Decatur High School - Decanois Yearbook (Decatur, IL)

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PARENTS Never' before has space been set aside in the Decanois to honor the parents of the De- catur High School students, This year the sen- ior class wishes to devote these pages not only to the honoring of the parents of the student body but to recounting the various activities of the Parent Teacher organization. No play, opera, program, or entertainment has ever been presented in the high school that was not dependent upon the kindness and gen- erosity of the parents for its success. High school football and basketball games are well supported by a large group of sincerely in- terested parents. Both the Decanois and the Gbserver find true friends among the parents of the school when they launch their adver- tising campaigns. The teachers and students of the Decatur High School deeply appreciate the cooperation, the interest, the sympathetic understanding, the unfailing support given by the parents. One of the most interesting events of the school season was held on the night of Feb- ruary 23 when over nine hundred parents at- tended high school. The affair was under the auspices of the Parent Teachers Association. After a group meeting in the auditorium they ARE You ARE Yau AMEMBER AMEIFPEER P TA., P TA., , f T Jg1N JOIN NOW NOW it .. were sent to home rooms. At this point every light in the building went out because of the heavy load on the transformers. Student guides equipped themselves with candles from Miss Pease's vesper service supply and kept stair- ways and class rooms lighted for over an hour until new fuses could be adjusted. Not one ac- cident of any kind occurred. Parents found the right teachers and class rooms. The new addi- tion offered great attraction since few of the visitors had ever seen it. THE DECANOIS 1937

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MRS. ALLEN MRS. SLOCUM President Vice President The Decatur High School Parent Teacher As- sociation bears a charter issued by the Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers. The follow- ing rules of operation are listed upon this char- ter: first, to carry on constructive Work for bet- ter parent-hood, better homes, better schools, and better communities, second, to refrain from all factional and partisan political activities, third, to refuse consideration by the association of per- sonal grievancesg fourth, to abstain from en- croaching on administrative functions of the schoolg fifth, to cooperate with the principal and teachers in promoting the best interests of the school and community. P A R E N T S PARENT TEACHERS ASSOCIATION The high school P. T. A. plans to meet once each month. These meetings are held in the school auditorium on the last Tuesday of the month at 7:30 in the evening. Programs that are equally interesting to parents and teach- ers are planned. Often students from some special group or department in the school supply part of the entertainment. All of the programs this year except the social ones were built about the need of a recreational program for Decatur. The two pictures at the top of the page show, from left to right, Mrs. Marion Allen, president of the high school P. T. A., and Mrs. Paul Slocum, first vice president. Mrs. Allen has been a particularly able and gracious officer of the organization. Mrs. Slocum has planned the programs for the year, obtain- ing two speakers of interest from cities larger than Decatur. At the October meeting an ade- quate recreational program for Decatur Was discussed by Miss Dorothy Enderis, assistant superintendent of schools, Milwaukee, Wis- consin. ln November, Mr. fohn McWherter, di- rector of recreation in Springfield, spoke about the place of recreation in education. MR. SAYRE MRS. HUPP MISS CONNARD MR. ABEL Second Vice President Secretary Corres. Secretary Treasurer 1937 20 THE DECANOIS