Riverside Brookfield High School - Rouser Yearbook (Riverside, IL)

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Guidance Program Aids Student ln Solving Problems Guidance has come to be an integral part of the progressive high school program. The purpose of any guidance program is to help the student make the most of the opportun- ities offered in the high school whether in the class room or in activities outside the class room. Guidance attempts to help the student find those things for which he is best suited and to develop those phases of his personality which otherwise might remain undiscovered. Counseling carries the teacher-pupil relation- ship outside the realm of the text book and attempts to help the student discover himself as an individual. High school sudents are faced with more complex problems each year. In an effort to meet the needs of a rapidly increasing and changing student body, the number of sub- jects from which a student may select has increased many fold. From this array it is very difficult for the student to select those subjects which best fit his needs. The nature and types of vocations change so rapidly to- day that students cannot always know what courses to pursue to best fit him for his cho- sen vocation. The student must decide whether to go to college, enter a trade school, or go to work on finishing high school. The student who drifts along without making up his mind about these things, whether from lack of sufficient knowledge or from negligence, will be serious- ly handicapped. There is so much competition for available jobs today that a student can- not afford to wait until he has left school to begin to find out about the world of work if he expects to make a place for himself later on. Guidance attempts to help the student solve such problems. lt cannot make up the student's mind for him nor does it attempt to do so. All it can do is to help him secure the information. lt helps him learn about himself-his interests and aptitudes, so that he may solve intelligently the many problems which he confronts in trying to plan his future. Guidance at R. B. recognizes the fact that every student is faced with many such prob- lems. Each teacher takes an active part in helping to put the student in the way of solv- ing these problems for himself. Counseling with the pupil who is doing unsatisfactory work in an effort to bring his work up to a satisfactory level, helping him plan his pro- gram of studies, checking with him to see that his program will admit him to college or that it is best suited to his vocational plans, testing him to discover his interests and apti- tudes, giving out information about the vari- ous opportunities in the curriculum and in the extra-curricular program are all phases of an integrated program which attempts to help the pupil adjust himself to his school life and intelligently plan for the future. In the pictures at the left we see: top left, Mr. Arthur, chairman of the Guidance pro- gram, looking over the Prospectus of Courses that was published last year and making notes on revisions to be made in it this year, top right, Mr. Peebles, chairman of the senior Guidance work, and a representative from Beloit College discussing with Mary Rachel Anspach and Alene Gendon the opportunities offered in that college, center, Mr. Vance, junior chairman, explaining to Bob Bestler, Allan Jones, and Dewitt Drury how to rate themselves on their Interest Inventories, lower left, Mr. Dudley, freshman chairman, check- ing up on the activities of one of the fresh- men, and Mr. Kaiser, sophomore chairman, counselling Charles Zirzow about a possible Change in his program.

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ornmercc Students Get Practical xpcricncc ln School Qlfices Miss Ruth M. Cleary Ctop insetl is the head of the commerce depart- ment which is one of the largest in the high school. One of the department's most important courses is Office Practice which offers practical experience with office equipment and routine, for the students who take this course must work a specified number of hours in school offices before credit is granted. Office Practice student, Janet Groth, is taking dictation from the Ediphone Cin the upper left cornerl while lrwin Jecha runs off a stencil on the mimeograph machine, and Margaret Noha makes ready to slip-sheet for him. Ingrid Swanson is operating the adding machine. The office next to the bookstore is also the scene of attendance taking for the entire school, which is done under the supervision of the commerce department. Dorothy and Ruth U'Ren are shown at the upper right marking the absentees on the home room slips which are thumb-tacked to a large slanting board. The Office Practice student also gains valuable experience by working in the school's main office several days a week where he gets experience as a receptionist, as a switchboard operator, and as a secretary. A fascinating part of the Salesmanship course is shown at the lower left where Eugenie Steinhausen, Marie Damore, and Vivian Savaglio are arranging the display for the bookstore showcase, Also in connection with this course, the students are allowed to work in the bookstore. Kathleen McKinney is trying her sales technique on Dorothy Schulz at the lower right. Miss Cleary's capable assistant, Miss Elizabeth Lenksas, is at the cash register. She is a graduate of Riverside-Brookfield. ln addition to typing, two years of bookkeeping and shorthand are offered at Riverside-Brookfield, and there is also a freshman business train- ing course. Besides her classes in salesmanship, office practice, and commercial law, Miss Cleary supervises the work for the office practice students in ll5 and manages the bookstore. Miss Smith, center left, has classes in shorthand and typing, as does Miss Barrick who also teaches a class in bookkeeping. Miss Barrick, lower center, is a new teacher this year at Riverside-Brookfield. Mr. l-loffman, center right, teaches bookkeeping, business training, and commercial arithmetic.