Proviso East High School - Provi Yearbook (Maywood, IL)

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ENGLISH By way of preparation for effective participation in the great PAGEANT OF YOUTH staged in Proviso, every member of the cast, comprising the entire school, undergoes four years of training in the use of the English language. In order that this training might be properly co-ordinated and synchronized, the management of the department, which for some time had been under a committee of four, has this year been unified under the direction of Miss Eileen White, with Miss Grace Trigg acting as assistant. Specifically the work in English aims to foster appreciation and enjoyment of literature, and pro- ficiency in self-expression, whether in speech or in writing. To further these ends, a curriculum corn mittee of six under the chairmanship of Miss Anna M. Harman has worked throughout the year on plans for a course of study which may more defi- nitely serve the needs and interests of those in- volved. To secure suggestions of value, question- naires were sent to alumni and to seniors asking for first-hand information as to what courses they regarded most valuable. Departmiental meetings have been concerned with a study of modern edu- cational trends under the guidance of a commit- tee headed by Miss Cecil Stark. Visual education has been employed whenever pictures contributing to a study of literature or journalism were available. Movies and radio pro- grams have been discussed. Courses in the study of newspapers and of magazines have helped cor- relate classroom work with current interests. The curriculum has been enlarged by classes in argumentation, functional Englisheedesigned for Miss Hogan, Miss Harman, Miss Scott, Miss White, Miss Otis, Miss Trigg, Miss Reininga Paul Street, Miss Norman, Miss Emge, Miss Baldridge, Miss Reid, Miss Stark, Miss Eancher, Manley Immel ENGLISH EILEEN WHITE, Chairman A. B., University of Illinois A. M., Columbia University MANLEY W. IMMEL, Speech Chairman Ph. B., University of Chicago MARIE BALDRIDGE B. S., Kansas State Teachers' College A. M., University of Chicago RUTH BECK A. B., Euieka College A. M., University of Chicago MARY E. EMGE A. B., Indiana University A. M., Columbia University CLEORA D. FANCHER A. B., Ohio Wesleyan University GEORGE F. HADDOCK B. E., Illinois State Teachers' College A. M., University of Illinois ANNA M. HARMAN A. B., Indiana University VIOLET HOGAN A. B., Lawrence College A. M., Columbia University EDWARD IUDD Ph. B., Shurtleft College A. M., Northwestern University ELLENDORE LAMPTON A. B., De Pauw University ELEANOR ALICE LONEK B. S., University of Illinois A. M., Northwestern University LOIS MOORE A. B., Beloit College A. M., Northwestern University RUTH NEAL B. S., NOfllIWi?Si6EIIl University tNot in Picturel HELEN GRANT NORMAN A. B., University of Illinois FLORENCE I. OTIS A. B., Oberlin College A. M., University of Michigan Medill School ot Iournalism EMILY C. REID A. B., University of Illinois A. M., University of Michigan GRACE REININGA B. S., A. M., Columbia Universiiy MOZELLE RONEY A. B., Baylor University

