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

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Dr. James Redmond, new General Super- intendent of Chicago Public Schools, shaking hands with Mr. Byrd, our Princi- pal. They met at a reception attended by many prominent Chicago educators. we igrinciloafli efifiage DEVELOPING MENTAL STAMINA Worthwhile accomplishment in about every sphere of constructive human activity calls for sustained effort. A very young child is generally incapable of maintaining contin- uous interest in practically anything for more than a few minutes. That is one of the main reasons why a very young child's ac- complishments are, by and large, so frag- mentary. Not until an individual reaches the age of twelve or so is he usually able to keep his mind fixed for a considerable span of time on an undertaking which requires prolonged concentration. With rare exceptions, it is not, indeed, until one enters high school, that he begins to carry through competently tasks for which noteworthy staying power is essential. PRINCIPAL AND STUDENT V.I.P.'s: Mr. Manford Byrd, Jr., Principal, Frederick Streets, President, Student Council, Larry Alexander, Editor Towesrr, school newspaper, jo Ann Goodall, Editor Purple and White, yearbook.

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uyroua 0l06ll fl'I'LZl'lt The field of Business Education and the responsibility for holding that department steadily on its track moving ful-l steam ahead keeps him in his element with a mighty gratifying sense of fulfillment. For two or three years he has been teaching Data Processing and Computer Operation evenings at Loop Junior College. He has been offered a full time position at this college, but he prefers to remain at Englewood with his companionable colleagues and the boys and girls who so greatly need his guidance together with his warm interest in their development and well being. He follows the careers of outstanding students in the B. E. Department after they graduate from high school with well nigh the solicitous attitude of a father. Good fortune to a colleague on the Englewood faculty makes him beamingly happy. He is quick to recognize excellence on the part of either a student or a teacher and to make his responsive enthusiasm known. Good-natured with a frequent smile on his strong fac.e, and on occasion giving vent to belly-shaking laughter, he, nevertheless, holds out for top performance on the part of his students. He does that, however, not with a sour face, but with an appropriate bit of joshing and with an affable demeanor. Other teachers in the Business Education Department naturally vary in temperament, manner, method of procedure and what have you. A sticker for promptness, responsibility, and top quality work, Mrs. Browning, whose classes, among other things, turn out great quantities of mimeographing for various school departments is especially careful in regard to making overoptimistic promises as to completion dates for this work. Frequently she is able to deliver sooner than the day set for delivery. Mrs. Hoggatt, tops in precision, accuracy, neatness, and responsibility, demands at least a close approximation of these qualities from her students. And she succeeds in getting them to rise to her expectations to a considerable degree. When she makes a promise you can count on it absolutely. Mr. R. A. Johnson enjoys being gracious but he does not lower his standards or requirements for the sake of merely pleasing somebody. He likes to engage in banter with colleagues in the men teachers' lounge or in the faculty lunchroom. But he hews to the line in classroom and division procedure. Businesslike, precise, and well organized in his manage- ment of the bookroom which he directs, Mr. Lowhar, gets results from his bookroom helpers as well as his students by a distinctive fusion of dry wit and tersely worded instructions. He moves ahead rapidly by circumventing needless steps and by streamlining in toto the whole range of bookroom and classroom procedures. Mr. Murphy .keeps steadily on the move, but manages to hear distinctly everything that is said to him. He is as obliging as he could possibly be in meeting requests for supplies and in helping find items lost by the students or teachers. His approach to students is natural and direct. And on occasion, as on busses loaded with students bound for football games, he can manage to keep boys and girls pleasantly amused with a steady stream of good-natured joshing. An artist at keeping a straight face and affecting an almost so-lemn air of propriety while playing a harmless, practical joke, Miss M. jenkins, nevertheless, insists that her students fulfill their assignments, and she definitely is not one to tolerate foolishness on their part. Mrs. Hooks is a relative newcomer at Englewood High School. But from her very first day here, her students realized that she means business. And that is not just because she is a member of our Business Education Depart- ment. A comparative 'newcomer to Englewood is Mrs. E. Edwards, teacher of Calculating Machines and Clerical Bookkeeping. Her quiet directness and affirmative atti- tude are much admired. This, then, is our Business Education Department, which, under the flexible direction of Mr. Roberts, is going places and accomplishing much. .ui mms' ssirsmi:mmsaes:s:sms1ssxwnnnl w mw11mwmQ.s lmws1sm :w..imumxmsx. Q msxmwmwwwwxmm

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As a matter of fact, the outstanding charac- teristic of a triumphant high school career is the extension of one's span of interest and constructive activity to a marked degree. Without developing a capacity for seeing tasks through to a creditable conclusion, one doesn't achieve much in this World of ours. This praiseworthy quality is a basic essential of success in college, on a job, in marriage, and in all manner of positive community ac- tivity. It would be a good idea, therefore, for every Englewood student to do some self- searching with regard to this key factor. How would you rate yourself in this all-important area of character and personality develop- ment? Do you rate an A, a B, a C, a D or an F? Are you unable to keep working on any given task until it is successfully completed? If you genuinely try, it is quite certain you can strengthen this central ability. You can do so by gradually and steadily stretch- ing your span of interest. Do you feel you already rate a high mark in this area? Fine, now you should develop this ability to an even higher degree. If you do, you'll definitely be on the way to success. You'll also become more and more able to do highly valuable things for the common good. MANFORD BYRD, JR Principal