develop the power of logi- cal reasoning. A. PRATT Everyone acknowledges that the accurate clear-thinking MARY A. PETERS ' HELEN students of today are those who will become the successful citizens of tomorrow. Health Have you ever been impressed by the great contrast between the unhealthy looking individual and the wide-awake, robust person who radiates the glow of perfect health? If you have, you know the purpose of our health depart- ment, which does everything in its power to promote good health among the students. Our nurses stress the prevention of disease before it occurs' rather than the curing of it afterwards. They treat minor ailments, and when they are in doubt, they refer the student to the doctor. The pupil who is handicapped by L. REVETT poor eyesight cannot do his best workg our nurses try to meet this situation by the sight- saving class for those pupils so handi- capped. This year every student was also given a hearing test.

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Vw xi ,X .1, NL. ' in xgyl QQ Q '3 K el MARIE Sight - Sav ing The chief purpose of the sight-saving department is to conserve the vision of students having various types of eye difficulties. Special lighting, adjusta- E. ANSEL ble' desks, .large-type copies of assigned les- sons, clear type books, and individual instruction are some of the aids used in sight conservation in the sight-sav- ing room. Library One of the essential parts of a good school is a well selected library, and our library has an exceptionally Hne collec- tion of books. There is every type of book one could desire: travel, adven- ture, biography, fiction, or plays, if one is reading for enjoy- X 5 CAEQLAEAXTIIIZTESRD mentgand encyclopedias, J ' magazines, and pamph- MARION lets for reference Work. During the past year, more than 400 books were added, a great store of material for the knowl- edge-seeking student. The tremendous task of keeping the books cataloged and in condition and of guiding stu- dents in the selection of material is ably done by Miss Carrie Williford and Miss Elvaiean Hall. llffice One of the most important depart- BURMASTER ments of the school is EVELYN L. BOETTCHER thgofice' If 'S fha Cog which makes the Wheels of the school go 'round. Besides the regular mechanics of of- fice work the secretaries have innumer- able other duties. A few of these are the keeping of a complete history of every student, the checking up on ab- sences, and the arranging of classes. However, no matter how busy they are, they always have time to help one. We of the student body appreciate the will- ing help and courtesy of Miss Evelyn Boettcher and Miss Marion Burmaster.