Ionia High School - Ionian Yearbook (Ionia, MI)

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English Training Provides Students at Ionia High School arc given a well-rounded background in English skills. During Freshman and Sophomore years, classes round out their study of basic grammar, master composition skills and enlarge their area of literary appreciation to the full-length novel and drama. Junior English classes survey the range of American literature from colonial days on, learning to interpret and analyze their reading. Enlargement of vocabulary and development of writing skill to include the first research paper are important units of the program. In Senior College Preparatory classes, the focus is on a study of English Literature, and the growth of the English language with frequent compositions and a research paper. In Business English Seniors review grammar rules and learn good form in preparation for business careers. Gladys Lehman, A.B. Zeida Clark, B.A. Obcriin College Upper Iowa University 12 Carol Magney, B.S., M.A. University of Pennsylvania Michigan State University Lester Burch, B.A. Valparaiso University Diana Maroulis, B.S. Central Michigan University Jo Ann Baylis, B.S. Central Michigan University

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Helpful Personnel Executes Policies The task of running such a large organization as Ionia High School cannot be undertaken by a superintendent or principal alone. A large full-time office staff is required to properly carry out the many diversified activities inherent in any school. Such a group is the main office staff. From left to right: Henrietta Graham, Esther Hickok, Maxine Whitford, Dorothy Balzell and Mildred Brindle. Controlling the affairs of the Junior High School department is its principal, Mrs. Harriet Kelly. Although not looked upon as part of the high school proper, the job of running the Junior high is an important one. It is here that young students get their first taste of high school life and form the habits that will be with them throughout their academic careers. Such a job requires not only an able but also an understanding administrator. Mrs. Dorothy Glasson, the principal’s secretary, copes with scores of students who crowd into the office, especially in the morning, seeking special excuses and permits. She records grades and attendance, takes telephone calls and messages, processes college applications, tests and forms, and handles Principal Harrison’s correspondence. Mrs. Mary Kirgis works with Mrs. Glasson in the principal’s office, helps in recording attendance and grades and does clerical work for the school librarian. 11 Mary Kirgis and Dorothy Glasson share the clerical duties of the Senior High.

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Increasing Skill Language and Speech Programs Expand Our language and speech departments are experiencing a vast increase of interest this year. For the first time French students have the opportunity to use and gain skill from the portable language laboratory, consisting of new era phones and tape recorders. Latin, which is now being taught five hours a day, stresses the importance of written language. The speech department is also expanding each year. Students first become acquainted with it in their freshman year through Introduction to Speech. For interested students, debate, spring forensics, and reading theatre are also offered. Raymond Monte, B.A., M.A. Michigan State University Irma Heitman, B.A. Central Michigan University Margaret Thurston, B.A. Albion College 13