Wheaton Community High School - Wecomi Yearbook (Wheaton, IL)

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Mr. Sweat, Miss Thomson, Miss Wiggins, Miss Wilson, Mr. Wright, Miss Yingling. GENERAL COURSE + The duty of the public high school is to prepare each student who enrolls to live more efficiently his life in this complicated society of today. In the past the public high school has well taken care of the scholarly type of student but has sadly neglected the boy or girl whose education had to end when the high school diploma was granted. Due to the foresight of Mr. Roberts and the cooperation of the faculty the General course has been formed which takes care of the needs of these students. This course leans heavily toward the practical everyday side of life, and all the information possible is given for encountering the necessary problems of life. The home economics class under the direction of Miss Miner and Miss Thom- son instructs the girls in the problems of the home. The boys learn architectural and mechanical drawing from Mr. Wright. Many of these boys will find use for this instruction when they enter the industrial field dur- ing later life. If they do not enter the industrial fields, they at least have a keener appreciation for fine architecture and the complicated machinery of our age. The woodworking department is supervised by Mr. Hodges where the boys are instructed to make projects of wood. Another phase of this work is wood finishing, which often leads to the boys' refinishing furniture at home. A great deal is learned about the care and repair of household woodwork and furniture. The general course also has a special type of English which teaches the students to appreciate the current literature found in the average American home. It includes instruction in correct business correspondence and correct English. Certainly the boy or girl who completes the General course in our high school is better fitted to meet the problems of life than was the same type of boy and girl of the past who usually failed school because of ineptitude in the study of foreign languages and higher mathematics. '+- English 1a - b English Za - b English 5a - 4b 4 Electives Gen. Sci. la - b Gen. Math. 2a - b Am. Hist. 3a - b Gen. Soc. Sci. la- b Art Appreciation Shop Za- b QBJ Shop la -b CBJ Mech. Dr. la -b fBJ or Sewing ta - b QGJ Cooking Za - b fGj Mech. Dr. 2a - b CBJ Sewing Za IGI Home Man. 2b KGJ 1 Elective TECHNICAL COURSE + The Technical Course was introduced during the past year to enrich the cur- riculum of Wheaton high school. It gives the boys, especially those who have me- chanical tendencies, a greater selection of the manual arts. The course includes study in spccialtlinglish and mathematics, general shop, and auto mechanics. This course affords the boys some actual experience and emphasizes those things they can expect when they encounter the industrial world. With twenty pupils enrolled during this first year, plans have been furthered to enlarge the Technical Course in the near future. PAGE 13 + 1936 WECOMI

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Miss McCormick, Miss Miner, Mix: Redfern, Mr. Sumter, Mr. Sandholm, Mr. Stenger. COMMERCIAL COURSE -+- The Commercial Course offered in the high school has increased steadily in size and importance until today it stands as a very popular, practical, and efficient course. During the years of development it has reached high standards of excellence. While the work of this course is exacting, it offers to the student not financially equipped for college, a splendid opportunity for training for a job. Typewriting, shorthand, stenotypy, and bookkeeping give to the student a funda- mental skill in office practice and principles. For the student expecting to enter busi- ness college it also presents adequate preparation. The equipment used in these courses is of the best and compares favorably with the type of equipment used in business at the present time. In this way a student trained in this course is not completely unfamiliar with the modern office. The course trains students in efficiency and accuracy. This objective makes it possible to recommend good students for positions. ln the past many graduates of this course have taken good positions upon graduation. The additional course for college students in typing alone is most valuable and graduates have found such a course as an invaluable aid in college. Miss Wiggins, Miss Wilson and Mr. Sandholm are the teachers of this course and through their continued effort the course maintains high standards as compared to high school commercial departments. +- English la - b Bus. Eng. 2a - b English 3a - 4b Typing 4a - b Com. Arith. la - b Bookkeeping 2a ' b Am. Hist. 3a - b Shorthand 4a - b Gen. Sci. la - b Com. Geog. Za Typing 33 - b or Gen. Soc. Sci. la - b Com. Law 2b Shorthand 3a - b Stenotypy 4a - b 1 Elective Z Electives or Stenotypy Ba - b

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Name Ralph W. Boyden Donald C. Burger I. Everett Bussart C. B. Cross Alice DeBower Margaret Dirks Grace Felgar Ellen Griebenow Herbert H. Hodges Tillie G. Houts Elizabeth G. Husted J. Miriam Leedle Zelma B. Leonhard Lorree M. Maranville Edith R. McCormick Jennie gB. Miner Violet M. Redfern M. F. Roberts G. H. Samter Frank H. Sandholm Grant N. Stenger C. H. Sweat Catherine H. Thomson Keim K. Tibbetts Chas. B. Vaughn Josephine Wiggins Marjorie Wilson Warren C. Wright Harriet L. Yingling FACULTY Degrees A.B., A.M. B.S., M.S. A.B., M.S. B.S. B.S.M., M.S. B.A., M.A. B.A. B. Ed. B.S. Ph. B. A.B. B.A., M.A. B.A., M.A. A.B. B.S., M.S. A.B. A.B., M.A. B.E. B.S. A.B. A.B., M.A. B.S. Dietitian A.B., A.M. B. Ed., M.A. A.B. B. Ed. B.S. School Dakota Wesleyan University Hanover College, Indiana U. University of Illinois DePauw U., Indiana U. University of Illinois Columbia School of Music Northwestern University Iowa Wesleyan College, University of Minnesota Lawrence College Western Illinois State Teachers College State Teachers' College, Maryville, Mo. Denison University University of Illinois Northwestern University Harvard University Knox College, University of Wisconsin University of Michigan Iowa State College, U. of Chicago Carthage College Harvard University, University of Wisconsin Platteville State Teacher's College University of Illinois North Central College Knox College, University of Chicago Lewis Institute, Chicago, Ill. Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Mo. Oberlin College, U. of Chicago Western Illinois State Teachers College, Columbia, U. Valparaiso University Ball State Teachers' College, Muncie, Ind. Oshkosh State Teachers' College State University of Iowa r Miss Dalton, Miss Kmmk. 1936 WECOMI + PAGE 14 R fr 1 as ,-nf iff 1 .1 ..', ,