Paris High School - Arena Yearbook (Paris, IL)

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PRINGIPAL In February of the present year Miss Carolyn L. Wenz tendered her resignation as principal of the Paris High School and teacher of English. In losing Miss Wenz we lose a capable executive and teacher; with her goes something vital to our school. Miss Wenz has been a life-long resident of Paris. She received her elementary and secondary training here, and was graduated from the old high school in 1891. She then began her career as a teacher at the Walls School south of Paris, followed by a spring term at New Goshen. The following year she entered the Paris schools where she taught in succession the third, fourth, and sixth grades. She received her collegiate degree from the University of Illinois, later taking post graduate work at the University of Chicago. In 1903 Miss Wenz became a member of the faculty at Paris High School, as teacher of English. In 1917 she was elected assistant principal, and two years later was advanced to the prin- rvtf iriRfir cipalship. Thus for many years her influence has been felt in almost every home in Paris. This last year crowns a lifetime of service and devotion to duty. The school has been her life; and by her character and high ideals she has enriched the life of the school. While we of the high school shall keenly feel her loss, she will have the satisfaction of knowing that her duty was well done. And now, to Miss Wenz, our principal. teacher, and counsellor, we, the students of Paris High School, say “Goodbye”; and to Miss Wenz, our neighbor, companion, friend, we say “Hello!” CAROLYN LOUISE WENZ, B.A„ Principal. Paris High School 19

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Mr. and Mrs. Moss at tin Junior-Senior Prom. SUPERINTENDENT mastery of the art of reading through its extensive application becomes the most valuable accomplishment in making use of the experience of others. Reading ability is the key which unlocks the stores of wisdom accumulated in the literature of all ages and peoples. Literary knowledge alone will not insure happiness. The need to provide the necessities of life for ourselves and our dependents requires that we have certain skills to perform definite types of work. However, technical skills in themselves will not enable one to enjoy life. Without a sound philosophy acquired through extensive reading, the most successful person, financially, will not he able to face the trials and hardships without losing poise and equanimity. To the Seniors: No person lives long enough to acquire through actual experience the wisdom necessary to live happily. Because of the limited number of years in the span of life, it becomes necessary to use the experience of others, in addition to one’s own observations, if he is to achieve happiness. The The individual who has acquired both technical skills and a sound philosophy of life is the type of person required to fit into the complicated scheme of things existing at present. This person is said to have an integrated personality, the most valuable possession in the world.

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E N G L1 SII Although the curriculum at Paris High School has ably served this community for more than seventy years, now more than ever is this service essential in building intelligent citizens for tomorrow. English is considered of such importance that it is required for four years, while in many schools it is required but three. M iss Baldwin and Mrs. Hightower begin with the freshmen in the formation of better literary and rhetorical habits. Due to Miss Baldwin's illness. Miss Green has ably substituted for her this year. In the student’s sophomore year M iss Hunter furthers their training of the freshman year. This year in sophomore English vocabulary building has had special attention both in the literature anil language work. Weekly composition assignments stress letter writing, paragraph development, and familiar essays and are correlated as nearly as possible with the study of BETTY LOU HUNTER, B.A. English III HELEN MURPHY HIGHTOWER, B.A. English I. III. I literary types as presented in the text A d ven tu res in A ppreciat ion. Miss Dayton, Miss Cleveland and Mrs. Hightower have charge of the English in the junior class. It includes the study of the history of English literature from Anglo-Saxon days to the present time, together with the study of composition and grammar and practice in theme writing. In this field we have a new text. Learning to Write. Senior English is under the direction of Miss Wenz and Miss Hochstrasser. The development of American Literature from the earliest colonial times to the present is traced, with emphasis on the fact that literature is the expression of the life of the people. In rhetoric we begin with the paragraph as the unit of all writing, increasing later to themes of several paragraphs, and ending with the writing of a long theme of two thousand words or more. Attention is called to modern literature by the keeping of notebooks of newspaper and magazine clippings. LARUE DAYTON, B.A. English V ADDIE HOCHSTRASSER, B.A., M.A. English VII