Mendota High School - Atodnem Yearbook (Mendota, IL)

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RUTH DOENIER English II Librarian Sophomore Adviser HIRREL SWANSON Typing Bookkeeping Business Training Senior Adviser Atodnem Adviser MARIORIE OSBORN BRYANT Home Ec. I Boys' Home Ec. FHA Adviser Iunior Adviser VICTOR WEDEMEYER A t llliiechanical Drawing MERRILL MANN Shop III Building Trades Freshman Football Coach VERNA MAE ELSESSER Iunigr Adviser Home Ec. II, III, IV. FHA Adviser, Iunior Adviser

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EARNEST SCHLICK GILBERT GEHLER Band, Chorus Freshman Basketball Coach General Music Shop I Il SAMUEL E. LE MARR Algebra I Plane Geometry Athletic Equipment Freshman Adviser EULALIA BREESE English I Latin I, II Senior Adviser Atodnem Adviser . :Zi Q, ' -- 3 Q , iffy ,, ef-'Q ' ' ,.,. I I - 2+ 29 I s I x 1 xg A fi X , ' '-A vb 'MI' 'Www WW MW-X NN ww MMO' Qs 0Qg!vW ff' f'f.,, ALICE POTTINGER English I Practical Math Freshman Adviser Commercial Arithmetic WILLIAM MOOGK Iournalism English III Hi-Light Adviser Sophomore Adviser Dramatics Coach

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ur urricu cc 9 OUT OE Tl-lE confusion that resulted from arranging, balancing, shifting, changing and re-changing programs, the class schedules were finally set up and assigned. Teachers and students got to know where they be- longed, and book larnin' at MHS got off to a good start. Qn practically every students program was some phase of English, for ability to read, speak, and write well is basic to good work in all the other courses of the curriculum. Freshmen found that their first course in high school English combined grammar lessons with practice in effective speech and with reading widely from many distinguished modern writers. They also read lvanhoe, and many took pride in their poetry scrapbooks. Miss Pottinger, Miss Payne, and Miss Breese were the English l teachers. The sophomores read. The Tale of Two Cities as their classic in English ll. Miss Nancy Brown and Mrs. Doenier guided them successfully through the story and, of course, many other reading projects. Along with their literature they .had their nevereending grammar lessons. The juniors were assisted through English Ili by Mr. Moogk. During the year they read some of A.rnerica's best literature. They also learned to read poetry. They tried, anyhow. The English lV class, a college-preparatory course in English literature, was made up entirely of girls plus one poor boy. They wrote long themes, read Macbeth , and gave 60- minute book reports. This very interesting class was directed by Miss Payne. journalism, also an elective course for sen-- iors, was taught by Mr. Moogk and was a whole year subject for the first time this year. Students learned the basic principles of jour- nalisrn and practiced them in their writing assignments. 9 ERESHMEN who planned to go to college undertook the job of learning algebra. Al- though some of them wondered how X equalecl so many different things, it became clear to them before the year was over. Mr. LeMarr saw to that. They all sign their notes with an X now. The teachers big question now is, who does X equal. The tables have turned. While the freshmen were struggling with algebra, the sophomores were being initiated into geometry. And they thought algebra was hardl Mr. LeMarr showed them how to get around the square corners and figure out all the angles, though. The few students who ventured into Mr. Norton's room to take algebra ll did a fine job. They came out with flying colors and some neat knowledge on algebra ll.