University High School - U Highlights Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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QDSEHIUGIHI CREED To deevlop in myself an appreciation of tlwe Finer tlwings of life, To acquire sell-control and sell-reliance, To co-operate vvitli otliers in student activities for tl'ie Welfare of tlwe sclwool, To be loyal to my sclwool and to give lwer my strongest support at all times, Shall be my purpose cluring my attendance at U-HIGH -, 4, .,,. , Page IB 'WW'

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- 7 fE1?X'?g5gv' FWgrW '57'5W q 17v' THE MDlNlllCfDll3 C0lLlLEGE Q Q Q The four-year college program is designed to improve the quality of education at the upper secondary school level by providing a program of unified general education that bridges the sharp gap that has existed between the senior year of high school and the freshman year of college. This purpose is achieved by several means. First, the general courses in the major Fields of knowledge- the humanities, the social sciences, the natural sciences, and reading, writing and criticism-correspond roughly in scope and organization to the introductory general courses in the two-year curriculum of the college. By organizing these courses in a three year sequence students have the advantage of gaining both a more thorough and a more comprehensive mastery of each field of lcnowledge than is possible in a course in which a Field is covered in a single year. Second, the unified four-year program makes it possible to adapt the methods of instruction and the degree of freedom allowed to the progressive maturity of the students. The provision made for an increasing amount of independence from the eleventh to the thirteenth year does away with some of the serious problems of adjustment that college freshmen have heretofore encountered. Third, the introduction of comprehensive examinations earlier in the students' experience opens the way for closer cooperation between the instructors and students without the implication that students are endeavoring to cultivate instructors for the salce of getting better grades. The comprehensive examinations are also means of encouraging students to review and to master their courses as a whole. Moreover, those examinations in the earlier years provide experience in talcing examinations of the type students will encounter in their more advanced worlc. Fourth, studies of individual development indicate that grouping the grades included in the four-year college brings into one group students of similar physical and social maturity. This means, of course, that an appropriate program of extra class activities must be developed. The students in the four-year college with the aid of the social advisers and of the faculty sponsors of special interest groups have shown excellent ability in organizing activities suited to their interests and needs. Further experience will suggest a variety of ways in which these activities can be extended and improved. The four-year college is a new venture and like any new educational undertaking has its problems and limitations. We are convinced, however, that it marlcs a forward step in education and that the problems are not so difficult but that time and experience will lead to a satisfactory solution. ' A. J. BRUMBAUGI-l. Page I7 'vw'

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SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Like weary travellers out ol the storm of ignorance we were welcomed to the portals ol learning . . . U. l-ligh. Gradually we became accustomed to the light that gleamed through this storm and which, as it became more brilliant, helped us to develop and grow intelli- gently and with understanding. Guiding this light were our teachers who served as counsellors in this home of education. We learned to esteem, respect, and know them, lor without their welcome and leader- ship we might have strayed aimlessly. Now we are to be released from their care and custody and each ol us shall venture lorth to conquer new worlds. Because we have stood within the bright rays so long we have become permeated by them so that darkness or illiteracy can never again reach or overtake us. As Seniors we have enjoyed a full and varied social year, ln December the traditional Senior-Alumni Dance was enjoyed by all and it is rumored to have been the finest U. l'ligh has witnessed, As an innovation the officers inaugurated a class dinner held early in March which served to cement lurther the pleasant experiences and associations the class has known during its high school career. The high spot of this aFiair was the pledge of a class reunion to be held March 'l, 'l95O. Cn the eve of spring vacation an entirely new type of function was created. ln conjunction with the Junior Class a very inlormal dance termed The Sweater and Skirt Swing was held and claimed a happy success, May the pleasant recollections of all our paLt festivities, whether serious or frivolous, tend to bind us closer together as a group, cherishing the spirit of U. l'lighl Page 19 l fr ll l-l. Brown bl. Blumberg D Jaros T. Friedemann