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

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Mrs. Noble, will you please send Norma Tychewicz to the main office now? This is a familiar message sent over the public address system several times throughout the day, a system which Thornton is fortunate in hav- ing. The announcements heard each morning during homeroom also originate in the main office. Among the many jobs the office staff handles are the distribution of mail, the telephone calls that come in over three trunk lines, mimeographing, and school cor- respondence. They also keep a file with the complete record of each student who attends Thornton. Permanent in these files are their citizenship, scholarship, atten- dance, and activity records. The office is a very busy place with students claiming lost articles, getting new locker keys, and teachers send- ing in various notices and picking up their mail. Miss Constance Lovejoy is secretary to Dr. William E. McVey, and Miss Jane Ridder is registrar. Enid Boothe, Edith Kordewich, Betty Meeboer, and Edith Mitchell complete the office staff. Without the efficiency and capability of this most unapplauded force, the school would be unable to run smoothly; in fact it would not run. aaau —— ma -q.„o.i,u,, U .i MIU uuu.. || |||t|M|a |

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Clarence Stegmeir, Ph.B., A.M. Northern Illinois State Teachers College, University of Chicago. Head of History Department. Robert C. Sutor, BE. Northern Illinois State Teachers College, Northwestern University. Industrial Arts. Dorothea Thiel, B. of A.E., A.M. School of Art Institute of Chicago, University of Chicago, Columbia University, University of Illinois. Head of Art Department. Mary Prudence Thompson, B.P.S.M., M.S. Southern College, Indiana University. Choral Music. John E. Tilton, B.S., A.M. University of Illinois, Wilson Junior College, University of Chicago. Chemistry and Mathematics. Dorothy Valbert, R.N. Washington University School of Nursing. Temporary School Nurse. G. R. Valbert, B.S., M.S. University of Illinois. Science. D. P. Van Etten Purdue University, Colorado State College. Industrial Arts. Florence Waterman, B.S. Baldwin Wallace College, Lewis Institute, Columbia University. Home Economics. Cafeteria Manager. Marie D. Weis, Ph.B., A.M., J.D. University of Chicago, Indiana University, John Marshall Law School. Social Science. Paul G. Wible, A.B., A.M. Indiana LFniversity. Biology. United States Army, Major. A. A. Winterbauer Illinois State Normal University, Bradley Polytechnic, L ' niversity of Illinois. Industrial Arts. Velma Wray, A.B. Illinois College, Whitewater State Teachers College. Business. Florence Wunderlich, Ph.B., A.M. University of Chicago, University of Grenoble, University of Paris, Middlcbury College. Foreign Languages. Women ' s Reserve, United States Navy, Lieutenant (j.g.) Leo J. Yedor, A.B., A.M. LIniversity of Chicago. Social Science. United States Army, Sergeant. m

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Along with the ability of man to talk came his necessity for written communication. With these fundamentals plus the skills of reading and listen- ing, Thornton ' s English Department is concerned. Teaching students to become more proficient in oral and written communication is the aim of every English teacher. The English Department is the largest depart- ment in the school, due to the fact that all stu- dents are required to study at least three years of English. Under the supervision of Mr. O. F. Umbaugh, the department is made up of sixteen teachers. During the first year of English the students are presented with a wide reading program and are led to enjoy it. The year is spent training and developing good reading habits. Some of the best iterature studied during the first year English course is secured from Thornton ' s rental library. As far as it is known the library is one of the few, if not the only one, of its kind; it contains about 21,000 volumes valued at $25,000. Lloyd C. Douglas ' The Robe, of which the brary has two hundred copies, is again one of the popular books among Thornton students this year. Some of the newer books which are also popular are Ernie Pyle ' s Here Is Your War, Rackham Holt ' s George Washington Carver, Johnnie Tremain by Esther Forbes, and Cyril