Wells High School - Correlator Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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' , S is 66615 a local community leader or other dis- tinguished guest sat in conference. The check sheet of experiences made a most effective basis ,for student interviews with community leaders. These were mailed in advance to the citizens interviewed and the student in- terviewers returned them fill-ed with in- teresting and valuable comments in the majority of cases. Doctors, lawyers, bankers, business men, social workers, housewives, recreation leaders, person- nel people and merchandise' executives, pastors, priests, and other civic leaders responded cordially to the interviews. Many of them, including a labor worker, a police officer, and several ministers and church workers also attended small group meetings of parents, teachers, and students. Wells has six great student plan- ning groups. Delegates from each class in English Arts, social studies, scienc-e, and physical education comprise four of these, a School of Leadership com- posed of a boy and girl from each 4A Civics class forms the fifth, and the Stu- dent Council constitutes the sixth. Each of these large groups acts as a clearing house for matters that affect its respec- tive department in school lifeg and each what do the covfzmufzitgl leader . . and Hoe wizffadmwrzl . . . V and the mother . . . say? ' NI ' I J IH! llll' ui 13 '

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on all phases of student prob- lems. Community leaders were willing to come to the high school and speak in the audi- torium on problems pertinent to youth. Such generosity on the part of many persons in varied and interesting walks of life has enriched the auditori- um arts program incalculably, pointing up school experiences as they correlate with life. In many cases these com- munity leaders congratulated Wells not only upon attacking realistic problems vigorously but upon being alert for possi- bilities of extension of the pres- ent program. Items they re- gard as vital are toleranceg respect for public property and lawg a more rigorous morality 5 greater feeling of responsibil- ity and service to the communi- ty and less complacency about what the world owes the indi- vidual g more information about collective bargaining and un- derstanding of labor problemsg and more realistic preparation for the daily economics of lifeg further sex educationg love of home lifeg balance between KCfllllillllL'II nu pugc' 122 ' i - All W er H E f i F S ..iW,wl-nQy f,far M 1 ffffgiiszflfriuii--5l-1, A Q is I Emma A and 'what do the lzeigfaborfooorl leaders I, suggest? l5