Sullivan High School - Navillus Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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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

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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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iience STANDING: Miss Butler, Miss Jacobs, Miss Collord, Miss SchaeTTer. SEATED: Miss Moloney, Mr. Kahn, Miss Mc- Cutcheon, Mr. Engstrom. The social science deparTmenT This year ollfered ourses in world hisTory, modern European hisTory. niTed STaTes hisTory, civics and economics. All These rses are designed To prepare The sTudenT Tor ciTizenf p in The TuTure. The TaculTy OT This deparTmenT, ed by Mr. Kahn, believes ThaT The social sciences noT primarily concerned wiTh The pasT and ThaT should provide The background Tor an under- oT presenT problems. ThereTore, currenT and class discussions on governmenT were given P . unusual aTTenTion. ln connecTion wiTh This program, sTudenTs were encouraged To enTer essay and oraTorical conTesTs, sponsored by such paTrioTic organizaTions as The American Legion and The D. A. R. The conTribuTions made To democracy by Americans oT Today and in The pasT were especially emphasized and Trips were Taken To The seaTs oT local governmenT and places OT his- Torical inTeresT. Thus, hisTory became more Than dull reciral oT TacTs To Sullivan sTudenTs. dence THE HOPE OF THE FUTURE ln These modern Times Science has become increasingly imporTanT To socieTy. AT Sullivan There is visible prooT oT This Trend. The en- rollmenTs in The Science DeparTmenT have been sTeadily increasing each year. Every sTudenT musT Take a year oT general science, buT The oTher courses are elecTive, so The increase in enrollmenT can be aTTribuTed only To greaTer inTeresT among The sTudenTs. WhaT could be a beTTer TribuTe To The TaculTy? The Teachers OT The Science DeparTrnenT, headed by Mrs. FinTY geld, work independenTly because of The di- versiTy oT The subiecTs covered, buT They all sTrive To inTeresT The sTudenT in The imporTanT conTribuTions scienTisTs are making Toward im- proving our daily lives. TOP PICTURE: Mrs. Rasch, Mrs. Finfgeld, Mrs. Dorman, Mrs. Hay and Miss Barnes capture a salamander. BOTTOM PIC- TURE: Mr. Russell, Mr Olenick, Mr. Resek, Mr. Gonzales. Page Seventeen