Livingston High School - Eagle Yearbook (Livingston, IL)

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E H E lfAl3lf BGARD MEMBERS VHLTE A BENHRDINJQIK JOSEPH HEHLIY JA cuffono FRn1vcE,,,..,, HNTUN 80S1alv RHYMOND 9006610 ROBERT EDMISTON OSCAR UYIIYDISCH 3

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GM QE' END OF AN ERA THP CLO F Or TH SCHOOL YEAR 1951 1952 AND THr RECORDING OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF TH STUDENTS DURING THE YEAR IN THIS EDITION OF THE EAGLE, BRIN S TO AN END AI ERA WHICH BEGAN WITH THE FORDA TIJN UF IHI LIVINGSTON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL IN DECEMBER OF 1919 WITH CLI SFS BEING CONDU TED IN THF GRADE SCHOOL BRICK BUIIDING AND WITH FR TIPMER RACHOW AS SUPERINTENDENT AND MISS HELEN SWE ENEY Av PRINCIPAL IN 1921 L C H S HELD ITS FIRST GRADUATION EXERCISES ONE GRADUATF JENNIE BEST KMRS JENNIE JONES, SPITE OF THE FACT THAT SCHOOL WAS BEING CONDUCTrD UNDER VERY TRY FACT, THF CITIZENS OF OUR COM UNITY SOON RExLI7ED THAT ADDITIONAL FACILITIEQ NERE NEIDED IOR THE PROPER CONDUCT OF THF HIGH SCHOOL AND TO GIVE THE YOUTH OF OUR COM UNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO ET THE BEST DITHE WAY Ob EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES THAT THE COMMUNITY COULD PROVIDE WITH THAT AIM IN VIEW, IN DECEDBER OF l92h, THE CITIZENS OF DI TRICT MIL6 VOTED TO CONSTRUCT A NEW HIGH SCHOOL AT THE PRE SENT LOCATION BY 1926 THF STRUCTURE WAS COMPLETED AND THE CON DUCT OF CLASSES WAS INAUGURATED IN MARCH OF THAT YEAR SINCE THAT EVENTFUL DAY, THE DISTRICT HAS EXPERIENCED MANY TRYING SITUATIONS, WITH FINANCES PROVIDINC THE GRAVEST PROBLEMS HOWEVER, IN SPITE OF THE MANY TRIALS IN THIS FIELD AND THE EN CROACHMENT OF OTHER DISTRICTS UPON OUR TERRITORY, THE SCHOOL CON TINUED TO FUNCTION UNIMPAIRED AND ON MAY 29, 1952, GRADUATED ITS 32nd CLASS DURING THIS ENTIRE PERIOD THE SCHOOLS OF OUR COMMUNITY WERE CONDUCTED BY SEPARAT BOARDS ONE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL AND ONF FOR EACH OF THE GRADE SCHOOLS OPERATED IN OLIVE TOWNSHIP WITH THE SPREAD OF CURRENT CONSOLIDATION TRENDS, THE GRADE SCHOOLS WERE CONSOLIDATED INTO ONE UNIT IN 1951 ON THE BASIS OF A PETITION CIRCULATED IN THE SPRING OF 1952 AN ELECTION WAS HELD TO DISSOLVE THE L C H S DISTRICT HIL6 ON MAY 17 1952 THE ELECTION CARRIED AND COM UNITY CONSOLIDATE DISTRICT A PROMPTLY ADDED GRADES NINE THROUGH TWELVE TO THEIR CURRICULUM, WHICH PROVIDES HIGH SCHOOL FACILITIES FOR ALL THE YOUTHS FORMERLY IN THE HIGH SCHOOL DIS TRICT THE HIGH SCHOOL WILL NOW BE CONDUCT D BY MEN ELECTED TO THE GRADE SCHOOL BOARD THE OLD HIGH SCHOOL BOARD CEAJES TOFUN CTION AS SUCH UNIFICATION OF THE SCHOOLS UNDER ONE BOARD WILL MEAN GREATER FINANCIAL AID FROM THE STATE FOR THE SCHOOLS AND THIS CAN MEAN MUCH FOR A COMMUNITY SUCH AS OURS SINCE IT HAS OFTEN BEEN BESET BY FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES UNDER SKILLFUL DIRECTION, UNIFICATION CAN PROVIDE A BETTER EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM FOR TNE YOUTH OF OUR COMMUNITY WHICH WILL BET TER ENABL THEA TO FACE THE DIFFICULTIES OF OUR MORE COMPTEX SOC IETY THIS MEANS AN EXPANDED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM WITH ADDITIONAL COURSES ADDED TO OUR PRESENT CURRICULUM. WE ARE EAGERLY AWAITING THE COMING OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR WHEN OUR NEW SYSTEM, WITH ITS MANY ADVANTAGES OVER OUR FORMER DUAL SYSTEM, WILL BE INAUGURATED. 2 I S, T E S F.. - S ' . . - , E . . U b , ' A ', 5' . A ' ', , ' ': 1S.,S C 'I E 1 I ' H F A . . ' A . . . . A F . - C --- ' ,--- . . . IN 1 .. C C - ING CIRCUMSTANCES, PROGRESS WAS SLOWLY BUT SURELY BEING MADE. IN S. ' . ' A - . V I . Q Y A - 0 1 - ' E 1 S -

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w ! Anton W Perne Principal and Track Coach Bookkeeping Physical Education Lombard College 3 years Knox College A B 1 year University of Illinois A M 2g years Livingston G ade School 12 years Livingston High School 8 years ANTON PERNE FACUZTY LOW DOW Marion A Verton Science Mathematics FLOIS BINNEY ,naw wif GEORGE SPUDICH Blackburn College 1 year Illinois College l year University of Illinois 3 years Williams School, Gillespie, Ill L years Livingston High School 6 years Eloise B Binney Home Economics English Glee Club Washington University 1 year Shurtleff College A B 3 years Southern Illinois University Q year Livingston Grade School Bl years Pleasant Hill School 6 years Mo o Illinois 1 year Roxana Grade School 1 year Ordway High School, Ordway, Colo Livingston High School 5 years 1 yr Helen M Kipping Social Studies Algebra Physical Education University of Missouri Washington University 1 year Liddy School 9 years Monroe School 6 years Trenton, Illinois 2 years Alton, Illinois - 1 year Elvaston, Illinois - 1 year A Livingston High School b years years George Spudich - Basketball and Baseball Coach f. Commercial Subjects Biolo y Physical Education Shurtleff College Southern Illinois University - A.B. Western Military Academy Livingston High School - 1 year 4 MAPION VERTGN HELEN KIPPING