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E. W. STUBBS Iunicr-Senior Boys' Counselor A. B., Ohio Wesleyan University A. M., Ohio State University OTTO DILLNER Sophomore Boys' Counselor A. B., Milton College A. M., Northwestern University HOWARD E. CARR Freshman Boys' Counselor, Counselor Chairman B. S., Ohio State University C. C. TAGGART Assistant Superintendent B. S., Ohio Wesleyan University A. M., University of Chicago ADMINISTRATION Back of every great enterprise, commercial, in- tellectual, or social, is a group of experts. Theirs it is to conceive ideas, to maintain a proper perspec- tive, to consider aims, and to devise ways and means of attaining those aims. Fundamental to the successful presentation of the great PAGEANT OF YOUTH in Proviso is the Work done by the ad- ministrative group. Head of the group is Superintendent Earl H. Sifert, no longer a novice in his present position, but now fully established. To him falls the task of combin- ing the practical and the ideal in fitting proportions to minister to the needs of all concerned. Recog- nized beyond the confines of Illinois as Well as With- in them, as increasingly a leader in matters educational, he keeps Proviso in the front ranks of those schools which seek to adapt their services to the community they serve. Right-hand man to Mr. Sifert is C. C. Taggart, as- sistant superintendent, who reigns supreme in the main office. The countless details appertaining to programs and office routine are within his iurisdic' tion. He contacts the grade schools in the district, and prepares the Way for the hundreds who enter the high school each fall. The advisory system is now a well-established factor in Proviso's administrative set-up. H. E. Carr, chairman of the advisory group, is special counselor of freshman boys, Otto Dillner, new to the school this year, of sophomore boys, and E. W. Stubbs, formerly of the history department, of junior and senior boys. Miss Elizabeth B. Oakes is in charge of senior and junior girls, and sponsor of the Girls' League: Miss Virginia Hayward has succeeded Miss Pauline Croessmann, who Went to Denfeld High in Minneapolis at the beginning of second semester, and who had been sophomore counselor: Miss Beatrice Yates is in charge of freshman girls. ll ELIZABETH B. OAKES lunior-Senior Girls' Counselor A. B., A. M., University of Michigan BEATRICE M. YATES Freshman Girls' Counselor A. B., Cornell College A. M., Columbia University VIRGINIA A. I-IAYWARD Sophomore Girls' Counselor A. B., De Pauw University A. M., Northwestern University

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those who have difficulty in reading, and free writing. The appointment of Manley W. lrnmel as head of work in speech has laid new emphasis on that medium of communication: an outline for speech work throughout the four years of school has been presented for use in all classes. The purf chase of a recording machine which has made it possible for students to hear themselves as others hear them has been of great value in this work. Two new teachers joined the department at the beginning of the year: Miss Ellendore Lanipton, a specialist in the teaching of remedial reading, and Edward ludd. ln the fall, A. T. Bolt resigned to take a position in l-larnrnond, indiana, and Miss Ruth Beck came to fill the vacancy. At the begin- ning of the second semester, Miss Virginia Hayward was transferred from the department to the position of counselor for sophomore girls, and Miss Lois Moore took her place. Miss Eleanor Lonek and Miss Trigg received A.M. degrees last summer. Miss Grace Reininga toured sundry European countries. Miss White, Miss Violet Hogan, and Miss Florence Scott spent some weeks in Mexico, and Miss Hayward, in Canada. Miss Florence I. Otis, instructor in news writing, taught in the summer session of the Medill School of journalism. LIBRARY The school library works in close co-operation with the English department and the other depart- ments of the school. Books are placed on reserve for classes needing them, classroom libraries are furnishedg and classes are brought into the library nearly every period of every day to study books cr magazines. Serapes hung from the balconies gave the library a festive appearance at the beginning of the year. Szudents and teachers who had visited Mexico dur- Miss Holliday, Miss Myers ing the summer donated the decorations for an ex- hibition. Mexico and Mexican travel books were featured. Throughout the year, as various depart- ments held exhibitions in the library, books dealing with the same subjects were displayed. Miss Louise Myers and Miss Laura Holliday joined the faculty as librarians last fall, with Mrs. Gertrude Dewar to assist them in clerical work. Miss Moore Miss Beck, Edward ludd, Miss Honey Miss lxzriffk, Miss Valli, George P. Haddock, Ivfiss Lanipton ENGLISH tContinuedl lfL3FtENCE H. SCOTT I-,. B., University of Lfi'5'l'1iqrrr'. CECIL STARK Ph. B., Univrtrsiiy of Glricaar. Pirsadezia Sfllljil tif tlze Theater. fali' foinia PFQFL STREET E, D, Northern lllirrfpis Surf- Teaciifi-rs' College P+.. M., Nortliwwstern Universi' Cf23.3.CE 'l'RlGC'2 .-3., B., Univr-rsity of lilinois il.. M., Colinnlia Univv-rsitz' lfiftlll VALLQ P.. B.. University of lliinais LIBRARY LAURA HOLLHDAY B. S., Carnegie lns'itrr Teclrnfilogy Lf11llSE MYERS 13.. B., Central College B. S., George Peabody Collegi- l3