Kankakee High School - Kankakeean Yearbook (Kankakee, IL)

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Page 4 Vivian Lane and Bill Jack, school host and hostess. tell Ray- mond Fields, fresh- man, a few things about K. H. S. I like school. I really do. I feel that school has everything to offer me. There are so many things I don't know-don't even have the slightest idea about-and the easiest place I can learn is at school. Here I can meet people mentally, as well as socially. Friends to he gained are in every classroom. I know and call many of these my friends-yet there are so many more that I want to include-so many more I want to know. Now that I am about to leave, I can understand why the class days have been more fun than Saturdays and Sundays. lill1 positive I didn't mind study. Every minute spent at work, al- though at times exasperating, has given me pleasure. I'm only human and would like to have been popular: still I haven't lost much. The activities I took part in appealed to me immensely, and even if I wasn't outstanding, sports and parties were always fun. I like school. i

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Mr. Munson Here we have vocational guidance in action. Superintendent Irving Munson is in conference with two students. They are making an an- alysis of the possibilities in several liclcls of endeavor. The superintend- ent is leading the students to study themselves. lVhat do I hare? How do I use it? Can I control mvself? XVill I be satisfied? Can I adjust myself to such work? and numerous other ques- tions are under discussion. He Helps Us Help Ourselves Page 6 A leader in civic and school affairs-Mr. Irving Illunson. superintendent of Kankakee schools. IIe is president of the county tlivision of the :Xmerican Recl Cross :incl the local Rt nary Club. In the six short years he has been here, lllr. lllnnson has concentratcil on cutting clown the percentage of failures. llis success in this is clue largely to gaining information alwont the inmlivitlual pupil through various tests ancl personal interviews. This information is invalualvlc to teachers in guiding stutlents in selecting' the riglit course. Superintendent Munson has an A.lI. from .-Xugustana College and an A.lNI. from the University of Illinois. Ile is well known in this section of the state for his extensive stncly of l,illculil. lirienilly salntations and sincere interest in the lmoys ancl girls of K. ll.S. have won for hint their general respect and frienclship.