Sullivan High School - Navillus Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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AAM6 fmenf PERSONALITY IN THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT Perhaps The mosT beneTicial organizaTion in Sullivan l-ligh School is The adiusTmenT bureau and psychology deparTmenT locaTed in The personnel oTTice. We are proud To say ThaT our school was one oT The TirsT To eslrablish This kind oT service which is comparaTively new in all schools. Mrs. l-leisler, The head oT The psychology deparT- menT, keeps conTacT wiTh everyone in The school need- ing assisTance, and alThough pressed by her counTless duTies, she is never Too busy To oTTer lcindly suggesTions and aid. The resT oT This splendid sTaTT is composed oT Miss Sager, Mr. EngsTrom, and Miss O'Connell, whose unTir- ing eTTorTs build success Trom Tailures, soluTions Trom complex problems, and conquerors Trom The conquered. ln order To enlighTen The reader upon The varieTy oT The Tasks accomplished, we shall name a Tew oT The greaT many. All oT The graduaTing sTudenTs who so desire are enlisTed aT The Illinois EmploymenT Agency and reliable reTerences are Turnished. All pupils aT a loss To decide upon Their own vocaTion are given special vocaTional and apTiTude TesTs. Schedules are planned, courses are arranged, and advice on The selecTion oT The proper college To aTTend aTTer graduaTion is given. Here recommendaTions are made To The colleges Tor Those sTudenTs deserving or needing scholarships, and here scholarship exarninaTions are given. IT is also The duTy oT This deparTmenT To encour- age regular aTTendance. All new sTudenTs are aided in Their adiusTmenTs To a new environmenT and Their courses as besT beTiT Their TalenTs are selecTed and arranged by This undersTanding sTaTT. Miss O'Connell and Mr. EngsTrom loolq over a pleasing record. DespiTe The conTinual aid and advice which is always available To anyone, sTudenTs are also TaughT To be selT-guiding. For This purpose, The personnel de- parTmenT has accumulaTed a well equipped library oT reTerence mairerials, including career monographs, college syllabuses, and many oTher helpTul pamphleTs and boolcleTs. We here aT Sullivan have all reached an agree- menT ThaT no adiusTmenT sTaTT is able To be Tound anywhere which accomplishes more wiTh as much graciousness, undersTanding, and sincere inTeresT. Mrs. Ann l-leisler, school psychologisT. A well adiusTed pupil Tallcs iT over wiTh Miss Josephine Sager. Page FourTeen

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.xgJmini:SLLra1fi0n Commercial law, civics, dances, clubs, hall guards, assemblies, Senare,-rhese are lhe diversi- fied inreresrs of Mrs. McShane, who sponsors Jrhem all. Being an alrorney as well as an able leacher, she is especially well qualified +o reach commercial law. l-ler added inlormarion is advanlageous lo sludenls, since she imparls exlra knowledge olherwise unob- Jrainable in a high school course. Coming lo Sullivan a year aller ils founding, she has conlribuled much lo lhe spiril, growlh, and developmenr ol lheschool. and richly deserves a vole of Thanks from rhe sludenl body for her noraf ble work. MRS. KUSTNER Advice on how lo win friends and influence people could well be Jraken from our gracious rreasurer, Mrs. Kusrner. Allhough she keeps rhe records of losl lexl books, by virlue ol her charm she manages The affair so diplomalically Thar she is one of our besr-liked reachers. A pleasanler duly is her iob ol keeping lrack of all Sullivan money. She knows where every penny goes, from buying a new wafer pail for our pigskin heroes, ro purchasing orlice supplies. All money paid in lor locks, losl books, The SEN- TINEL, The NAVILLUS, or games goes rhrough Mrs. Kuslrnerls capable hands. ln addilion lo rhese +wo exrra jobs she has charge of reaching bookkeeping, a full rime assignmenr in irself. MISS POWERS School regislrar, ryping Teacher, shorrhand in- slruclress and sponsor ol several clubs are The big duries of small Miss Powers. Afrer lisrening ro her explanarion of regislralion pracrically no one gels inlo lhose dreaded Vregisrralion day messesm. If one does have a iumbled program Miss Powers is lhe person wha can solve all problems guielly and ellicienrly. Forrunarely she has rhe necessary palience. Anolher derail of her work is counling Seniors' credils lo make sure Thar one hasnur been losr somewhere during The four years. This added check has assured many Sullivanires of graduarion. Page Thirteen

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Li. - ,K 6 ' + :T 5,. 6 e f P l fv R' IWW U mg --L55 Our future math .wizards are in the capable hands ol: STANDING: Miss Lucy Allen, Miss Leta Mcllvain, Miss Eleanor Straka, Miss Helen Hanson: SEATED: Mrs. Constance Van Ness, Mrs. Margaret East, Mrs, Marguerite Ficscr. BUSINESSLIKE The commercial division, headed by Mrs. Walser, is one of the most active departments at Sullivan. lt offers courses in shorthand, typing, bookkeeping, busi- ness fraining, salesmanship, commercial geography and commercial law. In keep- ing with the departments aim of pre- paring sfudenfs for a successful business career, the teachers of shorthand and typing have participated in a survey for improving commercial courses con- ducfed by a New York firm. Also a commercial assembly, featuring a movie on modern business methods, was held this spring. ln order that practical ex- perience in office methods may be obtained, commercial students work in the school office as lypists and mimeo- graph operafors and they give Miss Powers invaluable aid in the busy days of registration. Woalffremcaficgi il POPULAR NUMBERS Sullivan offers more mathematics than most high schools. After he has completed algebra and geometry, the interested sfudenf may go on and fake advanced algebra, frigonomefry, solid y. . According fo Miss Mcllvain, the head of the mathematics department, fhere are more students enrolled in the classes in higher mathematics this year than ever before. She modestly attributes this in- crease fo the greater interest of young people in technical careers, but perhaps if is also due fo the interesting way the teachers present the work. They empha- size the practical applications of mathe- matics more than formal problems from a text-book. 0l0fLlf1fL8l Clf6L Success in the business world is assured if one has studied in this department. STANDING: Mrs. Alice McShane, Miss Adeline Bertlinq, Miss Helen Powers, Mrs. Helen Kustner. SEATED: Mrs. Dorothy Huck, Mrs. Mildred Walser, and Mrs. Cora Soooner. Page Fifteen and college-algebmg