West High School - EOS Yearbook (Aurora, IL)

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im? WW' The trek to school commences even before erght o clock when West Hrgh IS normally ready for occu pancy Some of those eager students can always be drscerned rn wxnters grey dawn brlskly stepprng 1t off Why? Probably to see the teacher work on the Red and Blue attend mee rngs practrce 1n the a cappella cho1r Norses are ever lnterestrng and the buzz and hum of conversatron are ' ke a mach1ne qarnlng momentum By the frrst bell any srlence that hrtherto rergned has faded rnto nothmgness and just before the last bell drsturhance rs at rts prrme Lockers clang and bang ln un musrcal fashron although a modern symphony could surely be com posed on motrves of the varrous sounds emanatrng from a school burldrng Students gossrp and chat rn clusters others purchase supplxes as part of the qettrng under way of dculy rout1ne On hearrng the tardy gong a dalher darts down the hall wrth resoundrnq thumps and then supreme abatement of dm Three

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'l 'iiif' Srlent corrldors echo the tread of the janltor after the last straggler has left the burldrng and far 1nto the nrght the cleanrng goes on as llghts at West Hrgh testrfy N1ght habrts of owls and early morn1ng hours of ch1pp1es are requlred of these caretakers Shovehng coal and clearmg paths are two requ1s1te athletlc feats Dunng the day the yamtor enters the classroom to check thermometers tor the approved number of Fahrenhelt degrees or to regulate the elec tr1c clocks Most amusrng 15 the openlng of a locker whose key IS lost m1sla1d or 1n the locker Then occaslonally the flag IS holsted and mowlng the lawn s1gn1f1es the sprlng when a young man s fanc1es turn to thoughts of golf and tennrs Before 8 10 the teachers make then' entrance read mall and obtam mformatlon IH the offrce Nearly 1000 studer ts frlter 1nto the once empty prevlously tranqull hall whrch teems Wllh boys and g1rls pre parlng to begln another day Two len-

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Under the capable leadershrp of Prmczpal Raymond D Meade BA M A West Hxgh has s en many rm provements Among the most popular are the Student Councul mtroduced last year the present srx hour penod system and lmancral orqamzatlon for s hool actlvxtres ll an accrdent should occur rn h s chemrstry laboratory Mr Ross M B rgman BA MA 15 1rnmed1ately on the scene to remedy the mrstake Mr Bergman rs Dean of Boys m structor of economrc crhzenshrp and a member of the Athlettc Board of Control Never a consultatron wrthout a gemal smrle and a helpmg hand may truthfully be sard ol Superm tendent Carl E Larson BA MA Hrs phrlosophy of progressrve edu catron rs bemq favorably supported by both faculty members and par ents ol the West srde af Four a Approvrng and srgnrnq passes lor students re entermq school alter an absence IS one of the many darly tasks lor Mrs Gertrude Scott Smrth Assrstant Prmcxpal and Dean Grrls In addrtron Mrs Smrth teaches advanced mathematlcs and IS lac ulty advrsor ol the Grrls Club