Peoria High School - Crest Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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MISS PETERSON POINTS out that American literature really began with Indian glyphs. IUDITH BOWEN WILL I EVER get all these term papers graded? wonders Miss Rice. English, Debate English All students at Peoria High were required to take four years of English. Besides dealing with im- proving grammar, the tour-year program included studies oi Ameri- can and English literature. Sev- eral outside loook reports during the year was a requirement oi most ot the teachers. Practical application oi selt-eX- pression was also stressed. This took the torm ot themes, commit- tee reports, poetry, and term pa- pers. By trying to convey their own thoughts in writing, students gain-ed a greater appreciation oi the great masters oi the English language. Special enriched English classes provided the exceptional student with a challenge through a more comprehensive study of t.he sub- ject. Conversely, remedial classes gave the slower student more time to master the material as well as special help. CAB BERGSCI-INEIDER SEARCHES the Readers Guide for term paper sources. 3 t Page 26 mmmmfm-w .-sm. --my-uuummmfm1 .-,...s.nws

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MR. FINK USES a class demonstration to aid understanding. IQL Up-dates Science The chemistry classes obtained some new study material. An accurate electric balance was added to the older manually operated balances. Being an expensive piece oi equipment, the new electric balance was used only by advanced students. An overhead projector was an additional item ot new equipment purchased. Previous study ot algebra was a prerequisite to tal:- ing the physics course, which involved extensive use of math. Physics concerned the study oi the basic laws governing the universe. A new textbook, Modern Physics by Dull, was used. Several new pieces ot equip- ment were acquired to aid in understanding the various laws studied. One oi these items was a high voltage induction coil tor demonstrating electrical charges. Gravitational acceleration equipment and a Polaroid camera tor photographing moving items were other new apparatus. Por those advanced students who had studied bi! ology, chemistry, and physics, special collegeelevel courses in any oi these fields could be taken during the senior year. These subjects were all two-hour courses, and the grade attained tor each grading period was ree corded as a double grade. College texts and lab books were used: students taking this program had a head- start on college work. GQRDON APPEL HENRY STEPPING Chemistry Chemistry

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GRETCHEN WEBSTER lVlURlEl.. PETERSON lVl13.l:iY ANN MALONEY GLYDA SWISHER EMILY RICE English English English English English Goal Is Clear, Concise Writing THE DIAGRAM FOR this sentence has Eric Brown stumped. Members of the Peoria High English department were dedicat- ed as Well as being Well-versed. Several ot the English instructors have themselves had their orig- inal poetry or prose publishedg this gave them insight into the prob- lems which their own students had in producing Works of creative writing. Several English teachers were aided by student teachers from universities in the state. Because many studies had shown that the most serious prob- lem of college freshmen was the inability to express thoughts con- cisely in writing, the English depart- ment waged a constant battle to improve these statistics. Several ot the teachers blacklisted certain common grammatical errorsg any papers having these errors were re- turned to the student without being read and graded as CHARUE VOINOVICH HPONDERSH the phnosophy of Plaids Dialogues. HARRY WHITAKER English, Counseling , , , Page 27