Thornton Township High School - Thorntonite Yearbook (Harvey, IL)

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THORNTONITE l Top Row: Robert Franks, Jack Willett, George Koch, Melvin Edwards, Edward Shilenskus, Herbert Meinheit. Row Two: Walter Buhen, Sigxurd Bergstrom, Betty Van De Lopzt, Marian Tilstra. Marilyn Sayzgars, Mary Burke, Aimee Haines, June Russell, Dorothy Loiseau, Joseph Pracht, George Tesar. Bottom Row: Carol Rogers, Elea- nor Lustfeldt, Bernice Hood, Grace Phillips, Eleanor Odell, Dorothy Britton. Not in picture: Evelyn Van Buskirk, Ivan VVinslow, James Davis, Helen Yornow. Journalism An occasional beat failure or story over- due brings Melpomene, the 'muse of tragedy, into prominence, but the funny transposition met in proof reading or the comical experi- ences encountered while chasing downl' a story shows the presence of Thalia, muse of comedy. As tragedy and comedy travel not far apart in the daily life of humanity, just as consistently do both appear in the journal- ists' recording of the activities of human kind. Through the efforts of the journalism class, Miss L. Anderson, instructor of jour- nalism, and Mr. Umbaugh, adviser of pub- lications, the Thorntonite has come out bi- weekly despite all kinds of difficulties, To be a member of the journalism class a student has to be in the upper fifty per cent of his class, average B in three years of English, and show responsibility. A student of journalism learns news values and phases of producing a paper. As a re- porter his duty is to cover his news beat reg'- ularly, write his stories, get them in prompt- Paixe Twenty -four ly, Write headlines, copyread, and proofread. As editor he sees that stories are in, plans the headline pattern of his page, and reads page proof. Thornton's paper has been elected presi- dent of the State High School Press Associa- tion for the year beginning last Novemlber. Edward Shilenskus' editorial, Mr. Adver- tiser, Meet Our Average Family, was se- lected by the N. S. P. A. as outstanding and was printed in a bulletin Helps which was sent all over the United States. ln the three national contests spon- sored by Quill and Scroll several students re- ceived honorable mention. They are: Herbert Meinheit, Jack Willett, Bernice Hood, Helen Zornow, Robert Franks, Joseph Pracht, George Koch, Sigurd Bergstrom and James Davis. Aimee Haines, as a national contest winner, won a key. Oflicers of the local chapter of Quill and Scroll were: Joseph Pracht, president, Ed- ward Shilenskus, vice-president, and Dorothy Britton, secretary-treasurer.

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THORNTONITE Top Row: Paul Powers, Walter Ruben, Paul Hrudjar, Marilyn Saggars, Alvie Johnson. Bottom Row: Hazel Richard Purcell. Eugene McGovern. Second Row: Anne Erickson, Mildred Stubbs, Hernis Thompson, Verna Verhoeven, Emma Hassle-r, Mary Burke, June Russell. Roberts, Evelyn Flanagan, Evelyn Van Buskirk. Art Department There was a varied program in the Art de- partment this year. The freshman required course was changed to a lecture course in art appreciation. The subject of art was taken up and explained fully in a very systematic way. The Iirst unit included the elements of design. Art in every day life, appreciation of worthy art objects, art as a vocation, and art as an avocation were the other units dis- cussed. In accompaniment with the lecture the students kept neat notebooks and made de- signs to illustrate each unit. The advanced art course comprised ad- vanced design work in charcoal, chalk, ink, water color, and pencil. Commercial art stu- dents made various posters, thus advertising parties, ibasketlball games, football games, plays, and concerts. The pottery classes de- signed and made bowls, tiles, bookends, pa- per weights and other interesting objects. Purses, billfolds, and letter folders were products of the students who worked with leather. The course in metal work proved the most popular among advanced art students. From December 9 to 14 the American Academy of Arts sent a display of art work to Thornton for the first time. Art students also competed for the George Washington Poster Contest which was held 'by the Union League clu-b of Chicago. Miss Thiel gave a lecture on art in the high school to the Har- vey Women's Club at which time she exhib- ited work done by the students. Around Christmas time student artists made cello- phane Christmas ornaments. In the jewelry department wood was introduced as a medi- um. A bustling part of the curriculum was the art staff for the annual which was busy plac- ing pictures on panels, cutting snaps of fresh- ies, sophs, and juniors, drawing section pages and border designs, and preparing pages of snapshots. June Russell was appointed art editor. Evelyn Flanagan and Paul Brudjar were awarded twelve week scholarship qualification courses offered by the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. In order to enroll they had to sub- mit a drawing made by each and a note from Miss Thiel saying they were seniors. The drawings and notes were taken to the Acad- emy where the drawings had to pass an ex- amination. Page Twen ty-H ve