Peoria High School - Crest Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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- ae table phrase, “Half sheet of paper and a pencil please!” Page 24 ROBERTA HUFF LOOKS resignedly at Miss Wood, who “pops” the inevi- CIVICS TEACHES DENNIS Belcher and Margie Keller about the various functions of the state. Literature and History Provide The English and social science departments share similar goals—awakening the students’ in- terest in the world. History courses enable them to follow the development of society. Social stud- ies majors discuss causes and effects of war, from tribal misunderstandings to World War II. The study of great men’s lives and philosophies brings the ancient world closer to our own. Students of economics and civics learn the basic principles beneath the United States’ monetary and political systems. Debate, knowledge in action, develops young vigorous minds into those of clear-thinking adults. When a student must reinforce his views with facts, he soon learns to express himself succinctly. The debater is a student alert to world problems. Through the study of grammar, the students learn to appreciate the skill with which good liter- ature is written. a {i LA

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Their Ability to Guide Szepessy, Marjorie: B.A. Eureka; Girls’ Choir; Freshman Chorus Traylor, Sharon L.: B.S. Eastern Illinois; Short- hand; Typing VanDeventer, J. B.: M.S. Indiana University; Al- gebra Wallace, Leverett K.: B.S. Monmouth; Physical Education; Civics; Ticket Publicity Wallin, Swen: M.S. Illinois University; Swim Coach; Football; Baseball Webster, Gretchen: B.S. Bradley; Sociology; Eng- lish; Assistant to Student Council; Senior Sponsor Westhoff, W. F.: B.S. Bradley; Woodshop Whitaker, Dick: M.A. Colorado; U. S. History; Civics; Football; Basketball; Track; Sponsor Let- terman’s Club and Senior Class Whitaker, Harry: M.S. Bradley; English; Coun- selor; Basketball Coach; Student Council Wood, Camilla: M.A. Illinois; U. S. History; Modern History; A. F. S. Director oN Wyeth, Jerry D.: M.B. Ed. Colorado; Typing; Business Advisor for the Opinion Yingst, Marguerite: M.S. Illinois State Normal; Sight Conservation; Y-Teens Yuhause, Joseph: M.A. Iowa; U. S. History Ziegler, Charlotte: M.A. Michigan; German; German Club; Senior National Honor Society Ziegler, Lilly: Bookkeeper; Treasurer | 2 ( }

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Mi Stic a MR. WHITAKER LOOKS on as his practice teacher, Jackqui Natarnicola, prepares an assignment for sophomore English students. Basis for Future Learning Adventure, terror, and wonder fill the freshman English stu- dents’ imagination. The first year introduces them to the multi- tude of the world’s great works of literature. They sail with Odysseus, fighting the terrors of the ancient seas; wide-eyed, they shiver in the eerie world of Miss Haversham in Great Expectations. In his powerful tragedy Julius Caesar, Shakespeare reenacts the tempestuous times of the fall of a tyrant for the sophomores, The sad, human story of Silas Marner shows them a different kind of life through the sympathetic eyes of George Eliot. The juniors learn American history through the works of our best authors. Following our country’s growth from the first coloni- zation to modern times, they realize the heritage which is ours. Delving further into Shakespeare, each line and person in Mac- beth is thoroughly analyzed by the seniors. Pope’s epigrams are translated into everyday speech, so that the seniors can appreciate the wisdom of the ages that is in them. Page 25