Woodrow Wilson High School - Campanile Yearbook (Long Beach, CA)

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Page 23 Dr W. J. Klopp S. La Brintle S UPERVISION OF TEACHING— In the inauguration of Wil- son ' s new plan of supervision of teaching, by which many new ideas and techniques have been worked out in teaching, the work of Dr. W. J. Klopp, prominent educator, has proved itself successful to the high- est degree. Through Wilson ' s plan of having one supervisor instead of many de- partment heads, procedures are being worked out constantly by Dr. Klopp to definitely measure the amount of knowledge gained by the average student. By these new units, pupils are able to move along at their own rate of learning, and can constantly analyze themselves and their work. In line with Dr. Klopp ' s plans, Leslie J. Nason of the Mathematics Department worked out a method of teaching higher mathematics by dividing the teaching content into block or units. In the Department of English, under R. D. Woodward, the same technique has been applied for the purpose of improving first year pupils in applied grammar. Similar methods are being introduced in the Public Speaking Department and in the Music Department. In the Department of Research and Vocational Guidance, under the direction of S. Lance Brintle and Miss Sarah L. Mathews, complete student records are preserved for reference and research purposes. Intimate contacts, character building programs, series of tests, and every means possible are used to know students and guide them in future work.

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glf r Page 22 Miss Mattie Paine John Mangold G ROWTH OF SCHOOL— During the four years of Wilson, a phenomenal growth is educational lines has taken place in the East end institution. A lusty new high school has taken its stand among the leaders; a great junior college has arisen; and new educational features, including radical revisions, have been sponsored by the leaders of the two institutions. The man whose untiring efforts have made possible this great growth, as well as stamping him as a nation- al leader, is Wilson ' s principal, John L. Lounsbury. The greatest advancement in educational programs is the pioneering of the 6-4-4 plan, which has become necessary due to the vast numbers of students desiring higher education, and which promises soon to be put in operation in the Long Beach school system. Dr. Dudley ' s Orientation experiment, Dr. Klopp ' s new plan of supervision, and the Junior College Night Classes have put Wilson in the foremost ranks. Curricula, which are natinally recognized, were worked out by the experts in the city system. They are exceptionally rich in range, var- iety, and usefulness. From aviation to Latin, from Orientation to stagecraft, the old and the new combine to present students an un- paralleled oportunity to equip themselves for their life work. Serving with Mr. Lounsbury as administrators in carrying out the major policies are John Mangold, vice-principal; Miss Mattie Paine, dean of girls; S. Lance Brintle, counselor; Miss Sarah Mathews, assistant counselor; and Dr. W. J. Klopp, supervisor of instruction.

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Page 24 Miss Sarah Mathews Dr Louise Dudley € RIENTATION EXPERIMENT— Keeping in step with the leading educational theories and practices of the nation, Superintendent W. L. Stephens and Principal John L. Lounsbury have introduced in Jun- ior College and Wilson, a new idea of orientating students into fields of higher education. Dr. Louise Dudley from Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri, is conducting the experiment. High school and college students are given the same work on the same level and are taught by identical methods. One phase of the experi- ment in testing will determine whether high school juniors and seniors can do work of the same quality as college students. Wayne E. Merrill, science teacher from Wilson, is working on parallel courses is science at the Missouri institution. Dr. Dudley ' s courses are designed to orient students in the broadest sense of the word, to give them a sampling of many fields, to acquaint them with the better values of life, and to aid them in selecting their life work through a survey course in English, history, science, art, music, languages, and mathematics, all combined to allow the student a birds ' -eye view of the rich fields before him. The plan, a new ad- vancement in the field of education, was worked out by Dr. Dudley and was presented at Woodrow Wilson for the first time last fall. A battery of standard tests covering many fields was given to the students at the beginning of the experiment and again at the close to determine the value of the course. Findings have not been reached as this goes to press. L