Downers Grove North High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Downers Grove, IL)

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Mr. Johnson Works With Clarence V. Jonnson PRINCIPAL Columbia University, M.A. 40 years Mr. Johnson, PRINCIPALof Downers Grove High School, is charged with the smooth func- tioning of an institution dedicated to a program of fine personal development and high academic achievement of the twenty-eight hundred students enrolled in the school . Mr. Johnson is ably assisted by a responsible staff monitored by an administrative group consisting of Mr. Wayne Guthrie, Assistant Principal; Mrs. Charlotte Andersen, Assistant Principal and Dean of Women; Mr. Herbert Adams, Dean of 13oys; Mr. Philip Bowers, Assistant Dean, and Mr. Leon Pogue, Director of Guidance. Mr. Johnson is this year marking his fortieth year of continuous service to D.G.H.S. He is not only an efficient and progressive executive in the local area, but he also partic- ipates in state and national educational orga;- izations: Mr. Johnson is an active member of the Illinois and the National Associations of Secondary School Principals, a life member of N.E.A., a member of the legislative Com- mission of Illinois High School Association, and a member of Phi Delta Kappa. Mr. Johnson has a long record of civic service to his community and is in popular demand as a public speaker. Mr. Guthrie assists Mr. Johnson with personnel and instructional problems, while Mrs. Andersen works closely with discipline and guidance and also assists in structuring the academic program. Mr. Adams is in charge of discipline, attendance, the extra-curricular program, and general supervision of the halls during the school day. Mrs. Andersen and Mr. Adams are assisted by Mr. Phil Bowers, Assistant Dean, and also by Mr. Pogue, Director of Guidance. All members of the Administra- tive staff work closely together to assist Mr. Johnson in maintaining a stable school program that will best prepare students to live success- fully in a rapidly expanding world. -23. Main Street View of Present School

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BOARDOF EDUCATION, STANDING: Mr. A. S. Rouffa, Mr. M. E. Gahlon, Mr. R. L. Crone, Mr. A. R. Campbell.SEATED: M r. L. F. Yerges, Mr. W. M. Manning,Mrs. C. Wyman, secretary. ABSENT: Mrs. Mary T. Soddy. Parents Plan Education To provide an excellent education for Downers Grove High School students is the objective of the BOARD OF EDUCATION, High School District 99. The seven members of the board, headed by Mr. Winston Manning, serve as a policy-making and legislative group. The Board's bi-monthly meetings in the ex- ecutive offices of the Lincoln School have been supplemented this year by many more meetings necessitated by the plans for construction of the new high school. The Downers Grove High School PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION works actively through- out the year to strengthen ties among home, school, and community. Communication regard- ing achievement of common education goals is established through a series of carefully planned programs; and it is through fine adult cooperation that local boys and girls are able to receive the quality education whch is a tradition in the community. P.T.A., FIRST ROW; Mrs. D. F. Roberts, Mrs. A. H. Russell, Mrs. Charlotte Andersen, Mrs. M. J. Hanford, Mrs. D. L. Norbcre, Mr. H. R. Mitchell. SECOND ROW: Mrs. K. R. Schubert, Mrs. N. C. Mindrum, Mr. C. W. Johnson, Mr. H. L. Adams. THIRD ROW: Mr E. C. Wright, Mr. J. C. Foster, Mr. J. R. Mersey, Mr. W. T. Guthrie.

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His Executive Assistants Artist's Concept of South Campus Phillip L. Bowers ASSISTANT DEAN Wheaton College, M.S. 5 years Wayne T. Guthrie ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IN CHARGE OF INSTRUCTION U. of Illinois, M.S. 21 years Charlotte D. Andersen ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL DEAN OF GIRLS Northwestern U., M.A. 40 years Herbert L. Adams DEAN OF BOYS U. of Illinois, M.A. 22 years 13