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

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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

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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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THE VOCATIONAL SCHOOL MR. LEASE MR. RILLING MR. McMURRAY Purpose. The Vocational Department of the Community High School is intended for boys who do not have the opportunity or the inclination to attend college. It gives the boy a background of trade training which enables him to go into industry and become a more efficient workman than is possible with the apprenticeship system or, in the absence of the apprenticeship system, of learning a trade the best way he can. The background of theory in his trade together with the science and mathematics is not given in apprenticeship system. He is unable to get this information when learning a trade by working in that trade without schooling. The English in this course is intended to enable the boy to make intelligent reports to his superiors which is necessary if a workman is to advance to the position of foreman, master mechanic, or supervisor of the work of others. Schedule. The course as provided begins in the sophomore year and covers a period of three years. With most boys this brings them out of school at the age of 1 8 which is the lowest age most industries will employ boys in the actual trade work. Should a boy attempt to complete a trade course at 1 6 or younger when he goes into industry he is usually given what is known as a blind alley job which leads nowhere in the trade in which he is interested. There are some exceptions to this general rule in industry, but the great majority of boys get into this kind of job. Page T wertty-T wo