Kankakee High School - Kankakeean Yearbook (Kankakee, IL)

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Q LEFT Jennie Wehh A B Blolog Edith Carmody B M S Geography ABOVE TOP ROW Henry Holt B S M Mechanical Drawung Athletuca Margaret Reynolds B Ed Com merce Lottie Skldmure A B B S In L S Lubrarmn MID 2d5l5vff'J ' W Frank Weller B Ed M S Sclenc Ruth Northruu M cla :ence u 0 e M S General Science D rothy Allen B Ed Englls LOWER ROW Pearl Scaggm enera clence wendolen Ingll A A hematlc, Allee Stone B S M S Foo s page eleven M Ml 8 gig? , W s AT 1 ' , . .. ' y: ' , .Ed.. R0 : . . .. , .. ' e: . B. S.. Commerce: Yolanda Hickey. A. B.. Art: Sara Larson. A. B.. B. Ed.. A. .. So ' l Scl 1 R th C l. B. S., . ., ' 1 . .. , 2 - . . .. .S.. o . . .. ' h. 1 '. ' ' . ' at . . .. - A. B., A.M.. G l S' 3 G '. .B.. .M,. I ' ' . ., . .' . .. ' . ' . DLE Mat ' : , . .. . ., dp

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fm. ILLIIS x! II fl: Busy teachers th1s year attended lnstttutes regtstered thousands of c1t1zens for war ratron book No 2 and held e1ght faculty meetmgs A major problem was the keylng of courses to ht world events and the d1scuss1on of plans to make hlgh school Work a st1ll more v1tal part of the war effort A change of emphas1s 1n foods and clothrng classes resulted from a cur tatlrnent of equrpment as well as from a need lor rnstructron 1I'1 clothes conservatlon and menu adjustments Sc1ence classes gave extra tlme to rad1o e1ectr1c1ty and health Students were urged to enroll 1n mathematrcs classes and sentor boys who lacked advanced work 1n the subject were requrred to take a general math course rn preparat1on for Army and Navy exam1nat1ons Hlstory students dlscussed 1n flat1on and studled Lat1n and South Amerrcan countrres The physrcal educat1on department rntroduced commando tramrng for a1rls as well as for boys AT LEFT TOP ROW Vera Baker B Ed Commerce Ona May L mmor B S A B A M Comme e MIDDLE ROW Paullne En IS Dorothy M Glnnls A B Social Sclence LOWER ROW Fowler McKlnley B Ed M S Manual Trammg I 4 I! NNHIINIXN page ten

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Us-1' qw page twelve Other departments worked for morale and understandmg and stressed the fundamentals rn each subject lleronautlcal draftrng was added to the voca t1onal courses and boys were encouraged to enroll rn me chanrccrl drawrng woodwork and government sponsored ma ch1ne shop classes Teachers contmued to regtster rn war trarnmg courses make band ages and kmt for the Red Cross Mr Azbell taught an even1ng class rn radro Mr Holt one 1n draftlng and Mr McK1nley one rn blueprrnt readlng Mrss Beau vars agam managed the war stamp and bond sale wh1ch by Aprrl had netted S20 000 Mrss Skldmore headed the V1c tory Book campargn and d1rect ed the Work on the servrce flag Homeroom teachers worked to make then' rooms one hundred per cent rn Iunlor Red Cross membershrp Mrss Martrn and lVl1ss Montgomery drrected the Glrl Reserves who collected S1400 from theatre patrons for the Red Cross Coach Dykstra Jorned the Navy the frfth man from the faculty to enter one of the servrces AT LEFT TOP ROW Eugene Dykstra B S Physical Education Athletics George Piersol B M Band Rosetta Gernon Ph B French. English. SECOND ROW-Euclid Lambert. Manual Training: rs. Shirley ic wine. . .. Social Science. THIRD R W-Kathryn Keefe. A. B.. A. M.. Jour al- ism. ng 'sh: ertrude E he. B. M.. M. .. Music. LOWER ROW-Marie Beardslee. A. B., A. M.. Latin: Marjorie Kesler, B. S.. Physical Education.