La Salle Peru Township High School - Ell Ess Pe Yearbook (La Salle, IL)

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Visions of the Future 'W s it . Q l .fl i f ' i . -i.fs:.,.g.. STRUCTURE destined to be the pride of the community. The outstanding tribute to the best that has been developed in modern schooling. An architectural accomplishment of which its oc- cupants may be justly proud. An edifice possessing ever-lasting possibilities. Such is EII Pe l-ligh, for in it we see vast opportunities for increasing greatness. We build up on our minds a vision of it in years to come. A school which will offer its students a splendid career-inspiring curriculum. One supplied with the facilities to provide a four year college course. Equipped with television and motion pictures as a means of presenting to its students a more realistic study. Radio, and along with it television, will be considered a necessity. Social and recreational acti- vities, as well as educational programs, may be brought to the school through these mediums. lts athletic undertalcings in outside communities-football, basketball, swimming, traclc-may be brought to the eyes and ears of interested listeners and well-wishers at home. l-learsay reports will be practically obliterated. Each, and all, will be able to follow activities and will not be obligated to read accounts in the news- papers to learn of the outcome. Lilcewise, through radio, students will be given a more vivid and definite picture of the subject under discussion. Radio lessons in the art of play production will be brought to dramatic classes. l-listory classes may follow current events by everyday pursuance of news flashes by well-known commentators. English classes may learn of those renowned in the field of literature by lectures coming to them through the ether. And then too, there will be motion pictures to aid students in their study. lo those in the typewriting classes will be brought films to illustrate correct posture, fingering, and approach. Science classes may actually watch the movement of protozoa as shown in pictures under great magnification. The curriculum may be so extended as to include many subjects that are not at this time being offered to students. New fields of worlc requiring slcill and experience are rapidly being opened up. To Fill the positions these create, high school pupils must have an opportunity at school to learn of these things. instruction in air conditioning, refrigeration, television, electric arc, oxy-acetylene welding, machine shop and radio may wisely be instituted. Such improvements in facilities for teaching will enable instructors to impart to students more rapidly and thoroughlythe mastery ofdifficult lessons. These new agencies will no doubt enable a teacher to handle larger classes just as efficiently as now but with less effort than required at present. All in all, there is no limit to the progress which L-P. l-ligh may malce within the next few decades. Possibilities which we can not now forsee may materialize. But for progress, there must be full cooperation with willing helpers, and we must take every advantage of our opportunities. ,3 Ell Ess Pe Staff of 1937 Editorial Board Al Castelli, Chairman Natalie Leland, Vice-Chairman Mildred Swanson Novella Kellerns Business Board Eugene Keutzer, Chairman Al Mankowski Senior Personnel Bernadine Weyand, Chairman Luella Metzinger Arlene Levan Wm. Schweickert lda Caresio Bonnie McCloughan Bernice Nelson, Typist Calendar Lucille Coughlin Shirley Stewart Athletic Board Betty Farley, Chairman Joe Koss Organizations Ross Miller Frank Pauline Literary Barbara Burke

