Hall High School - Hall Light Yearbook (Spring Valley, IL)

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Cecil A. Sharpe, Principal Horace Mann declared that national safety, prosperity, and happiness were made possible by free school open to all, good enough for all, attended by all. The Hall Township High and Vocational School looks at life as a whole and seeks to interpret it for the individual so that he may do better those desirable things he would do anyway. There is a regard for religion, morality, knowledge and supreme respect for the individual in our High School. Friendliness, tolerance, and understanding are promoted. The goals of education of the Hall Township High and Vocational School have been summed up as a self-realization, the establishment of human relationship, economic efficiency, and civil responsibility. These goals of education should seek to cultivate a deep regard for democratic institutions and to help in the development of the qualities of character which are of special interest in a democratic country. page ten

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ENROLLMENT STATISTICS — 1945 - 1946 ☆ ACCORDING TO CLASSES GIRLS BOYS TOTAL FRESHMEN 54 52 106 SOPHOMORES 53 55 108 JUNIORS 39 34 73 SENIORS 47 26 73 0 193 167 360 ACCORDING TO TOWNS Spring Valley ........................................253 Ladd ................................................. 31 Dalzeil .............................................. 21 Bureau ............................................... 20 Seatonville .......................................... 12 RED Princeton ......................................... 8 Arlington ............................................. 7 Cherry ................................................ 5 Hollowayville ......................................... 1 Zearing ............................................... 1 PERCENTAGE OP GRADUATES IN 1945 IN COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES Percentage of Class ....................17.6% RECORD OF GRADUATES WITHIN LAST FIVE YEARS 1940 - 1941 .....................................84 1941 - 1942 .....................................85 1942 - 1943 .....................................97 1943 - 1944 .....................................49 1944 - 1945 .....................................85 1945 - 1946 .....................................73 page nine

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Harrison W. Tonhy, Assistant Principal A great problem in education is to meet the need for specialization so essential in earning a living, and to give general education to equip students to live lives of free citizens specialization tends to make a machine of a person instead of a human being. Any school that fails to emphasize general education falls short of the ideal. Man cannot live by bread alone, and still less can he live on disinfectants.” General education gives the ideals which unite people and is the very foundation of a nation's existence. The best authorities seem to agree that at least half of a student's time should be given to general education. Hall is equipped to give both types of education. page eleven