Kankakee High School - Kankakeean Yearbook (Kankakee, IL)

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and directors Hundreds daily enter the bright, cheery office of Mr. R. Y. Allison, prin- cipal of Kankakee High School. Stu- dents come to him for aid in arranging schedules, for advice concerning ad- vanced education, and for references to help them obtain positions. A keen discernment of the needs and desires of high school students enables Mr. Allison to talk to and with students in an effective and understanding fash- ion. The principal attends with interest sports activities and other school affairs: he is attentive to the plans put forth by club committees and helpful in pro- moting their projects. ln these and other Ways students get to know Mr. Allison as a friend. -0 law' ff ' ' ABOVE: Mr. Allison helps George Pyles plan his course. Bill Kammann, Keith Stuart, Theodore Hawkins and Doris Anderson are about to enter the office after having been called from study hall. Principal Allison has an A. B. from Wabash College and an A. M. from the University of Chicago. page eleven

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page ten ABOVE: Su E perintendent Munson has an A B from Augustana College and an A. M. from the University of Iliinois. BELOW: Members of the Board of Education take time out at a regular et' ' ' me mg to have their picture taken. Back Row' Mr Mun- son, Mr. Hoennicke, Mr. Fortier, Mr. Luehrs, Mr. Allison. Front Row: Mr. Beaumont, Mr. Laird, Mr. Madison. to meet supervisors Seated behind a broad desk in a sim ple office, Mr. Irving Munson, superin tendent of city schools, Works with a telephone in one hand and a pencil in the other, while an information-seeker awaits his attention. Co-operating in War activities-sugar rationing, Red Cross, salvage cam- paigns, draft registrations, and govern- ment sponsored defense courses-has added many duties to his regular schedule. Still, lVlr. Munson has found time to give down-to-earth and interesting talks to the students and to interpret educa- tional purposes to the community. The superintendent makes it a point to know the students as individuals, and all in the Kankakee schools enjoy his cheerful company.

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who encourage us to make our individual decisions Kankakee High School interprets guidance as helping each student find his own abilities and interests: helping him obtain a sound gen- eral education and helping him become soci- able. And guidance means guiding, not forcing. Believing that each person ought to be treat- ed as an individual, the school offers vocational tests, reference books and Weekly magazines for one purpose: to enable each student to find himself. The base of success is education, upon which specialization is built. For balance, a tri- angle must have a broad, sound foundation, and so it is with specialization. But education, even specialization, isn't enough. Training in hovv to associate success- fully with others is equal to the importance of learning a trade. Creative living, not taught in any textbook, is one of the prime factors in Kankakee's varied extra-curriculum. UPPER, Left: Douglas Trudeau, Betty Jan- nusch and Harland Marth look over vo- cational magazine Right: Doris Anderson and William Clark take senior aptitude tests. LOWER, left: Alumnus, Sgt. Vivian Lock, tells a home- room group about army life as a voca- tion. Right: Maureen Watson and Winifred Kegley watch Mar- garet Noe post a bulle- t tin board notice.