Lyons Township High School - Tabulae Yearbook (La Grange, IL)

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Report of the Pr1nc1pal An adm1n1st1ato1 needs to have both a backward look and a forward look Thlngs whlch should polnt the way ahead have happened It 1S not suflic1ent howevex to l1ve 111 the l1ght of the past alone Futu1e poss1b1l1t1es must be p1 ojected ahead 1n orde1 that future success may be what lt should be P1es1dent Kaufman of the Un1ve1s1ty of M1HD9S0t3 tells us that schools must not only fit SOC1ety s p1og1am but must plan to lead soc1ety 1nto largel fields of SGIVICG than has yet been attamed Hence the school has need of the d1eame1 of dreams as well as of the h1sto11an wlth hls lookmg back to what has been accompl1shed Publ1c schools should become 1nst1tut1ons where all the ch1ld1en of all the people lea111 to XV01k f01 the common bene fit of communlty state and natlon The desue fO1 unselflsh SGTVICG needs to be 1ng1a1ned IH the m1nd alld healt of eve1y pup1l 1n a modern h1gh school School IS fo1 SCIVICE and not fO1 self has well become the slogan of fa1 slghted educators Can we 1nculcate such ldeals 1n the m1nds of our boys and who se1ves best Mo1al1ty 1el1g1on cl1a1acte1 all are depend ent upon th1s p11nc1ple Too often we pa1ents SUbSC11b6 to such doct11nes but tend to neglect then 1nd1v1dual 3ppl1CZ1t10I1 m the case of ou1 own ch1ld1en Can we afford to do so? W1ll 1 ot ou1 ch1ld1 en be handwapped 1n compet1t1on VVlth those who lave caught the v1s1on of SGFVICQQ Lyons Townsh1p Hlgh School has as 1tS motto the WO1dS Vlta Plen Wh1Ch IS 111 e1'p1eted a full l1fe Se1v1ce of othels helps round out a rull l1fe Eve1y student ln L T H S has as a part of h1S leutage an oppoltumty to become a senan of all Se1t1ce 1ahe1 than p 1Vll9ge develops Cl1'X13Ct91. ' . . , 1, . . ' 7 . . . J , ' . C. 1 y ' X -fl l ' . . . ,, . . Q . . 77 . ' girls? The Rotary Interllational declares, He profits most v 1 H. . ' , - ' ' , 1, y - u. . . , v Q v' . Y b U . n,, v . . . a - L . I6 - rv , ' , r . . . . 1 I o Q n a C 1 s. N . - t . M. -- t 1 - T' ' - cl. .

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1920 Year Book 1926 11 Educatxon takes thls occaslon to BXPIGSS thelr app1ec1at1on for these substant1al glfts On July 15th ou1 ent11e mdebtedness was reduced to S44 000 00 w 1th approxlmately S30 000 00 of the 1924 levy remam mg fo1 Stal tmg the new school yea1 The 1925 levy f01 bu1ld 1ng pu1poses w1ll be sufhclent to llquldate the ent11e remalmng lndebtedness fo1 the 1921 add1t1on ThlS places the finances of the d1st11ct 1n fine cond1t1on for fllrthel xmmedlate bu1ld1ng requ11ements P1 el1m1nary plans f0l the next extens1on the mam feature of Wh1Ch IS a boys gymnaslum mth seatmg capaclty for 1000 spectato1s and an aud1to11um Wlth seatmg capaclty of 2000 have aheady been app1oved F01 several yea1s lt has been conceded that a new boys gymnaslum IS absolutely essentlal for the p1ope1 development of physlcal t1a1n1ng whlch IS com pulso1y fo1 every pupll for the entlre fou1 y63lS of the hlgh school course The p1 ese11t gymnaslum IS not adequate f01 the boys 1equ11ements and the1efo1e has leduced the glrls gym naslum W01k to a Vely meavfer amount The present gym naslum w1ll be devoted ent1rely to the use of the glrls as soon as the new gymnaslum IS completed An aud1to11um f01 ene1al assemblles of the school has been cons1de1 ed deslrftble fo1 the last fifteen years However the bu1ld1ng has been defe11ed from tlme to tlme pr1nc1pally on account of mo1e p1ess1ng 1equ1rements fo1 class 1ooms and 1n fact had the aud1to11um been bullt ten years ago It would p1 obably have been a llttle more than one half the SIZE wh1ch present condltlons mdlcate necessaly In connectlon vslth the gymnaslum and audltorlum the plan calls for app1ox1mately 20 class 1ooms looklng fo1ward to an enrollment of 1500 to 2000 pup1ls The va1uat1on of the d1str1ct IS approxlmately S6 800000 00 the maxlmum bondmg capaclty IS the1efo1e S340 000 00 Afte1 the plans ale completed the p1oblem w1ll be to see how much can be Omltted fo1 the present 1n o1de1 that the lndebtedness may be ma1nta1ned at the lowest pOSS1bl6 amount By follow mg thls method It IS qulte poss1ble to secure the entlre lmpxovement YV1th0l1t 1nc1eas1ng the p1esent 1ate of taxfztlon It IS expected that bu1ld1ng opelatlons YVIH be unde1 way du11ng the COm1Hg yea1 Respectfully subm1tted F K VIAL P' u . . . t . Q . . 1 -I . C 1 I , , i - . . .0 1 - . . .. . . . .. .. . . . '. . .. .. . . . '- . 1 . . . . . 1 Y. . I , . V. . . 1 1 1 t Q 1 ' , . . . ' I . I.. . . - 1 1 l . . 1 I ' . . . ,D .1 l l 1 . , ' v - 4 - D . . . i. 'U ' ,. o . t . . 1 . . -1 . . . . 1 1 1 1 ' . . . .. . . ' . 7. . . . . f ' . I ' D 1 . . . . . . . . W . . . ' v 1 1 - 1 1 9 I 0 9 I , . . . , . 1 ' y. . . . . . . . . I . . i . . ' .C D , ' - . - . . . 1 . . .

