Tilden Technical High School - Craftsman Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Vet e rand The Veterans' Center at Tilden, under the supervision of Mr. Post, is a pleasant room with a home-like atmosphere where the veterans of World War II study together to gain the educa- tion which was interrupted when they were fighting to protect our country. In April, 1946, there were sixty-five students in our Veterans' School; this number grew until in June, 1947, there were four hundred and twenty veterans enrolled. After this date the number gradually decreased until at the present time there are again sixty-five veterans enrolled. The veterans are required to put in a regular school day of five and one-half hours, five days a week. All of the high school academic subjects are taught here. The veteran takes a course, and as soon as he and his instructor consider him ready, he is tested by the Veterans' Testing Service of the Chicago City Junior College. In this way the veteran may earn credits as quickly as his abilities permit. A veteran may receive one of two diplomas upon comple- tion of the requirements. The GED diploma is given to those who pass the GED examination; the standard high school diploma is awarded to those veterans who take the full high school course and earn the required number of credits. Veterans complete high school work here and are given individual help in an accelerated program. Mr. Post is Counselor ol the Veteran's Center. Miss Mooney, his secretary, keeps records and pro- cesses all Veterans' Administration forms. 14

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OFFICERS PD.Jl. President ...........Mrs. Lester W. Kline 1st Vice-President ....Mrs. Arthur Enright 2nd Vice-President... Mrs. Alex Masulis 3rd Vice-President........Miss June Heintz Recording Secretary . . Mrs. H. J. Streibick Corresponding Secretary . Mrs. H. Johnson Treasurer ............Mrs. Edward Stych Historian .........Mrs. William A. Sears Parent Teachers organization at Tilden is an' active unit of parents whose boys attend our school. These mothers and fathers co-operate with the faculty and the community to bring about closer relations between everyone inter- ested in Tilden students and better understanding of how to solve their com- mon problems. PTA members meet once a month. Their program this year was built around the theme: Building for Closer Unity in Home, School and Community. Their aim was to accomplish this through friendship and co-operation and the monthly meetings were planned to give attention to specific ways of carrying out this theme. Mrs. H. J. Streibich, Mrs. L. Kline. Mrs. R. Slych. Mrs. E. Ladewski. Mrs. D. Ber- man. Mrs. A. Enright. Mrs. R. M. Coe. Mrs. P. Hero. Mrs. J. A. Marsh. Mrs. R. Thompson. Mrs. T. Kasper. Miss Heintz. Mrs. A. Masulis. Mrs. W. Weller. Mrs. Stych. Treasurer; Mrs. Kline. President; Miss Heintz, 3rd Vice-Presi- dent; Mrs. Streibich. Recording Secre- tary; Mrs. Enright. 1st Vice-President; Mrs. Masulis, 2nd Vice-President.

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