Sullivan High School - Navillus Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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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

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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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Sullivan may well be proud oT iTs music deparTmenT. During The pasT year The Symphonic Choir, under The direcTion oT Miss Sheel, and The OrchesTra, under The direcTion oT Mr. MelTzer, won superior raTings aT The ciTy conTesT. This is a TribuTe boTh To The music Teach- ers and To The members oT These organizaTions. BuT a laclc oT enThusiasm has never been a characTerisTic OT The music deparTmenT. Every sTudenT is required To Talfe a year's course in Music OrienTaTion, which has as i owic 0 h66FU VTTGVTT SVS O E VYTU ic S GVVTT V! C T l b T th s d D T e T include Miss Sloan, Mr. Meltzer, Miss Sheel, and Miss Ford at the piano. iTs aim a beTTer appreciaTion oT good music. ATTer This, iT is possible To become a member oT one oT The choruses, The band or The orchesTra. The members oT The Philharmonic Choir are chosen Trom among The besT voices in The school and iT parTici- paTes in many assembly programs. The large and acTive membership in all These organizaTions is prooT ThaT swing music is noT The only lcind oT music ThaT high school sTudenTs enioy. .,f Lf6 ARTISTS AND ARTISANS The ArTs DeparTmenT, headed by Mr. Rogers, has several divisions: lndusTrial ArTs, PrinTing, Mechanical Drawing and Home Economics in The pracTical Tield: Drawing and Music in The Tield oT Fine ArTs. Sullivan has received considerable recog- niTion in all The ArTs, The drawings and wood carvings oT some oT The school's arTisTs have received The highesT awards. The sTudenTs in The pracTical arTs are called upon consTanTly To do work Tor all The school organizaTions. T-lowever, The besT TribuTe To The Teachers in The ArTs DeparT- menT is The beneTiT which The average sTudenT derives Trom Taking parT in iTs acTiviTies. TO? PICTURE: Mr. Becker, Mrs. Kube, Miss Krupnick, Miss Humphreys. BOTTOM PICTURE: Miss Carpenter, Mr. Golden, Mr, Rogers, Mr. Schneller, Mrs. Ross, Page Sixteen