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

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16 Lyons Toxxnslnp Hlgh School Report of Dean of GITIS Durlng the past yea1 a stalt has been made toward g1v1ng the glrls of the school the 1nd1v1dual attentlon they should have An attempt has also been made on the part of the faculty to become personally acqua1nted w1th the guls and to help them couect lack of adjustment 1n personallty and m wo1k Th1ough extra cu1r1cula1 act1v1t1es a chance has been g1ven fox each gzrl to develop her speclal talents The fundamental wo1k1ng p11nc1ple has been that school must be a place where fuendhness abounds The medlum for brmgmg thls about has been the All Gnls Club to vshlch each gurl automatlcally belongs The glrl then chooses the pa1t1cu lar d1v1s1on of the club 1n wh1ch she w1shes to work It has happened duung the past year that the Dramatlc Club has been the most actlve department Th1s o1gan1zat1on has met once a month and presented a short plogram The coachmg and management has been ent11ely 1n the hands of the g1rls to sponsor class teas The teas have had fo1 the1r speclal pur pose the brmgmg of the mothe1s and teachels 1nto the c11cle of fuendhness The guls on the honor 1oll have 01g'al1lZ6d 1nto what they call The Nmety Getters Thxs group meets for an aftelnoon of fun Just after the postmg of the honol roll at the close of each slx vseeks perxod The Welfare Group had chalge of the high schools quota of Ch11stmas seals fo1 the tuberculos1s fund and succeeded 1n dxsposlng of two hundl ed twenty five dollals worth of seals Plans for next yeal mclude a broademng of the scop of the outslde aCtlV1t1CS Each Gul ln an Act1v1ty and Each Gul 1n the Act1v1ty 1n whlch she IS Partlculary Inte1ested IS the slogan W1th thls end 1n view a quest1ona11e was placed . . . .. , 7 . 1 The refreshment and entertainment groups have combined ' u ' sr ' Q 1 l , ' . . 2 . . . . ,, .4 . . . .n . . . . . . . 1 ,, . 7

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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 ,

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1920 '19'11 Book 1996 17 ln the hands ot the guls They xx e1e asked to check not more than th1ee aCt1V1t16S fo1 'xctlve membexshlp and three for as soclate 1nembe1sh1p The lesults of thls questxonaue follow Dramat1c Club Actwe 115 Aud1ence 50 H1k1ng 78 Short Stoxy and Novel Club 27 Oldel Guls Ch11st1an ASSOC1'lt1OH 41 Scmbblers Club 27 Hockey Actlve 47 Aud1ence 63 Basketball Act1ve 115 Aud1ence 109 Indoor baseball 96 Playground baseball 119 Aesthetmc danclng 100 Txack Actlve 78 Aud1ence 65 The plan IS to cont1nue O1 to Olg3I11Z6 along these llnes It IS planned to do speclal case wolk w1th 1nd1v1dual g'1rls to help adjust the dlflicultxes that ause ln connectlon with school Work Th1S type of wo1k p1OVId9S f01 1 A canvass of symptoms to dlscover the seemmg dlfli cultles 2 Tests of va11ous solts to veufy the flndmgs of the canvass 3 The takmg of the md1v1dual hlstory to get at causes 4 Dlagnosls 5 Remedml work Wlth th1s type of wolk we hope to reach and help those of oux guls who ale fo1 any cause needlng personal help and gmdance ALTA J ACOBSEN Dean ' . .. V. K . ' . ' - C 4 , , Gymnastics for junior and seniors 43 ' a o lc I . . U 7 C , .