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Memories of the Past G D' , ij ,ii 'll'lll L ET us for a few brief moments recollect memories of our high school since its establishment forty years ago. l.a Salle-Peru Township l-ligh school was organized April 11, 1896, under the Town- ship Highschool System of the State of lllinois, in Congressional Township Thirty-three North, Range One East, as School District 190. Geographically spealcing the tri-cities are unique in that they are all located in a single township, La Salle and Peru being separated only be a boundary line, and Oglesby being but four miles distant with the lllinois River as a natural boundary. With these towns growing up separately so close together with their widely divergent nationalities and natural rivalries, one would thinlc that such a cooperative social undertalcing as the La Salle-Peru Township l-ligh School would be impossible, as perhaps it would have been had it not been for Mr. F.W. Matthiessen. ltwas he who first had the hope for united action through which and only through which, either town ever would have had the modern equipment and service which it has. l-lis worlc was always as much for others as for himself, and he, so well aware of what he owed to education, began worlcing for the best school available. Still no history of l.a Salle-Peru Township l'ligh School would be complete without constant men- tion of Dr. Thomas J. McCormaclc because one can almost say that he was the school, his development was its development. Dr. McCormacl4's ideal of our high school has been very well expressed in the following statement: The La Salle-Peru Township High School has an educational mission to perform. lts destiny within the next generation is by the silent and slow worlcing influences of high ideals of conduct and high standards of labor and thought effective to transform the intellectual and social fiber of our on-growing manhood and womanhood, and through their example to shape, in a measure, the future action and sentiment of the Community. Most appropriately the La Salle-Peru Township l-ligh School has been denominated as the peoples college. It has placed within the immediate reach of their children facilities and advantages, and its courses, properly pursued, supply a sufficientfoundation for most any profession, technical, or business career. Mr. Matthiessen's philanthropy was again exemplified by his donating the money for the Social Center Building, designed after the Great Lalces Naval Station Building, as a means of affording rec- reation to the employees of the plants of the tri-cities and their childiren. The year 1919-1990 was a year of building and general improvement. Entire new heating, ventilating, humidifying, and vacuum-cleaning apparatuses were installed in all the buildings, a new electric lighting system was introduced, recitation rooms and laboratories were remodeled, and individual loclcers were provided for the students. The most progressive step was in the form of a Bureau of Educational Counsel to bring to the people of the l.a Salle-Peru Township l'ligh School, peace, happiness, and human efficiencyu and especially beha- vior and conduct, since they are related to career and vocation. The next step of advancement was the new building, it being completed and made ready for occupation in April, 1998. The E L L E S S P E detail forthe decorative scheme carried outthrough this building was the worlt of Dr. fVicCormaclc. The foyer of the auditorium on the first floor is dedicated to Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Matthiessen, The Annual year book pubhcdtlon Kvlxhili the second mezzanine or art lounge is dedicated to Eda att iessen. of The La Salleaperu Township l-ligh Schcgjl thas had a steady increase in atten ance ever since its esta is ment in 1898. THE SENlOR Cl-ASS lts ever widening influence has been extended from two hun- dred to fifteen hundred students. Just as the number of students of has increased, so has the number of the faculty. It has increased from thriteen to approximately sixty competent members. ln the LA S A L L E, P E R U T- H- last forty years La Salle-Peru has sent out into the world nearly 3000 graduates, ready to pursue professional, technical, and Ld Sane-peru Illinois business careers. Nor is our school without some famous sons ' and daughters who have won acclaim in the fields of business, 1 9 3 7 science, music, law, education, athletics, and medicine. Q

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' .H , 1,1 in 4 ,171 11 f1,'1 -f X :Q-.4 ' H1511 ' 1,11 1 I 11 1 '1 fl X' -XXX fl' 1 1 ,, fyx-Hmm X 1 Kg' Hint 4' ' ' , 1'1' J ' Ili- f 1 1-'sf m ' I ' ' ' I ff Y I ' 1 ', If if X X W I I' ll T nn' 'x XX X fell!! Y W X X X X 11, v .:,If X xx XX running, 1 , ' Za' 'Ir' 4 ', Q X QNX ,1,fn,' f , XX X Xxx x XXX puunllllil f , Q .0 Qwybxxihf-J'-'-'-11, 1 1 X ' f 1 I XxXxxxX X,xv ',.' 1 f f'11'. -'. .Xxx X XX xy T . ' '1I'I1.1'I-I ' .ikvxx I-xxxx ' xl -::EjI',1 ', '.-' '--'1I' I . xx xxxxfkt 5'-A Y X Z11'1I', ,f I THOMAS C. KOHIN A man of medium stature with eyes that were stern and humorousinturn, and a slow, understanding smile-this is the Thomas C. Kohin that the graduates of L-P. keep locked in their memories. The old school, tall and massive, with Mr. Kohin standing in thecorridors helping and watching students as they pass from class to class is a picture worth remembering. As a Firm believer in tradition, Mr. Kohin pointed out the path to generations of students. This quiet, dignified men whose first thoughts were for Eli-Pe, spent the best years of his life in the service of this high school. During the thirty- eight years of his service, he saw La Salle-Peru grow from its infancy into its present size. A dignity of bearing, a sympathetic but Firm manner, a keen wit, an ability to inspire awe and respect proclaimed Mr. Kohin a true leader of men. Students and teachers realized his worth and looked to him for guidance and self-assurance. 4