Kewanee High School - Kewanite Yearbook (Kewanee, IL)

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Page 2 THE KEWANITE Sectlon II INTRODULING THE KEWANEE HIGH M Roblnson prlnclpal and teacher of mathematics of Kewa nee High IS advlsor of one of the most noted school organlzatlons the HlY Mr Roblnson through the co operatlon of the students and faculty has kept the school splrlt at the top For llls tralnlng he includes a B S and a M A degree secured at Beloit College and Unlverslty of Mlnnesota re spectlvely He has taken post graduate work at the State Teach ers College and at Unlverslty of Wlsconsln All paths ln K H S lead to the offlce and Genevleve Saygh Dur lng her four years here she has been practlcally lndlspensable to the success of any school under taklng whether lt be actlng as postmlstress for the Trl Y or as slstlng our prlnclpal ln hls mind readlng stunts However these things are merely sldellnes wlth Genevieve her real dutles he else where ln taklng care of grades checking attendance records and She probably has closer contact wlth the student bodv than any other faculty member and has shown unquestionable ablllty ln keeplng school llfe runnlng qulte smoothly The Engllsh department IS un der the dlrectlon of Mr Kaiser who teaches both English and publlc speaking He dlrects the class plays as well as the dra matlc parts for other school pro ductlons He IS a graduate of North Central College wlth B A de ree At present he IS dolnfr graduate work at the State Unl xerslty of Iowa Mlss Muller was again chosen advisor of the 1936 Kewanlte She has obtalned a B A degree at the State Unlverslty of Iowa and IS teachlng ln the English depart ment of the hlgh school She has handled both her teachlng and extra curricular work qulte cap ably Her splendld co operatlon vslth the Kevs anlte staff has helped to make the book a success Mlss Knapp was chosen as ad vlsor of the class of 1939 She IS one of the lnstructors ln the Eng llsh department She IS a graduate of Iowa Xvesleyan College where she obtalned a B A degree 1 SCHOOL FACULTY Mlss Ewan teachlng ln the Eng llsh and science departments the advlsor of the Dramatic club She has several clever ideas whlch she presents to the club When these are carrled out they prove to be qulte valuable MISS Ewan has obtamed a B A degree at Depauw Unlverslty and a M S at Iowa State College Mlss Horler, who has taught ln western Iowa for the past four years came to Kewanee to teach thls year She IS lnstructlng ln the English department and has establlshed a good standing for herself among students and fac ulty She has a B A degree from the Umverslty of Iowa havlng also attended the University of Colorado and Carthage College The class of 1936 chose Mlss McCarthy as their last class ad vlsor Because of her past experl ence ln thls work she has been a very efflclent gulde to the group An M A degree from Columbla from Mount Holyoke College are credlted to her She teaches ln the Engllsh and mathematlcs depart ments Mass Nobllmg who was the Junior class advlsor of the class of 1936 was agaln chosen Junlor class advlsor The success of the Junlor class of 1935 placed her ln the mlnds of all classes for an advisor She IS an lnstructor ln French havlng received a B A degree at Vanderbllt Unlverslty She also dld some work at the Unlverslty of WISCOHSIH last sum mel The Latln students of the school are under the lnstructlon of Mlss Harrod She has been teachlng thls subJect for several years and her efforts have encouraged a number of students to pursue further classical study Her classes are lnterestlng to the students She IS a graduate of Knox College The new subject of German ln troduced into the school ln 1934 has very successfully been carrled out these last two years under Mlss Beadles supervlslon She IS also an actlve teacher ln the hls tory department teachlng both ancient and modern hlstory She Obtalned her schoollng from the Unlverslty of ChlC8g0 Mr Graham has supervised the school paper agaln thls year Thls IS hls fourth year at Kewanee Hlgh and he has established for lumself a flne teachlng and soclal stand ard He teaches economlcs and speech He has shown dramatlc ablllty ln plays ln whlch he has partlclpated He IS credlted wlth a B A degree from University of Illlnols and graduate study at the same unlverslty Mr Brown, supervlsor of music ln the Kewanee publlc schools has only been Wlth us a year He vs a graduate of Illlnols Wesleyan Unl verslty wltha B M E degree H IS now worklng for hls masters degree whlch he hopes to Obtaln some tlme next fall Mr Brown IS a good frlend of the students and faculty and we WlSh hlm :uc cess ln the future Mlss Gibson the art teacher of Kewanee I-llgh heads the Art club Thls club has rapldly lncreased ltS membershlp slnce she has taken lt into her hands The splendid Nork ln her classes can be observed ln the art case on the second floor of the bulldlng She has also directed the art work for the Kewanlte las attended school at the Chlcago Academy of Flne Arts Art Instl tute of Chlcago and Bradley Poly technlcal Institute from where she has recelved a B S degree Comparatlvely few students VISI' Mlss Wesebaum's lnner sanctum lf they dld they mlght be sur prlsed at the amount of work done there Mlss Wesebaums dutles brlng her ln contact wlth the falrs of all the schools ln the l the school keeps the records for t e the are of Mr Bruners buslness corres pondence Students flnd her espe clallv helpful ln telllng them wh re to flnd step ladders electrlc light plugs and other odds and ends that they need Her work although carrled on quletlv and unobtrus lvely IS very valuable She does the accountlng for Board of Educatlon handles faculty s paychecks and takes Mlss Letha Larson has been the asslstant ln Mr Bruners offlce for the past two years She IS the young lady responslble for those contracts and prlnted tests for she takes care of the mlmeograph work It IS her task also to work ln the stock room arranging sup plles for all the schools ln town As a whole her tasks would num ber many lf they were to be llsted We all llke Mlss Larsons cheery smile and appreclate her many klndnesses to us D W I ' rl . 