Dekalb High School - Kalibre Yearbook (Dekalb, IL)

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Qur Administrative Staff Dr A C Sp1clcerman has completed thls term h1s hfth year of work on the school board Thns was Dr Splckermans thlrd year ln the capacxty of presldent He 15 a local dentlst Mr S A Tyler has just completed h1s twenty second vear of SCFVICC on the school board Mr Tyler was president of thls group durmg the years 1929 to 1931 He 15 assxstant cashter at the Flrst Natxonal Banlc m DeKalb Judge H W McEwen who held the pos1 tion of pres1dent for the years 1928 29 and who IS now a county judge has Just completed his fifteenth year of servrce on the school board Mr A E Fahlund who ns in the msurance bus1ness has fimshed hrs rhlrd year of servxce The one new member of the school board 15 Mr B Morgan who IS an 1n surance adjuster Durmg hrs one year of serv1ce Mr Morgan has ably demon strated his ab1l1ty as a member of the board Mr R G Beals super1ntendent of our school has had a very extenslve course 1n the field of educatlon Mr Beals has been supermtendent of the DeKalb Townshlp Hlgh School sxnce 1922 when he came here from Taylor v1lle Illmols Hav1ng an undymg mterest ln community affatrs as well as IH school lxfe Mr Beals IS an actxve member of many promlnent organxzatlons tn DeKalb He lS a former presrdent of the Rotary Club presldent of the htgh school secuon of the State Teachers Assoc1at1on presldent of the County Hxgh School Assocra t1on and two years ago was presldent of Roclc Rlver d1v1s1on of the 1ll1no1s State Teachers ASSOCIHIIOII He IS a member of the Judd Club a member of the County Admlmstratxve Organlzatlon a member of the Commlttee of Public Relattons of the Nanonal Department of Supermtendence and a member of the Schoolmasters Club DeKalb Townshlp Hxgh School apprec1ates the splendld worlc of Mr Beals both ln our hrgh school and 1n our communlty Wrthout our very competent office staff we realxze that much of our systematlc school routlne would probably not be quxte so systematlc MISS Pearl Hueber who has been a member of our office staff for thlrteen years and whose 0HTCl3l POSIEIOH IS that of pr1vate secretary has proved herself mdxspensable as a part of D T H S Mrs Alleen Morrxson who has been worlcmg 1n our school for stxteen years and whose ofhclal POSIIIOH IS that of boolclceeper has also been a great boon to the competent management of school affarrs . . ,. . . . . . , ' ' 9 1 7 ' ..J. , . . 7 1 ' , , , . , . , . 7 , .. . . . 7 - 7 , .. . - 7 7 7 Y ' 7 .Y . .. ' 7 7 . , . Y . 7

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The Ao'min1'strdtion 5 AILIIN XIORRISON NIR R C w I w s JA 'X L mr d R L SPICXE -VN r va S ILI H XX 'XI IXX

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fLlDdyfltD T-H3 As we approach the DeKalb Townshxp H1gh School, ln wh1ch we plan to spend a day, we see what we would call hordes of students commg from all d1rect1ons Cars dr1ve up and the young people flle out All seem enthuslastlc ally talk1ng about somethmg It seems qu1te 1nterest1ng Let us go 1n We hnd ourselves 1n the m1dst of a throng of students Presently a bell I'1l1gS, lettmg the students know that If IS 8 30 and the halls are to be cleared Everyone has gone to h1s partlcular home room, where announcements are made, and the days aCtlV1t1CS beg1n After a half hour of home room, the hrst hour classes beg1n Class per1ods last forty five m1nutes, and the students go from class to class Wl'11Cll make up the1r daxly routlne The tour on wh1ch we take you, shows our school IU HCU011 w1th one class of each teacher be1ng photographed The 1dea of t1me IS shown w1th no strlct regard glven to spec1f1c hours of the classes The curr1culum at D T H S COHIEIIIIS a var1ed group of subjects, from whxch one IS able to select some courses wh1ch attract h1m more than others As we VISII the part1cular classrooms we are shown the var1ety of work 3CCOITlpl1SllCCl The able 1nstructors who conduct the classes are w1ll1ng to g1ve more than then' quota of t1me for the beneht of the class members Another bell rlngs Twelve oclock already' A hungry mob of voung mg the1r stud1es at 1 15 Many students, espec1ally those who have come from out of town or the country, stay at school for lunch, eatmg 111 the D T H S cafetena, where meals are served by the home economxcs g1rls After the noon hour w1th only t1me to greet several of your classmates the school dut1es cont1nue untll 3 30 Many d1fferent types of classes mterest us 111 the afternoon sess1on At 3 30, school may be over for som , but for many, work has only begun All or most of the extra c11rr1culum act1v1t1es take place at th1s t1me A large number of boys have basketball pract1ce, wh1le both boys and glrls are occupled wlth the Il16Cf1IlgS of the varlous organ1zat1ons We see by the bulletm board that s veral of the clubs 111 school are holdmg meet1ngs and we see people d3Sl1111g from one to another The Barb 15 also bemg pubhshed th1s week, and as me see someone hustle by w1th notebook and penc1l 1n hand, we surm1se that he 1S look1ng for a scoop for the paper The extra curr1culum GCIIVIIIBS are var1ed 1n character From the g1rls' gvm we hear sounds of exc1tement, reveal1ng the fact that a volley ball or basket ball game IS 1n SCSSIOI1 Other types of act1v1t1es such as play pract1ces and organ1zat1on meet1ngs also attract us f ff 7, ' , . . . . ' 7 people push their way out of the building and rush home to eat before resum- 7 T7 . . , . . ,, ,,