West High School - EOS Yearbook (Aurora, IL)

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0Miss Lydia Burrell Raymond, Ph. B. Universiiy of Chicago 'Mrs. Alice A. Shepard B. A., M. A. Wellesley College Universiiy of California 0 Mr. Leo F. Tilly Ed. B., M. A. Oshkosh Siafe Teacher's College Norihwesiern Universiiy C Mr. A. C. Ridinger B. S., M. A. Illinois Wesleyan Universiiy Universi+y of Illinois . Mrs. Gerfrude Smiih Universiiy of Chicago C Miss Margarel' Van Raden, B. A. Cenfral Universiiy of Iowa .Mrs. Mary Riizman R. S., B. A. Universify of Pennsylvania School of Nursing .'Mr. Gordon H. Smi+h B. A., M. A. Norfh Cenfral College Norihwesiern Universiiy .Miss Marian Winieringham, B. S. DePaul Universiiy PAGE I3 'Miss Helena M. Sauer Ph. B., M. A. Universify of Chicago Columb'a Universify C Miss Kafhryn R. Suino B. S., M. S. Mich gan Sraie College Universiiy of Chicago 0 Mfss Helen Louise Wood B. A., M. A. Universiiy of Illinois

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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

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iaauzfm., ' ' cf Leff To righT, Tirsf row: Raymond E. Thorp, C. L. Valenfine, Helen Leigh, W. L. Gesler, Mrs. Emma C. Rice, Presideni' Frank C. Paull. Second row: Principal Ross M. Bergman, Samuel A. Lilley, W. M. WilleTT, Jr., Superinfendenl' Carl E. Larson, J. Allison Binford, Lyle H. Wilson, and E. Wallace Gibson. The Board oT EducaTion, always ready and willing To serve The comrnuniTy wiThouT any cornpensaTion excepT ThaT oT The saTisTacTion TelT in a job well done, is aT The head oT WesT Aurora's school adminisTraTive sysTem. Led This year by Mr. Frank C. Pauli, presi- denTg Mr. Wendell L. Gesler, presidenT pro PAGE I4 Tern: and Miss l-lelen L. Leigh, secreTary, The board iTselT, as is The cusTom, was elecTed by The ciTizens oT The communiTy. Theirs is The greaT responsibiliTy oT providing ildren and uphold- proper school TaciliTies Tor ch ing The high educaTional 1 sTandards They have seT Tor WesT Aurora. The Board oT EducaTion is composed oT Three main commiTTees - The educa- Tional, The Tinance, and The building and grounds corn- miTTees. The commiTTees supervise The employing OT Teachers, purchasing oT sup- plies, and Tixing oT Tax raTes and amounTs oT money needed To operaTe The schools Them- selves. This group oT people should be commended and Thanlced Tor underTalcing The greaTly re- sponsible Taslc To which They so unselTishly have devoTed Their Time and eTTorT. DoroThy Oliapal Recognized as a progressive educaTor, Superinfendeni' Carl E. Larson's primary concern is molding curriculum and Teaching meThods To achieve developmenT of every sTudenT's Talenis.