Champaign High School - Maroon Yearbook (Champaign, IL)

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Old Glory waving on high, the building will soon become a symbol to the boys and girls who have com- pleted anothcr phase of public education. 24 The Maroon

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will be the ever present opportunity for the newcomers to win the affections of the youth who make up the senior high population. As seniors who will say farewells in late May, the year in retrospect has many, many bright moments: they'll always remain as highlights in our memories. But it doesn't require too much skill as a prophet or the wisdom of a sage to make a long range prediction of what is in store for the next year. Happily, and most fortunate for the members of the new classes, we can forecast the end of the war in Europe, banishing the tension that has tenaciously hung over the heads of the present graduating class since their entry into the senior high school. And, we hope, the days of rationing will be at an end. We, as Americans, would vehemently deny the slightest lack of patriotism in doing our best to carry on during the war days but the dreams of peace and the return of dear ones seems almost too good to be true. We can foretell, again with sound reasoning and the logic of good judgment, that the Maroons will conquer the Tigers next fall on the football field, that the basketball team will wear the state crown, that Fred Major will produce a lion's share of the state champions in wrestling, and Harold Jester's tracksters will establish new records. We hope, too, that the newswriting classes will once more tackle the production of a yearbook, that the writing and publishing arts will go forward under the sympathetic guid- ance of an adviser who refuses to be balked by the inconveniences and discouragements that may look like mountains. And finally we hope that there will be no let-up in that constant striving for mastering the daily lessons and the following example established each year by the graduates in making Champaign Senior High School one of the outstanding schools in the state. And so, just as 1944-45 has been OUR big year in school, we leave the future to YOU of the next graduating class. Do with it as you may. . The Maroon ' 23

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AUMINISTRATIUN BOARD OF EDUCATION Bottom row-D. L. Huxtable, president: Miss Carrie Busey, clerk: Mrs. J. E. McGinty: Mrs. Ralph Kel- ley. secretary: Mr. Donald Vance. Back row-Doctor George Hunt: Mr. E. H. Mellon, superintendent: Doctor W. E. Schowengerdt. and Mr. I. P. Turner. The Champaign public school system-oflicially known as district 71-is made up of ten elementary or grade schools, one junior and one senior high school. Founded prior to the Civil War by citizens of East Urbana fthe original name of present day Champaignj the system has grown from a typical one-room pioneer school in a rented building into a physical plant rep- resenting an investment of more than a million dollars. A superintendent, nineteen principals and supervisors, and one hundred and thirty-two teachers are employed to direct the instruc- tional program for 3.200 youngsters. The school system is administered by a Board of Education made up of seven elected offi- cials, each named for a term of three years and each serving without pay. Members during the school year 1944-45 were: president. D. L. Huxtable: secretary. Mrs. Ralph Kelley: members. Doctor W. E. Schowengerdt. Mr. Donald Vance, Doctor George Hunt, Mr. I. P. Turner, and Mrs. J. E. McGinty. Miss Carrie Busey, of the superintendents office, served as the clerk of the board. Regular sessions of the board are held on the first Thursday of each month, with special or called meetings when the demand arises. Although decisions on questions involving school operation are based upon a majority ac- tion of the entire board, responsibilities are shared through appointed committees. Chairmen of these committees named of the current school year were: physical education, Doctor Hunt: buildings and grounds, Doctor Schowengerdtg finance and auditing, Mr. Turner: instruction, Mrs. Kelleyg purchasing, Mr. Vanceg cafeteria, Mrs. McGinty. The Maroon 25