Kankakee High School - Kankakeean Yearbook (Kankakee, IL)

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Acquainled and orld f QQWWQLN ,MQ By Bill Jack Entering Com munity Life- lx. ILS. girls chosen for es corts of the Boy Mayors flnriiur the Santa Claus par atle lllt'llltlLV.l lletty Bower, Martlia lleinoelil, Ruth t'l1 tensen, Vleon e Raboin, Pat Mclianlel, Pat Moore, and Rlarjorie Met'1'a1'lie11. Emuhasizing Citizenship - A huge Alll0l'll lowl' an Flag: was 111-cl over the stage as the finale was played by the liaild and the twirlers Ilt.'l'- forinetl at the anntial mid winter l'tllll?l'l'i ren you h task U ad to get acquainted. Neighbors in class, at dances, parties, and sports made that . easier. The plays, Student Council, homeroom helped yo11 to know others, and ytlll decided that friendship was one of the most important factors in yo11r year in school. You worked on the annual or helped make the prom or some other social affair a success, Zllltl watching a play or a game gained you more friends. After getting acquainted, you took part in co1n1n11nity life. Oh yes, yo11 did! If you did11't at- tend meetings of the Rotary Club. you Slll'6ly made a project for Open House to display to tl1e townspeople. Then yo11 either played with the team, marched with the band in the Christmas parade. or you sang carols at the Old Folks' home. Selling ads for the paper or subscriptions to the an- lllllll involved yo11 in community life: with club groups you probably toured the factories or absorbed ideas from Cfilllllllllllly speakers. Last, you learned to be a good citizen. You didn't throw paper on the floor or mark the walls. You voted intelligently in the elections: supported school activities, especially the democratic senior day which gave the students a chance to Tllll the school. Civics, American history, and economics taught you things a good citizen sho11ld know. You we1'e interested in the presidential election. ln the clubs you came into contact with parliamentary procedure and panel discussions, learning and thinking about both. You attended conventions and some of yo11 even exchanged letters with students in foreign tries. You saluted the Flag and sang the national anthem with d11e respect. Yo ' ' and wondered what you were going to do to help your country. You have completed a successful year in Kankake H' your yearbook and bring back all the things tl coun- u studied history igh School. You will turn these pages of ,D iat helped to make 1940-'41 the year that it was. Page 5

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L llh Yourself, C assm ales, lown, C You reserved your place in K' .1 'ee High School for one year when you registered last fall along with l,055 otl 1 'ou ehose currieuhun B or H and said to yourself with determination. I'm reall ,, 'ng to work tlus year! Hut in spite of what you should have done. you did what you wanted to do and at the end of the year you realized that you hadn't worked as hard as you had intended: but you had fun and fur- thermore. all work and no play makes -lack a dull hoy, you comforted yourself. And you accomplished things. Sure, you joined some of the clubs at didn't attend every meeting-or did you? You participated in S enjoyed yourself at parties and you tried ntanv new can he divided into four luain activities Before you could do what vou co ounl 0 anlvlv ' ters X . y ffoi . id worked although you .ports or you watched the games: you n things. But your life at K. H. S. for one year anything else. you tlrst had to understand yourself. You had to decide , ' uld do hest a11d what you liked to do niost. You gave tnanual training the nod over Latin or vice versa, and during' the year you tllled out guidance tests or you read lihrary material concerning' jolms. After talks with your principal, your advisers, and your classmates, inanv ' had decided upon your future vocations. 5 -X S H ot you x 1 ' D 9 Self - U n d e standing ,laek James, wield- ing: the eliil rously, l s hands in -ass. Other students dls- eover their abilities in mau- ual training, hor - ill ' evelopin I-. A li dexte earns to use hi art tl nt economies, ul toinnuereial classes Gett VI: ing Acquainted V - Ray nts, aluninus, is strapping on .Xrdis Stoc-un1's skates at the Snappy Kay skating: party. Many students attend- ed this party as xvell as the uthers held during: the year hy ll,.k,A., llirl Reserves, ad- vaneed freslnnen, and Pom- ntereial Vinh. Gel r

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Page 6 4 .M x.. This building, so lldlllilflllly constructed, so s11fe Zlllll secure, is yfllll' lllllllllllg. Your school, where sonietlnng' different ll2lP1JCllCCl to yllll CZl.Cll Cllly. That soinething llllll' llZlYC bee11 the w11y the build- ing looked-briglit i11 sunsliine or soltly lJZlClig'l'OllllilL'Cl by quietly falling' snow. lt llllly have been 11 llCXV friend, Il llL'Vl.' lilkxll or ll speei11l 2lSSCllllJlj'. 1111 exciting' dis- cussion or Il new ZlClllCYClllClli in Il ClZlS5l'U0lll. liut there wus some- thing. llllil that lllZlClL' tl1e differ- enee between wl1etl1er or llibl yo11 llllil Il Silllfslylllg' sehool lllly. XYllCll the snow eanie X011 lllllf' h111'e notieed lltllk' r11di1111t it lllZlilC your building: more likely you were tliiiilqing' of the fun ytlll would llZl.YC Sll0VVlXllllllg', sleigh- riding, Zlllll iee-slc11ti11g'. Xvlltdll spring' Clllllk' Illlfl brought tl1e green buck to the lZlXYll 111111 tl1e trees Zlllfl brouglit the blooms to the lil11es 11t illlx door of your llllllfllllg. you llilfl one illllllgllt in lllllllliglllllg' o11tside Zlllil dre11n1- ing ol SllllllllCl' leisure. But still. 11s you stroll ZIXYZIY i11 june, you know that when Illlllllllll arrives witl1 its turning' Zlllil f11ll- ing' le11yes Zllltl its smoky Zl.ll'. tl1e urge will COIHQ to return to ylblll' building or to go to Il new b11ild- ing' which, 11s it houses ytllll' Col- lege or ylllll' e11reer, i11 time will 11lso beeonie your own. Your building in winter. In the mid- dle right picture, Mary Catherine Rior- don, Dorothy Thompson, and Charlene Smith enjoy the falling snow. Your building in summer. Robert Maxfield, James Dornburg, and Elwyn Tetrault, talking outside in the fresh spring breezes.