East Leyden High School - Eagle Yearbook (Franklin Park, IL)

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The Board of Directors meets once a month to keep our factory in good working order. It is interesting to know, however, that individual members spend much extra time planning ways to improve our school building, teaching facilities and curricula. We think it is especially noteworthy because they are unsalaried for all the time and effort they give. The president of the board, Mr. Kellermann, lives with his wife and two daughters in Westbrook. Mr. Trumbull has called River Grove home all his life. With his wife and daughter, Pat, he lives just west of the Des Plaines River. Fairview claims Mr. Trausch, although he can also call Luxembourg home. Mr. and Mrs. Trausch have a grocery store in Fairview. Miss Brinkerhoff is well-fitted for work on a school board for she has taught school for a number of years. Mr. Dunn hears a great deal about Leyden beside his work on the board. He has two children, Jimmy and Audrey at Leyden. He and his family are also Franklin Parkers. ELAINE BANING Since graduation last year Elaine has assisted Mr. Steel as his secretary. She is responsible for recording the daily attendance. MRS. WATSON A serene and youthful looking grandmother, Mrs. Watson handles the pay roll instead of crocheting pot-holders. She delivers those white envelopes to the teachers twice monthly, those hard-earned pennies from heaven. MILDRED REED Witty, in a quiet sense. Miss Reed's responsibilities in the office are many. One of the most important to the seniors is keeping their records in order. All the college-bound seniors well know the time she spends filling out their credits and recommendations. 12

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PRINCIPAL MR. HERMAN YLVISAKER Not long ago two hundred scientists, engineers, and mathematicians gathered at Harvard University to look at and study a fantastic new machine, a giant calculator which accepts figures in floods and mazes and, quick as a wink,gives answers. Our modern world is filling with marvelous machines, some small enough to be held in the palm of a hand, others large as buildings. All are the product of man's imagination and know-how. All must be run by men, we hope, for the benefit of mankind. War brought forth machines which can destroy civilization. Peace can create machines that can make the world a better, happier place for all peoples. This can become true, if education, which means schools like our own Leyden, can train young men and women to become the masters and not the slaves of the machine. It is important in youth that we learn how to run the machine - how to make a living. It is more important that we learn how to live in a modern world when the machine can be used to destroy as well as to build. Hi