West High School - EOS Yearbook (Aurora, IL)

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FRESHMAN DAY FRESI-IMAN DAY Freshman day, which was inaugurated four years ago, and which has proved inval- uable to each new class, was held Tuesday, September 2, the day before school offic- ially opened. This program, held in the afternoon, enabled the new students to become acquainted with the teachers who instructed them during their first year, with the activities and traditions of VV est High, and with the building itself. Mr. Bergman and Mr. Grant, who is the head freshman adviser, were in charge of the program. The prospective students were first introduced to their freshman counselors: Mr. Gother, Mr. Leffingwell, Mrs. Shepard, Miss Bruno, Miss Pease, Mr. Nebergal, and Mr. Hafenrichter. The section system was then thoroughly explained, along with the procedure which is followed on opening day. Mr. Bergman instructed the freshmen about the courses that were offered and told them about the activities that were open to them. After the completion of the program in the auditorium, the students were divided into small groups and taken on a tour of the building by representa- tives of the Student Council. These representatives, led by Wallace Van Deventer, the council's president, showed the freshmen around the building so that they would not be completely lost when school began. Freshmen section rooms and class rooms were especially pointed out, along with the library, the office, and the cafeteria. When this tour had been concluded, the students were free to go back into the auditorium and have personal interviews with their section advisers if they so desired. After these interviews, the students returned home equipped with a greater knowledge of the school, and prepared to meet the entire faculty. the students, and their studies with assurance. Thus the new year began for all, with its studies, activities, sports, and fun. Q il 3 F! .E ei 35 Ei 23 La 1 2 '5 f J Fi 5 1 E it -.... ,..a ,...........s.a...w. 'Q II

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Sgpre .2 J' 32 fd, pi fx, f 3 I 2 fl 1 J? XZ, 51,0 If 5 C .ai J 7 ine -? 0 2 J. 9.27 -34.870 i' SCHOOL OPENS After a summer of idleness, VVest High school opened its doors on Sep- tember 3 to welcome back 680 old students and 259 freshmen. The school was not entirely strange to the freshmen as they had attended an orientation program the previous day. Because of a schedule which was adopted several years ago that enables the freshmen to register at their grade schools before they graduate, it was not necessary for them to go through all the details of registration. The older students, upon their return to school, noticed many changes and improvements about the school grounds and the building itself. Even the freshmen, as they came up the walk to the building, could not help noticing the handy bike walk which led to the new bike racks by the south gym door. Several of the rooms were redecorated during the summer, including the library, office, art room, Mr. Ridinger's room and Miss Raymond's room. The new mural in the principal's office also attracted a great deal of attention. The most important improve- ment, however, was the new equip- ment in the science department. T he chemistry and physics rooms, having been completely remodeled, enabled students to work in well equipped laboratories. New experi- ment desks, along with exhaust hoods, storage cases, and charts helped to make those courses much more interesting. The biological lectures were improved by the pur- chase of a new invention called a micro-projector. lt is no longer necessary for biology students to strain their eyes over their text- books looking at diagrams because the new micro-projector enlarges images on a screen. Another change at Vifest High. not in the building itself, but in the course of study, was the addi- tion of four new subjects. Spanish, which had not been ottered for several years, personal typing. radio and drama, and blueprint reading were the new courses. FRIQSHMEN ENTERING SCHOOL

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1- m .vi ,sig lulll mw: Helen Leigh, secretary to the Board, Frank 44-5 Hail, Mrs. Emma C. Rice, lf. IC. Lungren, Lyle H. ISDH- Back VOWI C. L. Valentine, Sam A. Lilley, VV. M NVxllet Ir., L. VV. Gcslcr. . . . INTRODUCING THE SCHOOL The aclminislralive board, composed of nine members and Superintendent Carl lf. Larson, acts in both an executive and advisory capacity to the school organiz- ation. 'lihose serving on the hoard are Frank C. Paull, L. VV. Gesler, E. E. Lungren, Samuel A. Lilley, llarolcl L. lleamish, Lyle l-l. Vlfilson, llflrs. Emma C. Rice, C. L. Valentine, :incl NV. lll. Wfillill, Jr. Mr. Russ C. llergman, principal, and Mrs. Gerlrucle Scott Smith, clean of girls, mlireel the high school. 4 1 'qixAl' Assistant Principal Smith