Elgin High School - Maroon Yearbook (Elgin, IL)

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IN II Faculty Il Il MR. Ii. C. XV.-XGGUNICR, ILS. I'Iv:uI of Scicnrc Dcpalrtmcnt. Spnmur nf Class n Visual Iiclucutinn MRS. CIJXRA WILSON, ILPII. Fnglixh. Sigln-Snvim.: MISS I'IORTIfNSIi Ii. YVILSON, M.1X. Mzltllclnxltics, Sponsor of Clans of '-I8 X MR. XV.'II.'I4IfR M. XVILSON. B..-X. Social Scimcc, Spunwr of Clnsg of '-I6 MR. ROBERT T. WINN, ILA. Science MISS IiVIiI.YN I.. IIOIi'I4'I4CIIIiR St'CI'L'IlIl'I RCQISIFQII' MISS CARLISS CARLSON Clerk MRS. KATHRYN LUNI JIQIQN .-Xltumlulwc Iiircclur MRS. MAIIICI. If. SILLIMAN, R.N. School Nurse

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MISS MARY L. SMITH, M.A. Social Scicncc MR. ELY M. STANNARD, M Agriculture MISS ELIZABETH STEARNS, B.S. Home Economics MRS. BEIIY B. STEPHENS, Mathematics MISS NORA STICKLING, B.Ph. English MISS MARIORIE STOFFREGE English, Spring Reigns Adviser MR. I . E. TAYLOR Head of Industrial Arts Department MRS. AMELIA TETZNER Study Hall Supervisor MISS ADELA THOM, M.A. Mathematics MR. C. V. THOMAS, M.A. Head of Music Department .A. B.Ed N

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Parents confer with faculty The Quiririicullunii The work of all departments this year has been geared to a year shortened, be- cause of the war, to the minimum. The Physical Education Department has an all-around program to fit the present needs. The boys gym classes include calisthenic conditioning exercises, military drill, and Navy fitness tests, as well as the usual activities. Many health meas- ures are added such as health lectures and tests. The promotion of recreation and ath- letics and the organization of special classes in health, first aid, and home care of the sick are all methods ot contributing to the health interest and knowledge of the highschool girls. This is the goal of the Girls Health and Physical Education Department. The Mathematics Department this year is stressing more than ever the vital need for advanced mathematics for those who will go into the armed forces. This train- ing is essential as a background for future academic and practical work, Because the war has shown us the sort of training necessary in carrying on such branches as Radar, Nursing, Navigation, Chemical Research, as well as that need- ed for everyday living, the Department of Science in the high school has rededicated itself to the training of boys and girls in fundamentals of science. Better than ninety-five per cent of the senior and junior students in the Business Department are employed in jobs after school. This department sponsors a dis- tributive education program, students em- ployed in downtown retail establishments, and also directs a temporary employment bureau for the school to help meet the local manepower shortage. The Home Economics Department helps students learn to use to the best advan- tage the things available in war time, and to conserve and share. The student learns