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flat BDARDTHEQLIHEES scnogt BRLINER SL PT OF SC HOOI S T rs Rear 'X Lharles Bruner rs completrn hrs frfteenth year as Superrntendent of Kew anee Publrc Sehools Vte are rndeed fortunate IU hum, for our school superrn trnrlent a m n whr rs as compe tent and ercperrenced wrth school work as rs 'Sir Bruner uner fn: fr t hr h seho rt Bu Inr anr He entered Indrana Lnrxer srtx rn Aprrl 1901 where he fln 1 hed hrs hr h school requrrements four wrrs of college wore major rn scrence Three years later rn 191 he recerxed hrs NI A degree from Indrana Lnrx erslty rn School Admrmstratron Our superrntendent later wor ed toward a Ph D degree whrch he completed after two summers at Columbra Lnrx erslty ln New York 'md one summer term rn Chrcago Umxersrty Hrs twenty erffht years of expe rrence rn school work starts back rn 1904 as a one room countrw school teacher rn Indrana H then taught scrence rn hrgh school for two years after college grad uatron Then came erght years of ercperrence as hroh school prrn crpal of the Phrlrpsburg County I-hgh School at Phrlrpsburg Mon tfrna CH AS BRU N E R Mrss Wesebaum The class of 1926 wrshes to take thrs opportunrty to thank Vlrss Wesebaum for the many thrngs that she has done for us and helped us to do rn our four years here rn hrgh school Mrss Xvesebaum who rs secre tary to the Board of Fducatron furnrshes the lrnk between the school board and the student body She has held thls posltron for ten years whrch accounts for her abrlrty to frll rt so capably BOARD OF EDUCATION A Faull F Steele V Curtrs E Lmdbeck G Wllmarth, F Hallrn, M Lucas SCHOOL CLOSED DUE TO COI D ies rt was a cold cold wrnter School was closed for sm days whrch was the frrst tlme rn the hrstorv of the school that rt har been closed so manx days for e e mental reasons School was drsmrssed for three day perrods It sa losed flrst on February 10 when t e tcmperatnre 1 rpped Ewen though the weather w rs str playrng treks classes were sunred On February 19 the shortafe became so serrous that school w s agarn closed rn order tw o coal to save the coal for famrly use Although school was closed tor one and one half days three years ago th1S was the flrst trme rt had ever been closed because of a coal shortage SCHOOL BOARD We should feel very grateful to the Board of Educatron for the hrgh standrnfr that our school has reached under rts supervrsron and gurdance Our school board rs composed of sexen capable and experxenced members who are strrvrng to rarse as well as marn tarn the standards of the school To these men frrendly to teachers and students alrke we wrsh to express our deepest apprecratron and gratrtude Mr Forrest I-Iallrn the preslelent of the board has serxed fourteen years rn thrs offrce He also was a board member for the three years prexrous to thrs trme Th1S IS rn deed a record for Mr Hallrn has served longer rn thrs responsrble posrtron than any other man In the busrne-ss world he IS a tarlor Nir George Vhlmarth who has serxed for SIX years on the board rs emploxed at the Boss offrce Nir Vlrles lucas has also serxed srx wears and rs superrntendent of the gas plant of the Kewanec Publrc Seruce Company Both M Albert Faull and Wir Ernest Lrndbeck hare been mem bers for fue years Wir Faull rs superrnterdent of Baker Park and Wir Lrndbeck operates a musrc and school supplx store The new est members of the bsard are Wir F I-I Steele and Mr Xernon Curtrs who are both com pletrng therr frrst year I . I . --, , ,, , , Q Y . Y v V w 1 1 . Y Y J J hp V1 . Ar.-I r - ri- V .- Y . ' 1 h A - . . W . . Y ' A 1 ' b' . V' V . ' - I 4 .1 1 ' I , i V. U H I D L h X V. - I L , . v uf' 1.- , , - A . . ' ' ' - ' ' ' . V s c '- ' ' A ' ' ' , -Y V I he Mr. Br' X' att - 11 l a href- 1 ' t 26 ye-ar' g ol z rket, 11- ' I U . ' ,. , . ,. - , . V , ' r' , , . ' ' re- ' - ' ' A . , V .S X ',. ,. - ' -, by . ini h ' A wx H' 1 1 and ' 1: X ' ' '14 ' D , ' ' . ' In 1910, he graduated w'1th a ' M ' ' , . . . 1 ' V 3 . ' ' v ' , ' , ' 7 - ' , A s, I ' ' ' I . I Lv , .' Y - v k , , , ,,,,,,, ,, ' , , - . . L Y I Y I Q ' V v UW A . I . ' V - ' V A f. , . . - 5 V - I I D ' ' ' W . . A . . . . l ' r ' f 1 l . . , . - . 2'v ' ' I . ' x V . j 1 , r , , , , . . A - - , l ' - 1 ' P. ' l - r - . ' , ' , F' . - . v V. 1' L A ' V - . ' v I V v 3 . . r . ' - Y . . . - V K . , Oi el V .s I I . I , vu , ' e. r. I , , ' , - 1' A . ' . '. . . e I . - 1 - v - v - 1 V ' h Af, v '

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Section II THE KEWANITE Page FACULTY Mr. Robinson Miss Saygh Mr. Kaiser Miss Miller Miss Knapp Miss Ewan Mass Horler Miss McCarthy Miss Noblling Miss Harrod Miss Beadle Mr Graham Brown Miss Gibson Miss Wesebaum Miss Larson The plctures aboxe from left to rlght Are of those xx ho made our futures look bright They taught us adxlsed us guided 'mtl led fn XXIII n Mr. v V ' Y' Y ' Q Ami showed us how to use the brains in our heads. -wiv i- , 1.-'su .