West High School - EOS Yearbook (Aurora, IL)

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p, T, A, Present Day Youth in the Post War World The final meefing of fhe I945-46 season of fhe Wesf Aurora l-ligh School Parenf-Teachers Asso' ciafion was called fo order af 8:00 P. M., May 7, by Mrs. Daniel Volenfine, fhe year's presidenf. The minufes of fhe previous meefing were read by Mrs. Marlc Livingsfon, secrefary, and approved as read. Treasurer A. C. Ridinger presenfed a sum- mary of fhe associafion's financial sfafus, followed by a discussion of old business including fhe sev- eral proiecfs in which fhe P. T. A. has parficipafed fhis season, namely, redecorafion of fhe principals office, cooperafion wifh fhe P. T. A. council in sponsoring Co-l-li dances, and parficipafion in fhe annual Band Benefif Carnival. Following a special reporf on membership by Mrs. D. J. Dellrafes, membership chairman and second vice-presidenf, fhe meefing was furned over fo fhe program chair- man and firsl' vicefpresidenf, Mrs. J. Emil Brunne- meyer. ln This lasf program in fhe series of six which correlafed phases of The I945-46 fheme, Presen'r Day Youfh in a Posf War World, a movie of in- feresi' fo all concerned wifh educafion, Pop Rings fhe Bell. was shown fo P. T. A. members and fhe eveningls guesfs, eighfh grade graduafes and fheir parenfs. Previous programs of 'rhe year included fhe Oc- fober I6 discussion of 'rhe vifal subiecf, The PAGE 28 Conferring P. T. A. board mem- bers include, sealed, leff 'fo righf: Mrs. Gerfrude Scoff Smifhg Mrs. Marla Livingsfon, secrefaryg Mrs. Daniel Volenfinc, presidenf: Mrs. J. Emil Brunne- rneyer, vice-president and Mrs. D. J. DeFrafes, second vice-pres- idenf. Sfanding are Mr. A. C. Ridinger, freasurer, and Mr. A. G. Haussler, principal. Coming Afomic Age by Dr. William F. Ogburn, professor of sociology af fhe Universify of Chi- cago, and an inferesfing fall: on Europe in This Generafionw by W. A. S. Douglas, wrifer, col- umnisf and war correspondenf for fhe Chicago Sun. Mr. Douglas' program followed fhe popular annual pof luck apple-polishing dinner, held fhis year on November 20. The W. A. choral deparfmenf under fhe direc- fion of George Keck presenfed fo fhe P. T. A. a Chrisfmas program in song, December l8g Miss Madi Bacon, dean of school of music, Cenfral Y .M. C. A., Chicago, spolce on Culfural Values in fhe Posf War World before fhe annual mofher- daughfer fea on January l5: Dr. Theodore P. Sfephens, presidenf of fhe Aurora College, on March I9 enlighfened parenfs as fo fhe complexify of college for foday's youfh. Thus fhe Wesf l-ligh P. T. A. complefed anofher season in if's consfanf sfriving fo bring info closer relafion fhe home and fhe school fhaf par- enfs and feachers may cooperafe infelligenfly in fhe fraining of fhe child. Respecffully submiffed, ......,Secrefary

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ism ThaT The sTudenT may reap Tull beneTiT from his edu- caTional opporTuniTies. ThaT iT be successTully execuTed represenTs The goal of every member oT The WesT l-'ligh TaculTy, Tor he is The sculpTo.', The medium beTween blueprinT and producT. Upon him depends The combinaTion af deTail, The achiev- ing oi: assembly Trom layouT. The WesT l-ligh Teacher, in The Tinal analysis, deTermines The sTrengTh oi The sTrucTure. AlThough This sTrengTh is deTermined by innumerable individual meriTs insTilled by The sculpTor, his main pur- poses are These: To deTermine and develop individual in- Teresi' and abiliTy Through selT-expression in class acTiviTy, To provide a general background by exTending The indi- viduals undersTanding oT world problems, and To develop The abiliTy To reason and The appeTiTe Tor knowledge so Thai, even when The sTudenTs Tormal educaTion is com- pleTed, he will never cease To learn. And iusT as cerTain qualiTies-sTrengTh, durabiliTy, and beauTy-are To be desired in every Type oT consTrucTion, wheTher skyscraper or ranch-house, so iT is aTTempTed ThaT These essenTial qualiTies be developed by every sTudenT oT every cur- riculum, college preparaTory or manual Training, so ThaT he may be a sTronger sTrucTure. Reconversion To peace-Time producTion has naTurally changed some oT The maTerials WesT l-ligh sculpTors em- ploy and The Type oT consTrucTfon aT which They aim. No longer is hasTe, Though Temporary value, The prime requi- siTe. Once again a well-rounded, permanenT sTrucTure is The goal, and alThough The place of Technical knowledge has noT been undermined, The imporTance oT humane un- dersTanding and unpreiudiced reasoning is emphasized in This day of broadened value and inTernaTional scope. Many years will pass beTore The True worTh oT The compleTed sTrucTure can be gauged. Only iT a building becomes more mellow and beauTiTul despiTe howling winds and driving sleeT, can iT be called a success. Only ii, having been bequeaThed a sound ToundaTion, iT in- creases in heighT and breadTh oT iTs own, will iT be a True example oT Tine craTTsmanship. YeT There can be liTTle doubT as To The evenTual heiqhTs which The WesT High senior will scan, Tor, as The poeT once apTly said, Whenever men have become skillTul archiTecTs aT all, There has been a Tendency in Them To build high. Miss Cafherine Kelly, RegisTrar, Miss BeTTy Klaren, ATTendance Clerk ftecrefary To Principal Miss DoroTl'1y Okapal Miss Helen Leigh. Secrefary To Superlnfendenf Secreiary To Board of Eclucafion Mrs. Helen Sfein, Cafeferla Manager Miss Marie Klein, R.N.. Red Crggg Hume Nursing Ing-h-ucfor Mrs. Margarei' EmmeTT RN School Nurse Miss Delcris Argianas, B.A., Mrs. Mary Rihman R N School Nurse Speech Correcfionisf Refired l945 PAGE 27

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All kinds of talent are developed by the activities, and all kinds of minds are This is the construc- trained by the classes. finished product. Creative abil- tion of the ' ower are the distin- ity and reasoning p ' haracteristics of the human race guishing c been developed to pre- Both of these have pare us for our challenge of the future After you have seen the process of con struction, we present the . . .