St John Township High School - Echo Yearbook (Dyer, IN)

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CONVENTIONS. TREATIES. LAND GRANTS .... such terms are commonly used by the instructors in the social studies department. MRS. ELMA NASELROAD not only teaches civics, U. S. history, sociology, and economics, but she is also the sympathetic sponsor of the freshman class. MR. GLEN EBERLY, who is busier than the proverbial bee, teaches civics, and U. S. history, supervises the library, manages two study halls, coaches reserve basketball team, and assists Coaches Jacobs and Vanderkolk. Both Mrs. Naselroad and Mr. Eberly are new faces at Dyer High this year. We Study History TODAY'S EVENTS MAKE TOMORROW'S HISTORY. Not only do the Dyer history students study maps and charts of past events, as Diana Urbanczyk and Eileen Quinn are doing in the picture at left, but through special reports, debates, and panel discussions, they learn about current world problems and the responsibilities of their generation. They believe that as the youth of today they must train to be the leaders of tomorrow. 6

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THEMES. BOOK REPORTS, TERM PA)i ERSj TESTS .... the wonder is that these three English teachers have time to do anything else. MISS RUTH PIERCE (left) starts the freshmen on their difficult climb to higher English, teaches Latin and Spanish, and still finds time to sponsor the COMET. MR. ROSCOE PROTSMAN (center) keeps the sophomores and seniors a-wake long enough to learn about Shakespeare and Chaucer, is responsible for the visual education program, and supervises the arrival and departure of busses. MRS. DOROTHY AINSLEY (seated) acquaints the juniors with American literature, teaches two classes in speech, and is advisor to the ECHO staff. We Learn to Read, Write and Punctuate ' jCjuajU ' S JU uJU. r5 IF AUTOS AND PLANES IS THE SUBJECT AND ARE IS THE VERB .... Shelia Butler demonstrates to Audrey Blaskovich, Ida Austgen, and Lois DeLong how a sentence is actually constructed. In a world such as ours, the proper use of the English language is immeasurably important. In peace and in war, a democracy needs citizens who not only have skill in listening, reading, and thinking, but who can also express their ideas precisely and forcefully. In all of life's fields, we will be using some of the principles taught in the high school English classes. Go a-head, Shelia, we're listening! 5

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WIELDING A PAINT BRUSH OR A BATON, MR. VIRGIL DeALBANI is equally at home. He develops the artistic side of Dyer students by teaching art and directing the glee club and band. In addition to being a competent landscapist (several of his oils hang in homes throughout the community,) he is an accomplished violinist, and has played with well known symphony orchestras. This year he has again proved his versatility by starting a class in mechanical drawing, offered especially for the benefit of those boys who are planning to study engineering. and Art PERSPECTIVE, PROPORTION, SHADING .. and other similar terms puzzle the minds of these young artists, bent over their drawing boards with such concentration. Christmas cards, landscapes, still lifes,— they all take shape under the watchful eye of Mr. DeAlbani, and give to the class members the thrill of doing creative work. 7