Joliet Central High School - Steelmen Yearbook (Joliet, IL)

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7-7--A 7-1--'---S---.1 --------- ... M.. .14 -,-gigifugmulgmgguuugyyggjm -f-v N-NS' THE MONITORS CLUB Serving JTHS and its students, that is the duty of this select group of junior and senior boys who patrol the school halls daily. The club is under the able sponsorship of Mr. Ellery Frost and Ian Crabb, Robert Semitekol and David Samples are the club's officers. Listed below are the duties of the Monitors: 1. Assist in the maintenance of order in the corridors. 2. To challenge all persons moving through the corridors while classes are in session. 3. To report to the central oH'ice all un- usual incidents in the corridors. 4. To inspect and maintain a watch of pu- pil lockers. 5. To receive visitors and direct them to the central office. 6. To be courteous and gentlemanly at all times. Locker inspection to insure the student body against theft is another service rendered by this group. The Monitor club is also active socially, giving occasional social hours, picnics, candy sales, and other novelty sales. The club is wholly voluntary and open only to upper quarter students. The Monitors are assigned to weekly posts two periods during each day. The number on duty varies with the number of students usually passing through the halls. The members are on their honor to be on their post on time and to remain there until their time of serving has expired. The club meets during the 10th period every other Monday in Mr. Frost,s room.

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NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY The emblem of the National Honor Society is the keystone and flaming torch. The key- stone bears at its base the letters S, L, C, and S which stand for the four cardinal principles of its organization: Scholarship, Leadership, Char- acter, and Service. Membership in the National Honor Society is based on these four character- istics, and the members are chosen by a faculty advisory committee from not more than 15 per cent in T the graduating class, 5 per cent are elected as Juniors and 5 per cent in each semes- ter of the Senior year. Meetings are held once a month, and during the past year several outstanding speakers were presented. Among these were Walter Hersh- bach, prominent young attorney, Dr. Gayle Hufford, superintendent of Joliet City Schools, Mrs. Richard Vance, book reviewer and many others. The National Honor Society club presented two assemblies to the student body this year. Speaker Dr. Otto Schacht spoke in two assem- blies before the entire student body and was acclaimed as one of the finest speakers ever presented in the auditorium. In another assem- bly before the Junior-Senior groups, movies of South America were shown. Also on the pro- gram this year was a plan initiated the year be- fore which provided help for students who have fallen behind in their studies. A total of 26 have been aided in this way during this school year. The sponsor of the National Honor Society club is Mr. George C. Ranne. The officers for the first semester were: Preston Hyatt, presi- dentg Claude Adams, vice president, Shirley Frisbie, secretary, Amelia Thoren, treasurer. The officers for this semester are: Beverly Frank, president, Robert Markelz, vice president, Helen Cryder, secretary, and Vernon Traver, treasurer. The last five per cent of the class of 1942 and the first five per cent of the class of 1943 were chosen in April of this year. The seniors thus honored are: Carol Betten- hausen, Helen Boltz, Audrey Butler, Margaret Collings, Doris Mae Facinelli, Mavis Gilpin, Nelson Gurnee, Gertrude Hoefer, George Hos- kins, Marjorie Jessen, Darlene Leatsler, Cath- erine McGinnis, Ramona Roth, Charles Wes- ley Saiko. The juniors are: Mary Ann Allen, Doris Babich, Evelyn Baldego, Mary Alyce Bannon, Donald Baumgarten, Richard Braun, Henry Crespi, Robert Danielson, Dorothy Diedrich, Glenn Eisenbrandt, James Engimann, Naomi Glasscock, Anita Belle Hyatt, Janet McCowan, Helen McCallum, Rose Mary Mancuso, Eliz- abeth Marshall, Muriel Mietz, Leonard Musich, Betty june Olson, Jane Peters, Shirley Pritz, Stanley Rousonelos, Charles Sass, Marilyn Vose, Marjorie White, John Yakich, and Agnes Yanchick, Don Arthur Banta. X 0-Q5-0

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6 THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT Health is the first of the seven objectives of secondary education as listed by the National Education Association. The Health Department of Joliet Township High School and Junior College is a busy place. Room 109 has also become a very indispensable part of the school. It is here all accidents, emer- gencies and cases of sickness come for care and any further attention needed. Une of the three school Nurses is always on duty in l09. The senior girls in the pre-nurs- ing course frequently help here. A rest room for girls and one for boys are located here. Fam- -e Q7 4 gl:muwv'rtfrf:::'n'fTf1fv:zrfv-1-' -'fvrf' ff: ' 'f' ily and school physicians frequently recom- mend rest here for some pupils. Pupils' individual health records are also here, many dating from the first grade in Joliet schools. Two local physicians give medical ex- aminations to the pupils. On the basis of these examinations the individual pupil's school ac- tivity program is planned. Dr. Jesse Feiring Williams expressed the thought of our health work here when he said, Health is that quality of life which enables one to live most and serve best. ., ... .. Q-ini'