West High School - Warrior Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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Capable Administrators Stabilize Educational Program .lohn W. Wyeth, M. A. A.l'.l'f.l'Id7ll Principal Dean of Boys' Camilla L. johnson, M. A. Dean of Girli Dorothy A. Knill, M. A. Senior Cftui' C0lH1.l'L'1U7' Myrtle l. Olson, M. A. ffnzior Cltzrr Cn1u1.telnr Carolyn R. Wones, M. A. Snplm m are Clara COIl7I.l'6'l0f Guided by Principal james E. Blue, West High School provides a well-rounded program of education and recreation for nearly M00 students. Mr. Blue recently was elected second vice president of the National Association of Secondary School Prina cipals. I-le serves on the executive committee of the steering committee for the lllinois Secondary Schools Curriculum Study Program. Mr. Blue is chairman of the scholarship committee of the National Honor Society, NASSP, and represents the NASSP on the life adjustment committee, Ofiice of Education, Washington, D. C., and on the board of trustees, junior Council on liconomic Education sponsored by the committee on economic education. ln addition to serving as business manager for athletics and dean of boys, Assistant Principal john W. Wyeth aids Mr. Blue in administrative details. Miss Camilla I.. johnson, dean of girls, makes general arrangements for all social events and serves as sponsor for the National Honor Society. Miss Dorothy A. Knill, Mrs. Myrtle l. Olson, and Miss Caro- lyn Wones, senior, junior, and sophomore counselors, respectively, carry on our effective guidance program with the assistance of home room teachers. Getting together for a friendly talk at our traditional East-West foot- Mr. Oliver Schade, employment director, explains employment blanks ball rally are M,-, Charles Beyer and Mr. James E, Rose, to Barbara Hogan, Phyllis Lawler, and Nancy Quartlehaum. Dx' Ns 'NSN RNN I . Qs-

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alumna at-nm-1 H511 James E. Blue, M. A., Principal of West Senior High School Value of Yearbook Measured b School Citizenship The Camera Man Looks at West High School or A Pictorial Record of West High School is the theme for the l952 Warrior. What you and l see in the l952 Warrior is what the camera man has photographed, what the engraver has trans- ferred to the plates, and what the printer has recorded on the pages of your yearbook. Although this statement is technically accurate, it does not reveal what you and l look for in our yearbooks. What you and l hnd in the l952 Warrior depends upon how extensively and how intensively we have lived the part of our lives spent in West High School. How much have we participated in and contributed to the classroom and extra- classroom activities of the school? The extent to which this memory book helps us to recall some of the stimulating ex- periences gained, some of the lasting friendships formed, and 18 some of the humorous incidents or fun enjoyed will measure the value and meaning of the yearbook to us. Our classroom experiences in English, foreign language, social studies, mathe- matics, science, commerce, home economics, industrial and vocational arts, music, art, physical education and health, ROTC, and guidance assume additional meaning when found in our yearbook. Our extra-classroom activities in music, dra- matics, publications, athletics, and clubs mean much more when recorded through photographs. As we tL11'Il the pages of our memory book this year, may we express to those responsible for the planning, directing, photographing, arranging, typing, proofreading, managing, and financing through advertising our sincere appreciation for their contribution to West High School. JAMES E. BLUE, Principal.

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.anim-dluqa MR. CHARLES MORTON PRATT April 12, 1887 -- May 18, 1951 At the close of the 1951 school ye.1r, Mr. Charles Morton Pratt, indus- trial arts instructor, died after a long illness of a heart ailment and pneumonia. Teaching first in Rockford at Central High School, Mr. Pratt had been employed in the city school system rince 1931. Although strict as a preceptor, he gave enthusiastic support to individual students who showed promising aptitudes in machine shop. Holding a high interest in the machine shop boys, he encouraged ambitious youths to learn the importance of individual work in the outside world as Well as in the classroom. ln addition to his duties as an educator, he was a proficient gardener of irises. Mr. Pratt was an active member of the Rockford Star in the East Masonic Lodge Number 166, the 101 Club, the American Federa- tion of Teachers, and the American Vocational Association. Superintendent and Board of Education Guide City Schools Significant work has been done this year by our City Wide Curriculum Committee. Studies are well under way in the social sciences, child growth and development, parent-teacher conferences, cumulative pupil records, mathematics, art, the physical and natural sciences, the language arts, and the foreign languages. The study of teachers' salaries has continued through the first half of the year, culminating in the adoption of a new teachers' salary schedule to be effective for the school year 1952-53. The year has seen the near completion of the building pro- gram undertaken in 1949 to meet the needs for additional class and all-purpose rooms, better lighting, and improved play- grounds. Bao? Rnzzu' Mr. Arthur W. Lundahl fdirector of business affairsl, Mr. Davis lattorneyl, Mr. john J. Barelli, Mr. Lawrence A. Johnson, Mr. tdirector of buildings, grounds, and maintenancej, Mrs. Murrell G. One of the most important responsibilities of the admin- istrative stafi and the Board of Education is the preparation of an Annual Budget and the supervision of expenditures made in accordance with it. The Annual Budget is a statement of the educational services to be rendered to the children of Rockford and an estimate of the cojt of these services. ln order that the learning activities of children may be efficient, it is important that we have adequate and well trained personnel on our professional, custodial, and clerical staffs. lt is im- portant that we have adeouate and appropriate equipment and supplies. The budget is a statement of the expenditures required to provide the personnel and the materials of instruction. B. Howard Oberg, Mr. Ralph E. Thomas, Mr. Alvin R. Kjell, Mr. Charles H. Bernard P. Magnuson, Mr. Thcmas L. Nolan. Front Razr: Mr. Hugh D. Tolmie Englund fsecretarvl, Mrs. Maricn L. Bates, Mr. Loren L. Whiteheatl Lpresidentl, Mr. W. Rav Mclntosh tsuperintendentl, Miss Vera E. Walling ladministrative assistantj. Mr. Rupert H. Gustafson was nct present at the time the picture was taken. V . li? 20