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

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14 Lyons Townshxp Hxgh School has been equipped w1th shelvmff readlng tables chalrs work room and othel furmshlngs essentxal to effectlve hbrary work Extenslve addltlons to the book 11st-both for refer ence and for pleasurable 1eadmg have been made Among the add1t1ons are Internat1onal Encylopedla The World Book and Books ln Prmt Cuuent lssues of standard llterary and technlcal per1od1cals are avallable fo1 da1ly consultatxon A llbrarlan w1th exceptlonal tl ammg and a pleaslng personality IS ln charge Best of all the l1bra1y IS popular wxth the stud ents The commg year wxll see further development of the decorat1ve and museum features of the hbrary The l1brary contrlbutes much toward the aesthetxc phases of educatxon A notable accompllshment of the year was the development 1n mstrumental musxc The orchestla has become an mtegral part of the lnstltutlon Du1 mg the yeal It was ready to furn lsh muslc of a hlgh ordex on all occaslons More than fifty strmged mstruments playmg was formed and w1ll contmue to fu1n1sh players Wlth some prel1m1na1y tramlng for the orches t1a Duung the commg yeal glee clubs and a band w1ll have regula1 lecltatxon hours and cred1t w1ll be gxven for such work The work 1n Alt has been materlally extended Almost one hundled puplls were em olled 1n Art work durmg the year Plans for next year look toward a further development m tlus field Thele IS evely reason why puplls 1n a. communxty hke ours should elect work 1n art and desxgn The department IS characteuzed by 1tS co ope1at1on wlth all othel depaltments The art room has been a busy place In the near futule p1ac tlcal woxk 1n room decorat1on wxll become a part of the work wlth the varlous class looms and corudols as the field for practlce Advances 1n Academlc and 1ndust1 1al ww ork have ln no wlse been lack1ng but the year s emphasls on the aesthetxc has be gun to show results somewhat commensurable w1th what our . . . by . y . 1, , 1 . . . . . . . : . . , , . , , . . - . i. 3 . - students are enrolled for the orchestra next year. A class in 1 . s. . u, . . . . A. . , . , . .

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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

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1922: Year Book 1926 15 commumty should enj oy The aesthetxc IS too often neglected 1n modern educatlon Youth needs to know and to appreclate the beautlful Youth mo1eove1 needs to be carued one step beyond a love for the aesthetlc Knowledge of beauty does not Slglllfy that such knowledge w1ll eventuate 1n chalactel The communxty must look fo1wa1d to the estabhshlng of wo1k vwhlch w1ll tram fo1 cha1acte1 and for leadelshlp Co operat1on of school chulch and home appeals neces saly for such an undeltakmg How ale We to t1a1n for char actel '7 We do not know but the vel y fact that the ploblem has ausen IS an mdlcatxon that L T H S must seek 1tS solu M1 B E Gordon has been elected asslstant p11nc1pal fol the commg yeal Student act1v1t1es and pe1sonnel work Wlth 1n d1v1dual students w1ll be caled for 1n a much more satlsfact ory manner than 1n the past Characte1 should lesult Pe1 sonnel w 01k athletlc and othe1 3Ct1V1ty prog1 ams buxldlng and glounds expans1ons a loyal student body and an efflclent teachmg corps should make L T H S a pleasant and p1ofltab1e place fo1 the youth of the d1St11Ct S1nce1ely youls G W W ILLETT . ' 7 1 'i i. - . , ' q tion. To this end a dean of girls was introduced last year and 1 v I , . 1 I I 1 , . . i . , , V' Q v ,