La Salle Peru Township High School - Ell Ess Pe Yearbook (La Salle, IL)

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ELL ESS PE I l of Music, and the Opera and Oratorio. The textbook is the ndw edition of Anne Shaw Faulkner s What We Hear in Music . A victrola and a valuable collection of records are used in connection with the course, which includes a music memory contest. Freshmen and Sophomores are required to take singing for two periods a week. A Girls' Glee Club and a Boys' Glee Club have been drganized. The dramatics of the school are furnished by the Junior and Sophomore classes. The Sophomore play was introduced a few years ago and has lbecome an annual event. Thejunior play is the greatest achievement along thq line of dramatics. l SOCIAL SCIENCE ECONOMICS. The course in Economics is offered as an elective to Juniors and Seniors. This course introduces the fundamental principles thait underlie business and determine the practices of the business world. The courselserves as an intro- duction to the college course which is to be pursued later. The laws and principles which are set forth are illustrated by references to every day experience. lVIany practical problems are discussed in the class room. The laws and principles are applied to present day activities. ' l SOCIOLOGY. Sociology, like Economics, is also offered as an!elective for Juniors and Seniors. This course takes up the study of society and its problems. The American problems of race, industry, crime, immigration, poverty, and charity are taken up. Special emphasis is made on suggestions for remedies and reforms. COMMUNITY CIVICS. The Community Civics course is a study of community life and problems. The pupil is first introduced to his community and its im- mediate problems. Then he takes up the framework of government and finally is given a general view of the broader questions of democracy. l The work is made interesting by lantern slide lectures, by field trips, and by the absignment of topics requiring original investigation. The general aim of the cotfrse is to train for good citizenship and to create a desire in the pupil to put ihto active practice what he has learned. , CIFTS T0 THE SCHOQL Two original oil paintings, nine by six feet, by Solimena Ccirca 17405, son- in-law of Tiepolo. Taken from the dismantled chapel of the Ristori Family in Montepuliciano, Tuscany. Purchased in Italy and presented to the Township High School by Mrs. Adele M. Blow of LaSalle, Illinois. Titles: Easter Sac- rifice and Sacrifice of Abraham . Eight original etchings and one original pen and ink drawing, presented to the school by Mrs. C. H. lN-latthiessen of New York City and LaSalle. Etchings: l Battery Place, New York City -XfVilliam Wlolcott. Brooklyn Bridge, New York City -VVilliam VVolcott. Park Avenue, New York City -VVilliam YVolcott. l Forty-Second Street, New York City -William Wolcottl CC if Ac 64 . Little Bay -Roland Clarke. l Dieppe, France -J. A. Brewer. Queen Anne's Gate, London -David Y. Cameron. Marbles -Eileen A. Soper. Original pen and ink drawing by Florence S. Schinn. I Rue St. Romain, Rouen -A. E. Howarth. J Durham Cathedral -A. F. Affleck. Segovia. Grim Spain -Ernest Roth. Royal Exchange, London -Percy Robinson. Q Eight Bells -VVinslow Homer. fAfter the famous paintlngj Washington Arch -B. J. O. Nordfeldt. , l Sevmtren mlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllii l DllilllllllIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllll' l I l

