West High School - EOS Yearbook (Aurora, IL)

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ILWQLISH MXFHEMATICS, SCIENCE, AND FOREIGN LANGITAUES. with instructor llliss Raymond, may complete the foreign language requirement. It is not hard to comply with the requirements for two units of science when such inter- esting courses as biology or advanced physiology, taught hy hliss Peaseg physics taught hy lVIr. Grantg and chemistry instructed hy Mr. Hafenrichter are offered. The junior and senior years receive the hrunt of the social studies requirements, made up of American history, taught hy llflr. Ridinger and lyliss Raymond, and social studies, taught by lllr. Ridinger and hlr. Nehergal. Not only are the college preparatory students offered this wide selection of interesting suhjects, but they, as individuals, are also analyzed and guided through the proper channels of study. Faculty advisors study the student, determine his mental aptitude, his ahility and personal traits, and then, cooperating with the student, counsel him in the proper preparation for college. lt is in this course that the cultural side, as well as the educational side of the student, is developed. A modern industrial power plant takes years of experience, skillful designing. engineering, and lay-out to create power that will economically, efficiently, and continuously give the highest type of service. The studies mentioned are the skillful engineering and designing of our faculty and superintendent. The elhcient service given by the highly perfected products that we turn out depends entirely on the power generated hy our minds, the will to do, and the adaptability to any and all circumstances.

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XVITII THE LIBRARY AS A CENTER, CUI.I.EGE PREP INCLVDES HISTURX GGINC-5 TO COLLEGE ? To the students seeking higher education and intellectual culture, Wlest High offers its college preparatory course. lVe find students of all types eager for more adyanced learning and determined to have a background of education that will enahle them to pursue any vocation they may find themselves adapted to. Today it is not enough to he a foothall star or a campus cutie to take your place at college. ln this age of keen competition, an open and alert mind, straight forward thinking, and an insatiable appetite for more knowledge are imperatiye. And so it is that forty per cent of the students at lVest High eagerly turn to the college preparatory course. 'lihe choice of suhjects is varied, permitting an elastic schedule oyer the four years. 'lihe specific requirements include four years of English and two years each of mathematics, foreign language, science, and social studies. 'lihe four years lfnglish are taught hy Klrs. Shepard, Klr. Newman, Kliss lllorris. Kliss XYood, Kliss Phares, lliss Ratcliffe. 'lihe two years of required math inyolye a choice of algehra, plain geometry, adyanced algehra. trigonometry, solid geometry, or adyanced math. with instructors Xlr. Allen. Kliss Brown. and hlrs. Smith. 'liwo years of either Latin. with instructors Kliss Peterson and hliss Ratclifife, or lfrench,

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MANUAL TRAINING, SEXVING, AND VVUUDVVORKING PROVIDE PR.-XC'I'Il'AI, EXPERIIQNFI4 FOR A GENERAL EDUCATION For the benefit of those students who are not able to decide on either a college preparatory or a vocational course, but prefer a happy medium between the two, VVest High has instituted a general division. In this day and age when we are bent on correcting and eliminating human waste and inconvenience, this division affords an opportunity for study suited to both college and a vocation. As part of the individualized plan of education at IVest High, three main subf divisions of the general course have been organized to afford a better acquaintanceship with the different fields. These divisions are technical arts, industrial arts, and household arts. The technical arts course provides training for boys interested in the field of engineering. A profession inevitably requiring further study in a school of advanced education and training, it is closely allied with the college preparatory course, differing only in the foreign language requirement. In the industrial arts course, studies in either manual training. taught hy IXIr. Tilly and lNIr. Koyl, or printing, taught by lXIr. Gee, may he pursued.