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

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Dr. Dolan serves L-P as Superintendent for l3th year, DR FRANCIS H DOLAN Congratulations to the Class ot 60 for com pletlng your hugh school education You have done what only 7 out of TO enterrng freshmen at LP are able to do Contrnue your educatton rt you feel you have the aolllty to do college work and really want to Improve yourself This Issue ofthe Ell Ess Pe IS the 50th rn a long llne starting In l9lO The early graduates of L P did not have annuals Wrll you pre ent freshmen sophomores and gunrors be pictured rn the graduating classes In the years to come? ls It really important? lt certainly rs The world you are grovvrng up IH IS de Page twenty two mandrng more and more brain power We are rapldly approachrng an era rn our economy where there will be a premium on the trained mind There are 3 5 mllllon In college today and rt rs estrmated that thus number wull Increase to 62 mrlluon by T965 Competutron wrll be In creasrngly keener as the level of education un this country continues to ruse Wall you be ready for the competltlon of the 60s the 70s and beyond? Make the most ot your present opportunltres To walt may be too late DR F H DOLAN m H - 1 . - ' . . . , 1 1 A ' . .5 , . . . . , , ,. , 1 r r ' . . . ,,

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4263 ww? Q 5 l 57,4 01-t by U b i f y 3 .D 65 3 so 3 ef 19203 Dean Wilmot, the student's adviser, is a strong champion of the ideal educational environment, . . . which pro- motes thinking, acting, hoping, feeling. He is a firm be- liever that the school must offer subjects and courses of study varied enough to meet the needs of all. 11937 Ell Ess Pel Barbara Stasiak Rita Thorpe Bill Bertusi The 1920's saw improvements in the physical plant and progress in acade- mics at L-P. The Bureau of Educational Counsel in 1923 was formed to assist the student in achieving maximum per- sonality development, and for voca- tional guidance and placement. ln 1924, the La Salle-Peru-Oglesby Junior College was established, de- signed to give the young people of the area the advantage of the first two years of college training. The first fresh- man class had 32 members lThe 1960 class will graduate approximately 1101. The person who has stood behind the Junior College for 35 of the 36 years of its existence is Dean Harry L. Wilmot. Dean Wilmot has announced his re- tirement at the conclusion of the 1960- 1961 school year. His influence and in- terest in college students will not soon be forgotten by all associated with the Junior College. The 1927 Ell Ess Pe contained the first inclusion of J. C. activities in the back of the yearbook. lThe college began the publication of its own year- book The Jaycee in 195 1 In 1928, the first the new building containing sen office Located entrance favorite meeting place for well was closed in 1947, State Fire Marshall. Memorial Auditorium, and classrooms was just inside the Chartres was the Well of the By the close of the high- school enrollment , Junior College enrollment to 97. Page twenty-on!!

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D. J. CAHILL HOWARD G. CLEER -40 ----1, THOMAS R. CLYDESDALE PAUL B. GROVE with School Board vvorlqs toward schools progress The voters of District T20 elect the members of the Board of Education for terms of three years, The main interest of the School Board is the welfare of La Salle-Peru Township High School and La Salle-Peru- Oglesby Junior College. Regular Board meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at 4130 P. M. in the olslice of the Board of Education located in the High-School Building. DOROTHEA JANZ Secretary CEO?GE L. HERBOLSHEIMER Attorney HOBART M. PETERS 'r' A. ,B fs i FRANCIS DUNCAN HEQBERT HOSCHEIT President 3 l