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ELL ESS PE the ideas formerly worked out in the furniture-design classes are built in wood with special attention paid to finishes. The Auto-hlechanics Course aims to acquaint the student with the use of the intricate parts of the automobile, and to teach him the repairing of minor parts, valve-grinding, engine-timing, and carbon-removing. The work in forging includes the building of fires, and the working up of simple projects in iron. Radio work is one of the newer studies in this department and as yet has not been organized into a definite course. The purpose is to get as many boys as possible interested in this wonderful avocation, to give them a fair understanding of the elementary principles of electricity as applied to radio, and to start as many as possible towards acquiring a receiving set for themselves. LIBERAL ARTS ENGLISH. Three years of English are required for graduation with a fourth year elective. The course covers work in grammar, rhetoric, composition, as well as in the classics of literature. Each class in English is given a list of books from which the students select one or more for collateral reading. HISTORY. The history rooms are equipped with large maps and pictures of various kinds for reference in the history work. The courses taught in this de- partment include Civil Government, United States, Ancient, hledieval and Rlodern, and Yliorld History. Lantern slide lectures bearing on historic relations are given in this course, and also moving pictures. LANGUAGES. A four-year course is offered in Latin and a two-year course in French. Lantern slide lectures are given throughout the year and postcards projected on the screen in the dark room. French newspapers are obtained for the French classes, and pictures of France are displayed on bulletin boards. FINE ARTS. The Art Department occupies a large room well supplied with artists' easels, casts, drawing boards, models, and other materials necessary for the work. In this department pottery, leather work, pen and ink drawing, charcoal drawing, Cartooning and poster work are taught. This department has also been supplied with many new pictures for the study of the history of art. Music AND DRXMATICS Four classes in Appreciation of Music, haue been organized The three classes in the Historv of Nlusic studs the following Learn mg to Listen The Orchestra, Dex elopment of Instrumental Xlusic, The History 91 x lfrn Y 7 ' . . . j . T . I - 1 - f 1 V' .' - ' fmIIIilmlIIIIumuunnllluiuuia OilllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllll'

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THE BUREAU OF EDLCATIONAL COUNSEL . The Bureau of Educational Counsel established in 1923 has as its object the careful study of the individual needs of the high school pupils. Emphasis is given to the study of behavior, the development of personality, and the adjustment of emotional difficulties. Although essentially educational and ethical in scope, the Bureau regards advanced mental hygiene as its chief instrument of research and considers vocational guidance an important part of its applied activities. The approach is through the personal interview which is an objective review of individual resources and limitations. Obstacles to a healthy adjustment, Whether intrinsic or extrinsic in force, are brought to the attention of the individual and analyzed so that he may better understand the deterring part they play in the socialization of personality and its adjustment to academic and vocational requirements. Such an analysis reveals possibilities of other lines of needed improvement and self-development particularly in the fields of health, hygiene, interests, and recreation. hfluch health work has been accomplished by referring to the family physician suspected medical problems for diagnosis and treatmentg and medical attention often involving surgical and dental treatment frequently has been the means of removing scholarship deficiencies and general maladjustment. An outstanding feature in this scientific study is the mental health service which the Illinois Institute for juvenile Research makes possible in offering its services in the form of a visiting clinic. A psychiatrist and a psychologist come to the school on request and their recommendations are carried out by the Counselor who is trained in psychiatric social work. lX'Iore and more the pupils are showing their appreciation for this service by making application for it rather than waiting to be referred-and most frequently it is the superior pupil or the pupil with special aptitudes who has availed himself of this service. Vocational guidance-the study of occupational aptitudes, the planning of courses, and the selection of careers-is naturally an important part of a program that stresses the study of the individual and a function of the Bureau is the giving of psychological tests. All pupils are given general intelligence tests and are re- ferred to a trained psychologist for individual attention as to special interests and vocational abilities. lXfIore specifically, perhaps, is vocational guidance re- presented in the employment service which arranges for part time work, vacation jobs, and full time positions. Although the Bureau is already in touch with var- ious industries and business firms, inquiry into the community's resources will be continued and it is hoped that placement will be a growing phase of the work. The Bureau of Educational Counsel is made possible by the generosity of Mrs. C. I-I. Nlatthiessen. The splendid co-operation of physicians and dentists of the community is a great factor in promoting the work and the services they have rendered gratis are greatly appreciated. Further assets in health service are gained in utilizing the varied resources of the AlI-lygienic Institute. Among the statistics for the first year, September 1923 to August IQ24,fl16 ELL ESS PE following are noted: No. pupils interviewed by Counselor Boys Girls Total I Total No. Interviews? Boys Girls Tot al ' Freshmen . . . . 47 22 69 134 44 178 9 Sophomores . . , . SI 27 78 116 SI 167 E Juniors .... . 32 23 55 86 40 126 E Seniors . . . . 67 48 115 145 IO3 24S E Total ....,..,...... 197 120 317 481 238 719 E Interviews range in number from I to I4 per pupil. 5 'Psychiatric interviews range in number from I to 4 per pupil. Home Visits, 85. Other Visits, 39. Others Interviewed, 55. Eighteen mlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllie OllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllli