Mendota High School - Atodnem Yearbook (Mendota, IL)

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fhfwuqh Mia.: NANCY BROWN LEONARD POURCHOT RUTH DOENIER If ll LARGEST of fhe deparfmenfs in school is fhe English, foreign language, and speech. Speech and grammar are necessary fo everyone, no maffer which field of life he enfers affer graduafion. The picfures showing an English I class lMiss Poffingerl, an English Ill class lMiss Paynel, and a Lafin l class IMiss Breesel are fypical. As her picfure shows, Miss Poffinger kepf her class- room cheerful and fragranf wifh flowers. Besides 'reaching English I, she faughf pracfical mafhemafics and commercial arifhmefic. She will, perhaps, be besf remembered by fhe freshmen as she acfed as one of fheir advisors. Miss Breese faughf Eng- lish I and III, Lafin I and II, and was an advisor for fhe senior class and fhe Afodnem--enough said. Because of fhe imporfance of speech and Eng- Iish, courses in fhese subiecfs are offered all four years. They help fhe sfudenfs fo overcome fhe faulfs in fheir speech and grammar. A good ex- ample of a speech class in session is fhe dramafics class lMr. Pourchofl, picfured af leff. Sophomore English was faughf by Mr. Pourchof and Mrs. Doenier. Parf of fhe year's work was sef aside for feaching fhe fundamenfals of speech. Mr. Pourchof faughf dramafics and speech. He also was fhe debafe coach and direcfed all school plays. Mrs. Doenier had classes in journalism and advanced speech. She was head librarian and fhe indispensable advisor of fhe school paper, fhe Hi-Lighf. Bofh guided fhe sophomores in fhe prob- Iems which confronfed fhaf class, by acfing as fheir advisors. Wifh fheir help, fhe sophomores chose fheir class ring. ll If STUDIES in social science wenf hand in hand wifh fhe English, foreign language, and speech deparfmenf. The social sciences gave sfu- denfs a beffer undersfanding of fhe problems in fhe world in which fhey live. Af leff are pic- fured an economics class lMr. Maunfell and a social science class lMiss Nancy Brownl. Miss Nancy Brown, besides social science, faughf English I. She shared fhe seniors wifh Mr. Maun- fel by 'reaching Unifed Sfafes hisfory. She was. inifiafed info school life, so fo speak, when she advised fhe freshmen in decorafing fhe gymnasium for fhe all-school parfy. ln case you haven'f guessed, she was a freshman advisor. If If COMMERCIAL subiecfs gave fhe fufure secrefaries a background for fheir work. They learned shorfhand, fyping, and fhe arf of book- keeping in fhis field. The office pracfice class lMiss Mabel Brown and Miss Swansonl is a good example. Miss Mabel Brown and Miss Swanson were fhe fyping insfrucfors. Near fhe end of fhe school year, fhe fyping room was usually open every nighf affer school, and fairly crowded wifh sfu- denfs frying fo gef fheir fhirfy-five words. Miss Brown faughf shorfhand, handled fhe money affairs of MHS as school freasurer, and was a sophomore class advisor. Miss Swanson's class dufies re- volved around office pracfice, bookkeeping, and business fraining. She was a senior and Afodnem advisor. Much of her fime was spenf in making: fhe ends meef in fhe senior class freasury.

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