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

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,v- QW sw? elif' PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SUPERVISES HEALTH PROGRAM The health and physical education work this year has been under the supervision of Miss Virginia Boyle and Mr. W. Alfred Dudley, The freshmen classes met three times each week, two days for physical activity and one day for health instruction. Besides the regular class- work several local doctors were invited in, as guest speakers, for these classes. twice each week and the The sophomore classes met juniors one day each week. l-lealth examinations and tuberculosis tests were given again this year by Riverside and Brookfield. letters which were sent to who was examined, X-Ray in the cases where it was the doctors and dentists of These were followed up by the parents of each student work was also done at school necessary. This health pro- gram carried out by the physical education department aims toward a sound body for each boy and girl so that they may enjoy life to its fullest-free from remediable physical defects. A program of graded activities has been planned so that each year the various skills and techniques involved increase in complexity. lt is hoped that by the end of the sophomore and junior years the boys and girls are cble to officiate their own sports. An extensive intramural program has been planned and carried out by the physical education department for both boys and girls. ln this way every student in school has the opportunity to participate in after-school sports. Round robin tournaments were run off at the conclusion of each sport. The year's work in the physical education department culminated in the physical education demonstration which was held in the high school auditorium, May 5.

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g if V. t. V,,,5L . . - . l KW VISUAL AID DEVICES USED IN SCIENCE CLASSES Science is ever becoming one of the most important features in modern life and industry. Our school is eminent in its scientific activities. Mr. I. E. Haebich, at top, is the head of this department, and he also teaches science and biology classes, Mr. K. L. Roth, upper right, tcaches physics, and Mr. M. G. Lott, lower right, teaches chemistry. All the men are well qualified instructors in their fields. Through unavoidable com- plications, the new chemistry equipment was not secured this year but it is hoped that it will ccme next fall. Student experimentation and observa- tion are combined with the usual text- book study and teacher demonstration. Educators say that students learn more readily by the use of visual aids, and a number of worth while films have been rented for use in this department. Moving pictures that correspond with the particular units of study at the time are shown in the classrooms.

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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OFFERS SPECIAL COURSES Four years of English are offered to Riverside-Brookfield students with the fourth year an elective course. A course in Creative Writing is also an elective course for those students who have maintained a B average in their first two or three years of English. Special classes have been conducted this year by Mr. l-laas and Mr, Vetter for those students who, for various reasons, have reading difficulties. Great care is taken to determine the cause of the difficulty and then individual help is given to aid the student in remedying the trouble. The Betts Telebinoculars were purchased this year by the high school and the Brookfield grammar school for the purpose of discovering visual defects. Mr. Vetter is shown here, giving a pupil the telebinocular test. Miss Shipley and Mr. l-laas coach students in play productions. Miss l-louston's Creative Writing class produces the Clarion bi-monthly and a group of seniors, under Miss Houston's direction, puts out the ROUSER. Through the cooperation of Miss Ewan, head of the English department, and Miss Cleary, head of the Commerce department, a special three weeks' review of the fundamentals of composition was conducted by Miss Ewan for the Office Practice students. The juniors and seniors of the English classes participated in an essay contest sponsored by the Woman's Reading Club of Riverside. Seven and three dollar prizes were awarded the winners. The freshman and sophomore English classes carried on an essay writing unit in conjunc- tion with the clean-up week activities of the Student Council and Advertising Club. Teachers in the English department are: At top, Miss Ewan, second row, Miss Bare, Miss Houston, Miss Shipley, Miss Frazier, Mr. Haas, at bottom, Mr. Vetter.