Kankakee High School - Kankakeean Yearbook (Kankakee, IL)

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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

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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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Guldlnq boys and g1r1s the deans She llfted her long black skrrt a l1ttle hrgher to reveal a bnght red stocklng as s h e w a l k e d a ross t e stage No th1s IS not a theatrlcal revlew 1 u s t remmlscrng about lVI1ss Lou1se Wood dean of grrls when she was one of the hxts 1n the prlze wmnrng Grrls Club sklt durrng the NHS stunt nlght '1 March A charrnrng and spontaneous smrle 1 one of her characterrstrcs Besldes teachmg two Englrsh classes she cdnd urne th1s year to sponsor many Curl Club ac 1V1l1eS Smce she was '!Z. Louise Wood M1ss Wood rs especrally act1ve m all 9 ra es of 1ts work The boxes and canned food seen 1n her ottrce were sent to an Englrsh crrls school Th1S 1S lust one example cf the work wh1ch Mrss Wood helped c rry on all year Dean of gxrls and Betty Gessner page twelve When sprrng arnved no one had to tell the student b o d y The boys espe c 1 a l l y found they w1shed to sl-up an after noon rnstead of a t t e n d 1 n g school No one had to tell Mr Dan Norton dean of boys He automatrcal ly but good naturedly handed out p1nk excuses to the skrppers Sponsonng the student councrl was a specral responsrbrlrty of Mr Nor tons Along wrth hrs deans dutres and eachrng two econornrcs classes he helped coach freshman sopho more football and track Dax No ton toward the all school party wh1ch proved most successful The reason? The work that Mr Norton alded by the Student Councll put rnto 1t An other Student Councrl act1v1ty wh1ch he gurded was the Drstrrct Conven tron of S udent Councrls at Marneut Nga Wrllram Volkman and dean oi boys I' - I fl I I - c h I ' l ir . ' ' ' ' ' I ' ' I ' -D 1 . - ' interested in the founding of this club In April, all 'thoughts Were 'turned ll s ' . . . a . ' I ' 4 . ce. , N 9,4 r 'U Q' A C4 5 ' 1! l ,