Goshen High School - Crimson Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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Democracy, of Education One of the outstanding features in the progress of education is the unprecedented development in second- ary education ; i. e. high schools and high school educa- tion, during the last thirty years. The numher of high schools have increased over 600 percent since 1 890. The increase has heen as a geometric progression. Simultaneously with the increase in the number of high schools has been the increase in enrollment of the schools until in 1927 the business of education has be- come the largest industry in the United States. Ap- proximately one person out of every seven is engaged in school work in some capacity. With the ever increasing number of high schools and high school pupils there has come another change. The privilege of obtaining an education in secondarv schools is now the privilege of the masses and is not the privilege belonging to aristocracy. Where once only a limited few entered the high school, now tht doors of the institution are open to all classes and races. Secondary education in the United States is universal. This development marks one particular fact. The average individual ; the plodder ; the slow thinker, now has the opportunity to develop his abilities to their full capacities. So also has the brilliant scholar. The above fact then shows that the purpose of secondary education has materially changed, and with a change in purpose there has been a change in methods and in subject content. Originally the purpose of secondary education was to prepare the individual to enter a particular profession. Now the purpose of secondary education is to prepare the individual to live a useful life in his community. And in order that this purpose may be accomplished the subject content of the high school must be such that it will be the basis of preparation for the useful and healthful activities in which the individ- ual will engage after leaving school. Thus we see the development of the high school from a school with restricted courses for a select group to a school with an enriched curricula for the masses. Verily the high school has become the people ' s university. — Principal O. L. Walter d A a$ m r V Seven

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m Faculty of Qoshen High School Ort L. Walter, Principal — A. B. Wabash College : University of Chicago Gertrude Wahl, Dean of Girls — Latin — Ph. B. University of Chicago; Columbia University Frances Stutz — Latin — Ph. B. University of Chicago Helen Vanderveer — French — A. B. University of Michigan Doris Beaman — History — A. B. Indiana University Melba Smith — History — A. B. Butler College Daniel Gerig — Social Science — A. B. Wooster College ; University of Chicago. Samuel Welty — Science — A. B. Goshen College ; B. S. and B. Pg. Valparaiso Uni- versity ; LIniversity of Chicago Clara Trautwein — Science — A. B. Indiana University Mary Biggs — Commercial — Elmira College; Barrett Institute; Columbia L niversity Harry H. Hatcher — Commercial — A. B. Manchester College Fred Ulery — Mathematics — A. B. Manchester College; B. D. Bethany Bible School Eva Graham — Mathematics — A. B. Indiana LTniversity Stanley Schenck — Mathematics — A. B. Franklin College Bonnie Deniston — English— A. B. Indiana University; Columbia University LaVonne Sleeth — English — A. B. Indiana University Eleanor Theek — English and Public Speaking — A. B. Depauw Universitv Grady Stubbs — English — A. B. Indiana LTniversity Berdine Thornton — English — A. B. Goshen College; University of Wisconsin Bertha Cochran — Home Economics — B. S. Purdue University Gladys Peckinpaugh — Home Economics — B. S. Purdue Universitv Claude French — Manual Training — A. B. Indiana State Normal Ira Fleck — Assistant in Manual Training R. R. Kintigh — Auto Mechanics — Chicago School of Auto Mechanics E. J. McAfee — Agriculture — B. S. A. Purdue University Arthur Sprunger — Art — A. B. Goshen College; Chicago Art Institute Ruth Cronk — Physical Education — LaCrosse Normal Gerald D. Phillips— Athletics— A. B. Be ' oit College Rev. I. R. Detweiler — Religious Education — A. B. Goshen College; B. D. North- western University Reginald Brinkelow — Music — Depauw University Opal Wright — Red Cross Nurse — R. N. Universitv of Cincinnati. Six

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vT ac tfArxw - ' V ST J JyA FACULTY sAT£ nW j3 y The Senior Acluisers TO MISS ELEANOR DEE THEEK, WHO WITH UN- TIRING EFFORT AND NEVER FAILING INTEREST HAS DIRECTED THE FORTUNES OF THE CLASS OF ' 27 FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS; AND TO MR. CLAUDE E. FRENCH, WHO WITH OPTIMISM AND LOYALTY HAS HELPED TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE CLASS DURING ITS SENIOR YEAR, WE, THE CLASS OF ' 27, EXPRESS OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE.