Wells High School - Correlator Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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and efficiency, and have contributed materially to the general well being of the School. The VVells Civic Association is now the center of most of the extra-curricular activities of the school. Much of the routine details in connection with social affairs, athletic events. and musical entertainment is handled by the delegates. All tickets are now sold through the XVells Civic Association. and collection of special funds are handled by the delegates. This has relieved the class room teacher of the routine usually connected with these activities. liach day the delegate reports to the central XV.C.A. oliice for his bulletin. which is read in division and forms the basis for most of the division room discus- sion and business. The bulletin has been enlarged to take care of general notices, and announcements, concerning the school as a whole. Une of the major activities of the organization was the development of a score card for the divisions. Each division was measured in terms of its service. its spe- cial interests and its social activities under seven headings: membership in the lV.C.A., service organizations, special interests, social affairs, attendance. citizen- ship, and support of the XYells VYorld. The responsibility for making this meas- urement fell chiefly upon the division delegate. :Xt the close of the second semester of each year, the XY.C.fX. holds its annual convention for nomination of candidates for otiices in the organization. This year those who will be nominated must meet higher standards than last year. lt is the aim of the association to attract to its leadership, students with high scholastic standing and who have made a material contribution in civic service. U l - Q

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Q. , QW' 'A 'f Q ' 1 1 Q-1 -' . +,3,,3g,l in .. 31 ,-.g,. f'ffV:,1-: . Office Secretaries One of the first service groups to be organized in the Wells High School was .the Office Service. It is made up of a staff of girls who devote one or more of their study periods to working in the school office. Every period they can be found cutting stencils, running off mimeograph copies, typing letters or reports, delivering messages to teachers, working on the files, answering telephones, or di- recting visitors. They do all this because they want to construct a strong foundation of actual experience before leaving the school in search of jobs. As a material reward they become members of the honor society' receiving honor pins after having served for two semesters. They also receive grades from Mrs. Loretta Everding, office clerk and their sponsor, to add to their total number of credits. The Attendance Office The sole purpose of the Attendance Office is to keep an accurate record of each individual student's attendance at school. Every period the student in charge must see that class absence slips are col4 lected from each room. The attendance clerks, after collecting these slips record ,the names of absentees, the room number, and the period of their absence according to divisions. The sheets on which this information is recorded are sent at the end of each day to the respective division teachers. After any absence, the student on his return to school must present his excuse to the office. An admission slip is attached to the stamped excuse. fThis slip, which admits the student to all his classes, is signed by all class teachers and re- turned to the division teacher, who sends them to the office. Here they are kept for future reference. All pupils, who develop the habit of coming late and Ucuttingf' classes must report to the attendance office. Such pupils are subject to discipline. If they persist in repeating this misconduct, it is the duty of the attendance office to notify parents of such behavior. The attendance officer has the authority to grant early dismissalsn and give the final stamp of approval on incoming and outgoing transfers. This ofhce, under the supervision of Mr. Klest, requires the services of ap- proximately seventy students. Service Group The Service Group is an organization of students, boys and girls, who assist Miss Mary Barron, Mrs. Martha Baxter and Mrs. Anna K. Bittle in their work for the school. This group consists of seniors who are preparing themselves for entrance into the business world by volunteering to do whatever secretarial work any teacher in the school may require. Their work consists of cutting stencils, typing hectograph carbons, running off mimeograph and hectograph copies, typing letters and reports, delivering messages, answering telephones, using calculating machines, filing papers, taking dictation and carrying out whatever job they may be called upon to do. They can be found every period in rooms 309, 317 and 414. After having been of service for one year, these students are enrolled in the Honor Society and receive their honor awards.