Decatur High School - Decanois Yearbook (Decatur, IL)

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THE DECANOIS 1938 Q.-yegxfvj .. A U-.gpnvvlvwfl f:!H.x'3'f4:w:X we BOARD COMF EDUCATION Days of single auditorium assemblies and double auditorium assemblies will pass with the Class of 1938. No longer will half of the high school students sit through long home room periods while a chosen group listens to some good speaker or to some interesting proe gram in the old auditorium. No longer will the armory have to be borrowed for those basketball pep meetings. When the big games of the season come, Decatur High can be host in its own home for at last an auditorium-gym- nasium is to be built large enough for the needs of the school. The students and faculty are indebted to the board of education for this much needed building. Through careful planning the school board secured ground for the annex at a reasonable price. They also secured government aid toward the building which will give employment to Decatur work- men for several months. The senior class is happy that such prosperity has come to Decae tur High School and wish to honor the meme bers of the board of education who made that prosperity possible. The picture shows Mrs. Landholt, Mr. Huff, and Mr. Keil, the board members, and Mr. Harris, the clerk. Decaturs school charter was issued Febru- ary IES, l865, when the school district was created. The first school board was elected the following April by the qualified voters. These three selected persons drew lots for their respective terms of office, for one, two, and three years. Thereafter, on the first Tues- day in fune, there has been an election to chose one school board member who has held office for three years. This assures a school board with at least two experienced members. This school charter was amended in l867 and in l9l9. Decatur district is one of a very few in lllinois which holds its original charter.

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THE DECANOIS 1938 ln a period of rapid social, economic, and industrial change our public high schools have found it difficult to meet the demands made upon them. The enrollment has been increased seriously because attendance in high school has been the only work many young people could find. This large number of students contains many who are not inter- ested in the traditional high school subjects. This has caused a demand for the offering of educational and vocational guidance and the so-called vocational subjects. Students have asked for such subjects as automobile driving, auto mechanics, cooking for boys, and courses in homemaking for boys and girls. ln attempting to meet some of these requests our efforts have been scattered and we are no doubt guilty of not having devel- oped for all students the ability to study independently and a Willingness to take their school Work seriously. Cur parents frequently tell us that the ability for independent study and a seriousness of purpose characterized the secondary student of twenty-five years ago. The secondary schools are now studying their purposes and the issues that are at stake as never before in their history. As a result of this study the adaptations that will be made will still call for such basic skills and habits as accurate computation, a careful use of the English language, and a deep feeling of responsibility for the best wo.k that a student is capable of doing. Superintendent of Schools. l6 . If 4 f i il l l l l l l 1 l. 1. l j l l l i I l 4 1 t l l 1 l l l l l 1 l l j l l l l I r 1 l l r l l l 1 J f 4 fl f