Wells High School - Correlator Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Student Tours Top: Large Factories Line the River Below: Tanneries Are Common to the Area Street Scene Top: Unloading Cargo from Barges Below: Industries of Many Varieties VQCATICDIXIS Commercial students have received valuable lessons in the organization ot a large business With its various departments such as ordering, billing, tiling and mailing. Through these prac- tical contacts With industry and business an opportunity is provided tor planning the student's future vocationally. Bus and street car transportation is available when the industries are located in the extremely distant parts ot the community. A minimum ot interference with class appointments occurs, however, as most ot the concerns are Within Walking range. This is of great advantage. Large excursions to more remote parts ot the community are usually conducted after school or on Saturdays. The commercial concerns and industries coop- erate generously with the school and effort is exercised by the school to avoid visiting certain businesses too frequently.

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Banking in the Community From Ou: Roof Top to You Industrial Contacts CGMMLINITY Relationships between the school and com- munity are essential to the efficient functioning of modern education. Embracing Wells is a community teeming with industrial lite. The utilization of the community and its educational activities are vital to the success of the school's service to the students. Wells has attempted to bridge the gap previously existing between the school and the community in its educational program. A bird's eye view of the Wells community, displaying as it does an intermingling ot resi- dential and industrial centers not found in many school communities, reveals the possibilities inherent in such a program. Without the necessity of leaving the school community the students have been able to receive actual vocational Contact with various important industries through the medium of tours conducted through several of the large indus- trial plants.

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Community Relief Station Safety in the Community Among the numerous services that the community offers, perhaps the most important is its provision for the safeguarding of public health. This includes health services rendered by dental and medical clinics, relief stations and health building organizations as well as safety measures, provided for the protection of life. Were it not for these services the health of our community would not be adequately cared tor. No longer need faulty teeth, defective eyesight, nor any other physical defect go uncared for because of a lack of sufficient funds. Medical clinics such as the Northwestern Medical clinic, Wicker Park clinic, and the Municipal Tuberculosis clinic care for the ills of needy persons who cannot afford to pay the regular fee. 14 CQMMUNITY Municipal Tuberculosis Clinic Northwestern Medical Clinic