Sterling High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Sterling, IL)

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I ..... M229 K ima.. Mr. .Iunc lice. Miss Lula Pignatclli.. Mr. Jerome Robbins, Miss Mildred Kl'LlQ'l10fT, Miss Dollee Fauth, Mr. Curtis Brandau. FOREIGN LANGUAGE and SOCIAL SCIENCE Mr. Lee teaches both first and second year Latin classes. For the first half of the school year, Miss Pignatelli taught Spanish and French. For the remainder of the year, Miss Straw taught Spanish, and Mrs. Stoltz taught French. The social science department imparts information to eager students about our country's growth, pointing out the different economic, social. and religious views of the times. Mr. Robbins, Miss Krughoff, Miss Fauth, and Mr. Brandau teach the social studies. X 'X Art Math 10

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FACULTY Miss Priscilla Coffee, Miss Mary Harris, Miss Gazelle Adams, Miss Doris Burritt, Miss Barbara Larson, Miss Marie Dickson ENGLISH and SPEECH Senior English is a collective review of the preceding years of English, a course in constructive writing, and a survey of English litera- ture. Junior English classes are devoted to the study of American writers and to better writing. Sophomores study contemporary writers. Freshman English is mastering speech and good writing habits. Speech classes study the art of speaking Well and self-assuredly. Miss Harris, Miss Adams, Miss Barnes, Miss Dickson, and Miss Fischer teach English. Miss Burrltt and Miss Coffey teach English, too, and are the librarians. Miss Larson has charge of all speech classes. Miss Lucille Barnes Miss Esther Fischer English French ll

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Mr. Art Neahring, Mr. William Tonkin, Mr. Cloyd Meycrs. Mrs. Marie Davis, Mr. Herbert Parsley, Miss Ruth Welle, Mr. E. E. Small ART, MUSIC and MATHEMATICS Mr. Neahring's art students this year have done various types of art. Included in the classes have been sketches of buildings and land- scapes, water paintings of still life, and some oil paintings. Art classes have also painted signs and posters for school functions, and they re- painted the Christmas shrine in the Civic Center. Fundamentally, the girls' and boys' choruses are organizations which develop voices for the Robed Choir. The Choir, as well as the Boys' Quartet, sings for the entertainment of others. In the music ap- preciation classes, students learn to judge types of music and its values. The courses offered by the math department are practical mathe- matics,.algebra I, plane geometry, algebra II, solid geometry, and trigonometry. The math instructors are Mrs. Davis, Miss Welle, Mr. Small, and Mr. Parsley. Home Economics Typing 11