Granite City High School - Warrior Yearbook (Granite City, IL)

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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT To make the individual appreciate the best in life, to help him to take his place as a cultured citizen in this great nation, and to show and teach him the beauty of his native language, has and will always be the aim of the English Department of the Community High School. The course of study as outlined in this department is divided quite definitely into two types — composition and literature. The courses in composition, including the proper use and construc- tion of words, phrases, sentences, which make up all types of both written and spoken composition, constitute four semesters’ work in English. The courses thus offered are Rhetoric, Commercial English. Grammar. Public Speaking, and Themes. The courses in literature, including the reading of some of the greatest masterpieces in English and American Literature, also constitute four semesters’ work in English. The works of great literary artists tend to raise the ideals and standards of high school students. We offer to the student such classics as Hamlet,” “Macbeth,’’ “Idylls of the King.” “Lady of the Lake,” Silas Marner,” “Ivanboe,” and many other equally as interesting and uplifting. Besides the regular class work in English, the Department also has some extra-curricular activities which tend to create interest and enthusiasm among the students of the high school. The English Department has under its direction Page T weruy

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ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT MR. MARTIN MRS. SCHNEIDER MISS SEWING It is the aim of the Administrative Department to unify the workings of the school. One of the big duties of this department is the planning of the curriculum and the making out of all the students’ programs. This in itself is a large task, satisfying the requirements of the state and the desires of the pupil. This department keeps an accurate account of all records, such as records of attendance and records of grades and all county and state records. It is here that the difficulties of teachers and pupils alike are met and solved. Thus it is that the office tries to keep the machinery of the school moving smoothly. Page Nineteen

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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MISS ROBERTS MISS KOTTMEIER three Literary Societies which meet once a month in closed meeting and once a semester in an open program during assembly. 1 he Department has charge of The School News which through the courtesy of Mr. Lindley appears each Tuesday in the Press Record. The department has also created for those who are linguistically inclined an honor class in Public Speaking and a debating society. The students who are doing work of this type each year have a chance to compete with other schools throughout the state in intellectual meets and debates. For the ambitious students who enter into the various activities of the English Department and for those who are superior in the class work, there has been created a point system. A certain number of points are given for each and every activity. When the student receives 250 points he receives a gold G. C. pin. and with the accumulation of 500 points he receives a school letter. The faculty members of the English Department hope that their efforts to make more worth while citizens have been in some degree accomplished and that they shall make “good books’ and “high ideals the best friends of boys and girls. We regret that we have no photograph of Miss Jansson. who is also a teacher in the English Department. Page T Wenty-one