West High School - EOS Yearbook (Aurora, IL)

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0 Mr. HerberT H. Jebens B. S.. M. A. UniversiTy of lowa Miss Louise G. Lane B. S. UniversiTy of Illinois .ML Harold F. Meyer B. E., M. A. NorTl1ern Illinois STaTe Teacher's College Nor+l1wesTern Universify O Mr. Koyl Bradley PolyTechnic lnsTiTuTe .Mn H. Leffingwell, B. E. Wl1iTewaTer STaTe Teacher's College C Miss EsTrid de Coudres Miller, B. S. NorTl'iwesTern UniversiTy l PAGE ll '7fze4f7 'e... This year, more Than ever, we have learned To realize The pricelessness oT educaTion. Our insTrucTors have had a Two-Told job-ThaT oT gearing mind and body To The Task oT win- ning Treedom's TighT, and, aT The same Time, culTivaTing and preserving in us The precious ideals and arTs oT peace so ThaT we may noT lose Them in The conTusion oT war. Science and maThemaTics have become The keys To The skill needed in a warTime world. Such courses as pre-TiighT aeronauTics, airplane mechanics, radio, elecTriciTy, and mechanics, TaughT by Mr. R. K. GranT, pro- vide valuable Training Tor Those enTering The armed services or indusTry. The basic courses in science and maThe- rnaTics are even more greaTly needed. Fresh- men are required To Take general science, TaughT by Miss Una J. Pease, Mr. GranT, and Mr. Carl l-laTenrichTer. This is an ouT- line course designed To inTroduce The sTudenT To The world oT science and prepare him Tor advanced work. One year OT eiTher algebra l or general maTh is necessary in order To organize scienTiTic Thinking and develop pracTical abiliTy. These courses are given by Mr. Arnold GoTher and Mr. Marger ApsiT. Biology and advanced physiology are TaughT by Miss Pease. The biology course is a colorTul sTudy oT planT and animal liTeq ad- vanced physiology gives The sTudenT valuable knowledge oT paThology and disease, To- geTher wiTh a scienTiTic undersTanding oT The mechanism OT The normal human body. Physics and chemisTry are TaughT respecT- ively by Mr. GranT and Mr. l-laTenrichTer. Juniors and seniors abouT To enTer college, indusTry, or proTessions gain a sound back- ground Tor The TurTher sTudies They are To pursue. Plane geomeTry, TaughT by Miss Gladys Brown, and The advanced courses - Trig- onomeTry, solid geomeTry, advanced maTh and algebra-TaughT by Mrs. SmiTh, are re- quired in mosT oi The Technical branches oT The armed services. For sTudenTs planning To enTer indusTry, several vocaTional arTs courses are oTTered. A special mechanical drawing class was or- ganized by Mr. l-larold P. Meyer, especially Tor TuTure war-worker girls. Building and Trades is TaughT by Mr. C. L. Koylg prinTing, by Mr. Leslie E. Gee: draTTing by Mr. Meyer: and indusTrial arTs by Mr. Leo F. Tilly. A new TeaTure oT The physical educaTion program This year was The addiTion oT a special Type oT commando Training Tor boys, besides a general sTepped-up physical TiTness program. The insTrucTors are Miss Miriam Fager, Mr. GoTher, Mr. Clarence Blubaum, Mr. l-l. l-l. Jebens, Mr. Tilly, and Mr. ApsiT. Home economics courses - The nuTriTion classes, cloThing, and caTeTeria managemenT,

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under The TuTelage oT Miss EsTher Ballard and Miss KaThryn Suino, serve a very pracTical purpose in The war on The home TronT. EiTTing sTudenTs Tor posiTions in The busi- ness world is The main aim oT Miss Maurine Ballance, Mr. l-l. C. LeTTingwell, Mr. l-lugo W. PeTerson, and Mr. Blubaum, insTrucTors in The commercial deparTmenT. AlThough The scienTiTic and pracTical as- pecTs oT educaTion musT be emphasized iT we are To win This war, now. even more Than in normal Times, we musT learn To appreciaTe and Treasure, as The heriTage oT a Tree na- Tion, The sTudy oT The ever-living value oT These privileges: liTeraTure, languages, and The Tine arTs. ln The English courses, The sTudenT is in- sTrucTed in The TundamenTals oT grammar and good usage, and inTroduced To The greaT liTeraTure oT The ages. ln English l, TaughT by Miss WinTeringham, a general review oT grammar is presenTed TogeTher wiTh an in- TroducTion To some Tamous English liTeraTure. Sophomores and juniors conTinue under Miss l-lelen L. Wood, Miss Louise Lane, and Mrs. T-lelen l-larshbarger, learning The rudimenTs oT creaTive wriTing and Theme consTrucTion. In English IV, TaughT by Mrs. Alice A. Shep- ard. The seniors receive a broad preparaTion Tor college work and sTudy The worlcs oT The greaT English wriTers. Through This sTudy, The sTudenT's abiliTy and inTeresT in original cre- aTive wriTing is encouraged and careTully de- veloped, and a deeper appreciaTion oT liTera- Ture aT iTs mosT beauTiTul is insTilled in him. Courses in general liTeraTure and business English are also oTTered, dealing mainly wiTh The pracTical applicaTion oT good usage in The everyday world. Mrs. Shepard, Miss Lane, Miss Raymond, and Mrs. l-larshbarger are The insTrucTors. The journalism course, TaughT by Mrs. T-larshbarger, Trains sTudenTs Tor sTaTT posi- Tions on The school paper. Mr. W. J. PeTer- man Teaches The class in speech which is oT- Ten Talcen in combinaTion wiTh journalism. LaTin, French, and Spanish are TaughT by Miss JeaniTa PeTerson, Miss Lydia B. Ray- mond, and Miss EsTrid Miller. The Spanish course was recenTly added. The A Cappella Choir and band groups, led by Mr. PeTerman and Mr. Warren FelTs, Take viTal parTs in many school evenTs ThroughouT The year. Commercial arT Training is oTTered by Miss l-lelena Sauerg a greaT deal oT acTual prac- Tice is a parT OT The course. ln The midsT oT world conTlicT, The social science courses occupy an uppermosT posi- Tion. Miss Raymond, Mr. C. J. Nebergal, Mr. A. C. Ridinger, and Mr. Gordon SmiTh are The insTrucTors oT American and world hisTory and social sTudies. PAGE I2 . Mr. C. J. Nebergal, B. A. . Mr. E. R. Newman NorTh CenTral UniversiTy A. B., M. A. QMiss Una J. Pease, B. S. Kansas STaTe Teacher's College .Mn Hugo W. PeTerson B. E., M. A. WhiTewaTer STaTe Teacher's College NorThwesTern UniversiTy UniversiTy of Wisconsin UniversiTy of Nebraska 0 Mr. William J. PeTerman B. E. NorThwesTern UniversiTy . Miss JeaniTa PeTerson B. A. Knox College