Kankakee High School - Kankakeean Yearbook (Kankakee, IL)

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Drrectlng the schools Hdmlnlslrdllon We Supermtendent Irvmg Munson and Secretary Iessxe Greely Although students dance wrth glee and teachers close up shop for vacatron the prmcrpal s oftrce keeps 1ts doors open through the summer months Accordrng to Pr1nc1pal R Y All1son the ofhce 1S closed only one week dur1ng th1s season Shortly before autumn leaves begm to fly reg1stra tron starts Agarn mrd year when snow usually covers the ground the schedule problems of many perplexed students greet Mr Allrson Throughout the semester prnk blue and whrte shps tmd the1r way to numbers of students Excmtement mounts before graduahon When the last d1p1omas have been s1gned the pnncrpal has wnt ten hrs fmal autograph for the departmg sen1ors page ten Be1ng superrntendent of Kan kakee publ1c schools keeps Irv mg Munson busy any season As the August sun sh1nes 1n h1s offrce w1ndow Mr Munson rn tervrews teachers for the com mg semester He makes v1s1ts to the vanous class rooms Wh1le wmter coats and m1ttens are be mg hung rn lockers Although most students thor oughly d1sl1ke takrng tests rn the sprmg the supermtendent car r1es on an extenslve testmg pro gram Wrth the closmg of school he prepares the annual report balances the books and cleans up the odds and ends of the chool year s busrness Prmclpal R Y Allxson . . - - - . . . . . , l Q. , I QV . 2 jk I , - 14' - il I . - .. I ,. ...- -N .fi .4 . . X I ' ' ,L fl' I -. , 5 - , . . . . N I ' D . . . . , . . , . . , , , . . ' I . . ' , I I 1 I .

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The frrst day of school The frrst day of school what a varlety of meanrngs that phrase held Freshness seemed to dommate everythmg the crrsp brlght dresses and rm maculate tee shuts of the fellows and grrls the rested unharned look of the faculty even the school rtself seemed brrghter more sunny than before Here and there knots of g1rls stood gayly chattrng and comparmg program cards Wh1le the boys dr1fted around the halls harlmg therr frlends As a warnrng bell rang new faces and old mlngled rn the confuslon Scur ry1ng down the halls rn all drrectrons students soon dlsappeared 1nto class rooms to meet the members of the faculty rn l1ISl penod classes Se o shena gans some semors enter1ng a general scrence room7J But the best fresh man Joke of the year occurred when deep 1n concentratron one of the fear ful falter1ngly asked of a passmg sen1or 1n the door way of North Study What do you study 1n here? After the novelty of the frrst few days however students settled down to rout1ne Among the faces seen that frrst day of school were those of old fnends and the less fam1l1ar countenances of the freshmen and transfer students The usual methods were employed by the upper classmen to befuddle new puplls such as peddlmg bubbler trckets Much confuslon ensued when some prankster changed the class room numbers around fD1dn t we see The lust daze of school pflge H1116

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95. 5. 5. fc' ln 'CL' ABOVE H D Tyson Presxdent George E Luehrs Heroert Hess BELOW Paul E E Ccxrcn Clerk Ed P Madison A Lcnrd ,I T secre1cxneS Ruth Brown Gnd MG Dorothy B Ylck office assi rcelld Moody -,VN Mrs Antomq F Sian! and FI! Z SSC1-eta: Y page eleven