Englewood High School - Purple and White Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Humanitzer Develop .Verne 0f Unity Through Artig Language Literature English, languages, music, and art are the departments of the Humanities Divif sion. This division, whose chairman is Mrs. Irene Munson, is especially imporf tant because in it the languages, customs, art, and music of other countries are taught so that such places become more than just names or spots on a map. ln English classes prose and poetry of all types are read, so that students can understand peoples and movements as inf terpreted by great writers. Six semesters of English is required in the course of study. Regular English considers literature and communications, the latter being divided into oral and writf ten compositions. Both American and English literature receive emphasis. In EnglishfR classes reading is stressed Those classes have reading three times a week, with activities similar to other Engf lish classes the other two days. Those whose reading grades fall below the sevf enth grade level are placed in Rfclasses. At the end of a semester about ninety per cent are able to continue work in regular classes. Public speaking, an elective English course, aims to give poise and selffassurf ance to the individual. It develops nervous pupils into conident speakers, and en' courages extemporaneous speaking. Students who have completed six se' mesters of English may be recommended to the language essentials class by English or division teachers. This class is for those who need training in the mechanics of English, paragraph form, letter writing, punctuation, and usage. The foreign language department offers and cusf one classes in French, German, Latin, Spanish. Learning the traditions and toms of people of different lands is of the main themes. This study helps stuf dents to understand what world events mean to those people. Both French and German classes have sent relief food and clothing packages to high school students in Europe, and have carried on a correspondence with them. Special programs of plays, songs, and talks in foreign languages help to develop a feeling of oneness with other people. Music in the school curriculum is asf sunung nune and nxne unportance.In the Chicago schools a year of music is ref quired for graduation. As the student goes through this year, he becomes more aware that pure pleasure is derived from music, and that it provides relaxation from fatigue. Folks songs and Negro spirituals are sung, classical records are played, and the student's appreciation of many types of music grows. The history of music from earliest man with his simple instruments to present day composers and conductors is traced. The art department teaches students the abundance of beauty in the world. Color and design in Nature are all ex' pressions of beauty. Many students after taking the required two semesters of art ind they are eager to go on in the field. -MARILYN MUELLER, ROBERT MA' L1NsK1, YvoNNE ORENDORF, SH1Rf LEY THIGPEN. Faculty-Humanities Division 4Opposite Page? Iifzglish Dejmrtmefzt: Row 1-Miss Marion Hunter, Mrs. Helen McClive, Mrs. Helen McGovern, Miss Clara Taylor, Mrs. Alice Maebius, Mrs. Beatrice Kornhauser, Mrs. Alice Craig. Row 2- Mrs. Sadie Reel. Mrs. Alice Storer, Mrs. Mary Cooper, Miss Adele Hedeen, Mr. Marshall Duban, Mr. Harold Zlatnik, Mrs. Inez Craven, Mrs. Kathleen Rigby, Miss Margaret Froning, Miss Elizabeth Carmodv. Fm-vigil Liiugzmge Delmrfmenl: Mrs. Rosemary Spencer, Miss Page 18 Hilda Schumm, Mrs. Edeltrude Miller, Miss Clara Taylor, Miss julia Knutzen, Mrs. Irene Munson, Miss Katherine Kiely, Mrs. Helen Parsons. Music Deparlment flower lefrb: Miss Dolly Tone, Mr. Harold Zlatnik, Miss Georgia Gardner. Ari Department flower righrl: Seated-Miss Elsa Schmid: and Mrs. Lillian Banishg standing-Mr. Cornelius johnson.

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Faculty-Humanities Division 4See Opposite Pagej Page 19