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

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I During his sophomore year he strug- gled through those everlasting nouns, verbs, and conjunctions. He will always remember the first speech he gave in literature class and the first composition written during his junior year. Now he is a senior! If he desires to look behind the scenes or charm an audi- ence, he, no doubt, will choose dramatics. Perhaps he prefers to discuss different world-wide problems with others, then by all means, he should choose debate. On the other hand, if he is interested in writing, the journalism class is the log- ical place for him. He may either work on the school paper or the school an- nual, or both if he desires. The English department is Thornton's largest department, and is made up of nineteen teachers under the supervision of Mr. O. F. Umbaugh. I 5 ew i 2- V 9 .S

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'N L. l I A Page 20 ,. 1 l . ll 13:25 rammar rem and J' l Nr , Oh, those fortunate seniors! They have all the luck when it comes to Eng- lish. If, during their first three years, they have made an A or B average, they may choose dramatics, debate, public speaking, or journalism instead of fourth year English. The fourth year course consists of English Literature and further work in composition. The senior can now recall the good old days when he was a freshman. He was then introduced to a wide reading program, which developed an apprecia- tion for good literature. He obtained his books from either the English Rental Library, which contains 22,739 volumes valued at 5B23,538, or from the main library, which contains ll,8S0 volumes valued at 31,398 over last year. The stu! dents may also use the main library for reference work under the supervision and guidance of two librarians and stue dent assistants. .

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1 f 1' l'0gI 856 l 0lfU 8l 5 Mr. J. F. Zimmerman is the head of the Social Science Department and Mr. C. C. Stegmeir supervises the history section. European, Modern, and American History, which is required of every stu- dent at Thornton, are the three groups of history. Civics, which is required of every fresh- man student, is an elective for all stu- dents. It teaches about the organization of the government. Commercial law gives the pupil a glance at the legal affairs of our nation. Commercial Geography explains the influence of the locality and climate upon enterprises, business opportunities and ideals of the various peoples. Economics is concerned mainly with how the pupil can make a good living and how the government uses, controls, and makes money. Sociology deals with the origin and evolution of society and the different functions of human groups. The Social Science Department helps the students to understand not only the history and development of our world but also many practical things of life so he can improve our government.