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1925 Year Book 1926 In many ways the past yea1 was a Good yeax Ceztam pol1c1es of the yea1 1923 1924 V618 bearmg fruits 1n 1924 1925 0pportun1t1es arlsmg f1om the SlXty mmute p611Od coupled wxth emphasxs on 1nd1v1dual lnstructlon functioned suhiclently wx ell to lessen materlally the pe1centage of fa1lures and VW1thd13W2llS from classes The pe1centage of fa1lu1 es and wlthdrawals for the first semeste1 of the past three years were as follows 1922 1923 19 47 1923 1924 14 37 and 1924 1925-12 27 Thls 1ep1esents a leductlon of ove1 372: 111 the numbers of fa1lu1es and wlthdrawals The reductxon Slg'I11f19S a savmg both ln human endeavor and 1n cost to the communlty Fa1lu1e on one occaslon usually beffets a tend e'1cy toward fallure on later occaslons A successful school promotes a p11de 1n successful accompllshment lather than countenances a nonchalance ove1 faxlure Indlvldual atten t1on on the paxt of a sympathetlc teache1 IS an effectwe ln cent1ve to prlde 1n maste1y The lengthened penod offe1s to each teacher the opportumty for real attent1on to the needs of her students A mutual unde1stand1ng between teacher and pup1l IS the acme of modem educatlon F1om the standpolnt of financlal savlng the data on re ductlon of fallures and wlthdxawals show that thele was an ctual dec1ease of 253 subject fa1lures and w1thdrawals for the first semester of 1924 1925 ove1 that of 1922 1923 and that too desplte the fact that thexe weze 470 mole chances fO1 fa11u1e or XV1thd13W'll IH 1924 1925 The 16dl1Ct1011 of 253 lm equn alent to savln the t1me and sala11es of tvno full t1me teachers If gzvlng teachels 'ln oppoxtunlty to know thelr pupxls can le fi to such 1esults It f1ppea1s that the pol1cy of the extended p611Od IS c 1ta1nly Justlfied We p1ed1ct that fd the1 leductlons 1'1 fa1lu1es and w1thd1awals w1ll o Cul m W 5 1926 Lhe che m 01 the h1gh school l1b1ary fUI1Ct1OI11Ilb fo the berefit of t e students has become a 1ef1l1ty Hos 111: Hall Q 1 ' . 9 o ' . . i V i . . . - 0 ' 1 . . . . . . . . . 7 . v . 9 , - - . . . I - - . UQ - - . 05 - . 0. . . . . . I . e - A Y . . . . I '. Q . . . . 1 . . C , - n ' . . . a . 41 ' . . . 1 1 1 f . 1 . v . ' . N . c ' . .w . 7 . gl . I. Y - . N. ' c ' ' ac 1. ' , c ' Y '. . 9' 1 . . l . . , 1. . . A . . C . A 1 C' 151- - . ,- H L. . . . . H A H ' 'T 1. 1 Lia . ' 1,' 1 . L4 1. 6 L . Z-. f