Freeport High School - Polaris Yearbook (Freeport, IL)

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Reuben A. Baumgarfner MR. PB HELPS EVERYONE Our communily and our schools have changed since your parficipalion in lhe LincoIn4Douglas Debale in Freeport The area where lhe campus of Freeporl Senior High School is now Iocaled was nol even a parl' of our cify. Over lhe years, our sfudenls' inleresls and allain- menls in arf, dramalics, music, publicalions, speech and olher areas have been ou+s+anding. Lasf year, Ihe Universily ol Chicago asked us lo send a copy ol our Polaris. Laler when a represenfalive from lhe Universiry came fo see us, he commenfed on lhe high alrlainmenl achieved by Freeporl Senior High School in lhe above areas. Il' was unusual, he said, lo find a high school excelling in so many fields. I+ is our hope lo conlinue lhis lradilion. Yes, a good educafional background is imporlanl in learning fo 'rhink clearly. The abilily lo 'think clearly and ser down lhe resulls of one's lhinking in precise language was one of your greaf arlribules. We hope To conlinue lhis lype of educalion al Freeporr Senior High School. As you see, Mr. Lincoln, our eflorls are poinfed loward helping young people learn how lo lead happy, useful and crealive lives and al lhe same lime gain knowledge lo serve all mankind in lhe pallern you ser 'lor us. ADVISORS PROVIDE GUIDANCE THROUGH FRIENDSHIP Guidance is essenfial Io each one of us somelime Ihrough high school and should be considered one of +he mosl imporlanl 'rhings foward our lulure. Through The friendly guidance of Miss Marguerife Huebner and Charles Evans, girls' and boys' deans, we can gef lhe advice we need a+ almosf any lime, whe+her our problems are large or small. Through fheir careful consideralion, lhey guide us in selecling Charles E. Evans our 'fulure iob or college: help us wilh our personal problems and help us 'ro aHain a solid educalion. Even when doing all +his lhey acl as good friends. One ol lhe mosl' necessary persons needed on lhe FHS business sfafl is Willard C. Rubendall, our busi- ness manager. Being in charge of 'rhe money needed lo 'finance all of lhe various schools aclivifies, he has fulfilled a year's hard work. Marguerile J. Huebner Willard C. Rubendall

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MCPHAII. CDMPLETES THIRD YEAR superinfendenf of schools As superinTendenT oT schools Tormerly Trom Ames, Iowa, Mr. Harry Mcphail has compleTed his Third year oT service To our schools. Being a Tormer class- room Teacher, elemenTary school principal, and a coach, Mr. McPhaiI is baclced by 27 years oT ex- perience. GvraduaTing as presidenT OT class Trom Balmer Uni- versiTy in l932, he received his B.S. degree in busi- ness adminisTraTion and a minor in educaTion. Always willing and never Too busy To meeT a sTudenT is our SuperinTendenT OT Schools. SuperinTendenT oT Schools Harry Mclnhail. BOARD PLANS IMPROVEMENTS, ADDITIONS FOR '58-'59 The Board OT EducaTion, under The direcTion oT Lloyd Giessel, presidenT, has planned To Talce on improvemenTs and addiTions To The schools oT The I45Th disTricT. This year's plans included a big curriculum survey direcTed by The UniversiTy oT Illinois' Field Service Division, which involves ioinT sTudy by ciTizen and TaculTy members oT our educaTion program. The purpose is To deTermine goals and obiecTives and how To plan sTudy programs To reach These goals. This survey is To be compleTed by June oT I958. school board To ease a criTical shorTage oT.elemenTary class- rooms, The school board proposed a 5700.000 bond issue To Tinance The consTrucTion oT a new elemenTary school in NorThwesT FreeporT and To pay Tor The renovaTion oT The FirsT Ward school. Also on This lisT which was puT TorTh and passed by ciTy voTers, was The necessiTy To avoid double sessions in classes and To provide improved TaciliTies Tor rural children of The disTricT. lvlosl' OT These improvernenTs and building pro- grams will go inTo eTTecT This summer. Members of The School Board: RoberT RemingTon, John WhiTon, Ted CarpenTer, Harry McPhaiI, Lloyd Giessel, Dan HirTle, Charles FursT, Don Jepsen, Earl Boyer. Y' f