Kokomo High School - Sargasso Yearbook (Kokomo, IN)

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Mr. J. P. Jones has been Dean oT Boys aT Kl-IS Tor The pasT nine years. The goaTience and general undersTanding he has displayed in his dealings wiTh ThaT complex mechanism . . . The boy . . . is known and appreciaTed by all Those who have come in conTacT wiTh him. STricTly a rnan's man, Dean Jones was a well-lcnown baslceTball sTar in a region where This sporT reigns supreme . . . Indiana. AT BuTler UniversiTy, while working Tor his AB. and A.lv1. degrees, Diz, as he was called by all his Triends. was chosen as an All-Ameri- can CenTer in baslceTball. Since he came To Kl-TS in T93 I, Mr. Jones has TaughT physical educaTion, maThe- maTics, and has assisTed in coaching our bas- lceTball Teams To Their yicTories. When The AdminisTraTion decided To creaTe The oTTice oT Dean oT Boys, Mr. Jones was selecTed Tor This posiTion. As parT oT his worlc wiTh boys. Mr. Jones creaTed The Boys' Legion, which has accom- plished greaT Things under his supervision. lT's noT hard aT all Tor us To realize The debT oT graTiTude ThaT we in general and The boys in parTicular owe To Dean Jones. Tlle road To TuT:u1'e success as X Dean J. P. Jones. Pc

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Q. Qur LTCEIHS POi1'ltCCl lIlflC Way LlL7W11 Coming To Kl-TS vviTh a Ph. B. Trom Ripon College, Miss EsTella Pearce as Dean oT Girls, immediaTely saw The need Tor an or- ganizaTion in which all girls could geT To lcnow each oTher beTTer, so she Tormed The Girls' League in IQ36. When girls enTer as Treshmeni she wel- comes each and every one To an individual conTierence To give Them an idea oT whaT is expecTed oT Them during Their years in high school and To help Them become adiusTed To Their new surroundings and acTiviTies. Miss Pearce's Typical day is an exhausT- ing one. The TirsT TorTy-Tive rninuTes she ge 24 spends signing absence slips, and she Teaches a healTh class The Third period. The remaining parT oT The day she is occupied wiTh inTerviews, Teachers' conTerences, and oTher Tasks arising in a Dean's day. Believing ThaT all work and no play malces Jill a dull girl, Miss Pearce Tinds Time To garden, raise caTs, and go Tishing. We appreciaTe everyThing Miss Pearce has done in helping us develop our char- acTers. l-ler wise advice and Triendly per- sonaliTy have won her a secure niche in The hearTs oT us all.

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wc VVIGHTI cc w1Tl1 The NDELITQ Ages,n l While I947 was a greaT year Tor us, iT was also a rnomenTous year Tor The enTire world. AT- Ter several years oT war, The TighTing counTries had Tinally ceased To Tire Their guns. This was broughT home To use more clearly by The Social STudies DeparTmenT, which was supervised by Miss Gerlrrude ColescoTT. While deeply engrossed in pasT world aT- Tairs, we did noT allow up-To-daTe happenings To pass by unnoTiced. We lcepT accuraTe Track oT presenT Times by our sTudies in currenT evenTs. Our excursions inTo AncienT, World, and UniT- ed STaTes l-lisTory, Government and Sociology Top: Mr. Joseph Powell and Miss GerTrude ColescoTT. Middle: Mr. J. Warren Muncie and Mr. ForresT Roe. BoTTom: Hisfory sTudenTs learn aboul' The STaTe LegIslaTure.