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

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axo t When it comes to choosing an English class, the senior has all the luck! He may select a course from several different ones. The English department, under the supervision of Mr. O. F. Umbaugh, is the largest department in the school due to the fact that all Thornton students are required to take at least three years of English. Sixteen teachers make up the department. In his last year the student may elect the kind of English he chooses. This last year of English is sometimes far from the fundamentals of reading and writing. Perhaps the student will choose to work on the yearbook, take part in plays, or write radio scripts for the workshop. The senior probably recalls his first days at Thornton, his freshman year, when his English consisted of acquiring a wider knowledge of litera- ture through reading many books from the English rental library. This library, which as far as is known is one of the few, if not the only one of its kind, contains more than 19,000 volumes of both modern and classic books. Although these sets of books are used chiefly by the freshman classes, any pupil may charge out a book upon requisition of a teacher. One of the most popular books among Thornton ' s students at present is Lloyd C. Douglas ' The Robe, of which the li- brary contains 200 copies. The Human Comedy, See Here, Private Hargrove, Thunderhead, The Bright Land, and My Friend Flicka are some of the newer books which are also popular. The Hoosier Schoolmaster, How to Win Friends and Influence People, and The Education of Hyman Kaplan are some