Libertyville High School - Nautilus Yearbook (Libertyville, IL)

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Ufbe jaautilus Ciba Bust, 1Bresent, ann Jfuture nf Zi. UI. 39. 9. In, 1916 the citizens of the Township of Libertyville voted to establish the Libertyville Township High School and elected the following people to the Board of Education: Mr. R. B. Swift, President, Mr. William Preston, Secretary, Mr. Charles H. Averill, Mr. J. S. Duba, and Mr. Xyilllillll Zersen. This Board put forth every effort in building and organizing the new school, and achieved much. Since that time there have been several changes in the membership of the Board. Mrs. Grace Gridley was elected in 1918 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Preston, and served until 1921. Mrs. Daisy E. Morse was then elected and served until 1924. The Board for the school year of 1927-28 consists of the following: Dr. L. E. Golding, who was elected in 1923, is Presidentg Mrs. Gladys Lovell, who was elected in 1921, is Secretary, together with Mrs. Linna Corlett, who was elected in 1924: Mr. I. S. Duba, who has been re-elected from time to time since 1916, and Mr. George A. Ross of Mundelein, who was elected in 1922. The Board chose hloseph N. Throgmorton in the spring of 1917 to serve as Principal. He spent the summer of that year in organizing the new school and served approximately one month after the school was in session. when he was drafted into the National Army. H. E. Underbrink was then elected to fill the vacancy and came to the school on October 4, and served until Tuesday of the last week of the school term, when he was also drafted. L. C. Ray succeeded Mr. Underbrink in 1918 and served for four years, retir- ing from the profession in Iune, 1922. Mr. Underbrink was again elected and has served the past six years. During the first year of the school, there were only seven members of the Faculty. Since that time the number has steadily increased until at present there are seventeen teachers on the staff. Along with the increase in number, here has been a gradual increase in the qualifications required of applicants for teaching positions in this school. And because of the growth in number and quality of its Faculty. it has been possible for the school to gain recognition from and affiliations with the very best and highest organizations in the country. VVhen the school was organized, plans were laid to obtain its recognition by the Department of Education of the State of Illinois. Then steps were taken to meet the requirements necessary in order to receive the proper accrediting from the University of Illinois. After both of these standards had been accomplished, the Board of Education decided to apply for mem- bership in the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges. the highest educational accrediting body in the United States, which includes the states from Pennsylvania to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to the Gulf. Full membership was obtained in 1920 and has been held con- 1928 Page eighteen

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Ulbe aaautilus EDGAR D. RUSSELL Mathematics ,X. IS., Xlcstiiiiiistci' C'ollcg'e l CHARLES J. BECHTOLD Social Sciences ll. S., Knox College J. D. MARTIN General Science, Physical Education B, JX., North Central College HILDRED BRAZELTON Latin A. li., LllllYCl'SllIj' ol L'll1ClllIl2lll DOROTHY H. DAVIS Secretary to Principal Gregg School 1928 Page seventeen

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Uribe jaautilus tinuously since that time. ln 1922, the University of Chicago placed this school on its Co-operative Relation list. fln 1923 the school was granted a charter as the Roosevelt Chapter of the National Honor Society of Secondary Schools. This is an organization which was founded in 1920 by the Na- tional Association of High School Principals and corresponds to the l'hi Beta Kappa fraternity in colleges and universities. Seniors are elected to membership on the basis of four qualifications, namely: Scholarship, Lead- ership, Service, and Character. ln 1917, there was an enrollment of approximately one hundred students, which far exceeded the Board's expectations. These one hundred were distributed in the four classes as follows: 10 Seniors, 20 Juniors, 25 Sopho- mores, and 45 Freshmen. Each year there has been a steady increase in the number of students until at present there are approximately two hundred seventy enrolled, which is an increase of 170 per cent in eleven years. After the school had grown in size to make the condition rather crowded for several years, the Board of Education decided in 1925 to add four rooms to the original building. These four new rooms were used for a Domestic Science laboratory, a Biology laboratory, a class room and a boys' locker room. Several other rooms were altered and enlarged. These changes relieved the crowded condition and enabled the instructors to work unhan- dicapped by lack of room. At first a total of approximately nineteen units of school work was offered, distributed as follows: 4 units of English, A3 of l.atin, 1 of German, 1 of Home Economics, 2 of Mathematics. 2 of History, 2 of Commerce, 3 of Science, 1-2 of Physical Training, and 1-2 of Music. The gradual growth of the student body has made it possible to increase from year to year the units of work offered. Since 1917 the following have been added: 1 unit of Latin, 3 of Commerce, 1 of Science, 2 of Manual Training, and instruction in Band and Orchestra. At the present time, plans are being made to intro- duce French next September, and in time, three or four units will be given. After reading the above, one is impressed with the steady growth of the school both in size and in quality. Now, may we look into the future, as uncertain as it is, and endeavor to estimate what the school may be in the years to come. Possibly the two greatest factors insuring growth to the school are the remarkable increase of the population of the township, and the installa- tion of modern improvements of the highest type. The majority of the people who have moved into this township for residental purposes have come from the cities, and are people who believe in education and its bene- fits and, therefore, desire the best of schools for their children. This can only mean that this school will make as great strides of improvement in size and in quality in the next eleven years as it has during the eleven years just passed. Even now, the Board of Education, fully realizing this situation, is looking into the future and making plans to meet these requirements as they arrive. --Pl. E. Underbrink, Principal. 1928 ' Page nineteen