Casey High School - Flame Yearbook (Casey, IL)

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THE FLAME Mr. J. Bruce Buckler Superintendent University of Illinois, A.B.; M.A. 19 3 5 Page 10

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- THE flame: = CASEY HIGH SCHOOL TODAY The philosophy guiding those who administer our modern secondary schools must provide for an adjustment of education to a changing civilization. Education in the past has been primarily concerned with making people literate. Book learning that develops abilities to memorize, to read, to comprehend and to recite has been of fundamental importance. However, education today must be recognized as a continuous process from birth to death and not something that goes on for a few hours a day within four walls of a school. Education arises from, exists in, and will continue to flourish as a part of its surrounding social culture. It cannot be completely isolated from life outside of the school. We find our local high school attempting to adjust itself as the years go by to the changing social culture as well as assisting in the molding process of those who compose this social culture. Casey Township High School is not the same school which it replaced in 1915, nor will it be the same a decade hence as it is today. Changes are constantly taking place in all phases of its existence. From the older city unit it expanded into the large township unit for taxation and attendance purposes. From the smaller buildings accommodating less than one hundred high school students, it grew into the present plant capable of accommodating over four hundred. From the one building designed to care for academic subjects largely, it has expanded into two major buildings and two minor buildings. From little playground equipment it now comprises over twenty acres accommodating all the major outdoor sports, as well as a large and a small gymnasium to accommodate indoor games and physical education activities. The beauty of the grounds has been increased by carefully planned landscaping and ample shrubbery. The school plant is an object of beauty and worthy of display both inside and out. From a plant serving a few local children only, it now extends its services to both young and old as a school and as a community gathering place. It reaches out in its influence to attract students from many miles distant as well as to attract events and meetings of great importance to a large section of the state. Page 11 19 3 5 ■