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

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1925-Year Book 1926 23 Sectlon 3 That It shall be the duty of school dlrectors boalds of educatlon school lnspectors and Othel corporate authority managlng and cont1oll1ng any of the publlc schools of th1s State to suspend or expel from the schools unde1 then' control any pupll of such school who shall be or remaln a mem be1 of or shall Joln O1 plomlse to Joln 01 who shall become pledged to become a membe1 of or who shall soloc1t any other pelson to 30111 plomlse to Joln or be pledged to become a membe1 of any such publxc school f1ate1n1ty 01 so1o11ty or secret soclety Sectlon 4 It shall be unlawful f1om and aftel the passage of th1s Act fo1 any person not emolled 1n any such pubhc school of the State to sol1c1t any pupll enrolled 1n any such pubhc school of th1s State to 1o1n or to pledge hlmself or her self to become a membe1 of any such publlc school f1ate1n1ty or S01011ty O1 secl et soclety 01 to sol1c1t any such pupll to attend a meet1ng thereof or any meet1ng where the Jolnlng of any such cou1aged Any pelson V1olat1ng th1s sectlon of th1S Act shall be deemed gullty of a m1sdemeano1 and shall be fined not less than twenty five dolla1s C325 005 not mole than one hundred dollars 125100 003 for each and every offense SECRET SOCIETIES Each student IS 1equ11ed to slgn the f0IIOW111g agxeement I am not now a member of any publ1c school flatefnlty so1or1ty or secret soclety or olganlzatlon and I agree that so long as I am a pupll of th1s school I w1ll not be come a membe1 H01 promlse to become a membe1 of any such orgamzatlon e1the1 1n term 01 1n vacatlon PRIZES AND AWARDS The school has establlshed a chapte1 of the Natlonal Honor Soclety for secondaly schools Membershxp ln th1s 01g'3,111Z3, tlon IS llmxted to membe1s of the Semor class whose marks for schola1sh1p place them 1n the upper one fourth of the class Chalacter servlce to the school and leadershlp must also be consldeled 1n the chooslng of members A councll composed of s1x pelsons of the faculty by a five slxths Vote elect semors to membelshlp under the above condltlons See the com . . . . , . , , . , 1 . I , . . , , . . . , v ' ! I 1 ' 9 Q C ' y 1 ' public school fraternity, sorority or secret society shall be en- . Q . , I . , . , Q e, v ' ', v , ' .

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22 Lyons Township High School household who have had the d1S63S6 may ATTEND SCHOOI provlded they do not come 1n contact Wlth the pat1ent All non 1mmunes must be EXCLUDED FROM SCHOOL for 21 days from date of exposure Scarlet Fever Pat1ent must be EXCLUDED FROM SCHOOL unt11 at least five weeks flom date of onset of d1S ease and until all abno1mal d1SCh31geS have ceased Smallpox Patlent must be EXCLUDED FROM SCHOOL unt1l ICCOVCIY and not less than 14 days f1om date of onset ot d1sease non 1mmune ch1ld1en of the household 21 days from date of last exposure Whoopmg Cough Patlent must be EXCLUDED FROM SCHOOL 610'ht weeks f1 om onset of dlsease or unt1l one week afte1 cha1acte11st1c whoop has d1sappeared Other ch1ld1en of the household vsho have not had the d1Se8S9 must be EX CLUDED FROM SCHOOL for two weeks from date of last exposu1e Immunes need not be excluded provlded they do not come 1n contact wlth the patlent FRATERNITIES The Lyons Tow nshlp Hlgh School has been s1ngula1ly f1ee flom the evxls of h1gh school frate1n1t1es In a publlc h1gh school the p1ese11ce of frate1n1t1es tends to dest1oy the demo crat1c sp111t that should 9XlSt The vs earmg of p1ns the meet mg at 1egular 1llt61V2l,lS of students vs 1thout faculty supe1v1 s10n favo11t1sm on teams and 1n the elect1on of class OHTCBIS are some of the ev1dences of a f1ate1n1ty The State has taken a dec1ded stand aga1nst such o1gamzat1ons ln hlgh schools A part of the new law follows Sect1on 1 A publlc school fratelmty soro11ty O1 sec1et soc1ety as contemplated by thls Act IS hereby defined to be any organ1zat1on composed wholly 01 1n pa1t of publ1c school pup1ls which seeks to perpetuate 1tS8lf by taklng ln addltlonal membe1s f1om the pup1ls en1olled 1n such school on the b3S1S of the dec1s1on of 1ts membershlp rather than upon the free Ch01C6 of any pupxl 1n the school who IS qualified by the lules of the school to fill the Speclal aims of the orgamzatlon Sect1on 2 That any publlc school fraternlty soro11ty or secret society as defined 1n Sect1on 1 of th1S Act 1S hereby declal ed to be an o1gan1zat1on 1n1m1c'1l to the pubhc good A . . . . . . ' . - . 1 . 4 . 4 ' 4 ' . . 1 1 0 I . . -. . ' s 1 . . . . . . 4 . . o 1 - .' ' y ' ' . . 1 ' . - 1 . . . . . . . v . . Q . . ' . . . . . Q 1 ' ' . - . ... . V . . - - v . ' . A 7. . .- 9 N . . . . A . 0 . . . . . . . . ' . .. i - - 9 1 1 . . v. 1 - v . . . V r v 0 s ' . . . . - 4 , . - ' ' . . , . '. - r . . . - - , , 1 . . . . . - . . 4 .

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24 Lyons Township H1g1 School mencement p1og1am foi the names of membe1s of the class of 1925 By action of the Boaid a system of hono1 avs aids for scholaiship has been established Scholarship IS the pllmal y pui pose fO1 which schools exist and it is fitting that excellence in scholfi shlp should be iewaided Heievsith IS given the 1egulat1o11s 1elat1ve to the au 31 ds 1 The hono1 10ll f01 any sul weeks pe110d shall include all pei sons wx ho ale maintaining an ave1 age of 90W or bet te1 111 fou1 O1 moze subjects 2 Each pupil who 1n a11y year malntalns an aveiage of 9O'7 01 m01e 111 fou1 01 more subjects fo1 one half 01 moxe of the six peuods shall be awaided an old gold L on a blue field lCellul01d J 3 Each pup1l ss ho maintains such 1eco1d fox any tvfo yea1s will be awa1 ded a Mg 1nch block bronze L shall be EIXVRI ded a M 1nch block SIIVQI L 5 Each pupil vs ho malntalns such 18C01d fox all fou1 yea1s shall be awaided a 373- 1nch block gold L as the highest an a1d which the school can giant 6 Tl1e fiist th1ee awaids shall be awai ded at some Speclal assembly duimg the last two weeks of each school yea1 7 Tl1e gold awaids shall be publicly presented on com mencement night following the glantmg of dlplomas 8 In case any pupil completes the fou1 yea1 course of the high school in th1ee years and maintains the 3V913.0'B for the th1ee yea1s he 01 she shall be avsalded both silver a11d gold awa1 ds 1n the last year 9 N0 pei son shall be pelmitted to wear an honor L who has not earned it If anyone IS found weaimg an L which he 01 she had not earned the L will be taken up and will 110t be retuined to the ouginal OYVIICI Faculty and students alike are enti usted with the matter of see- 1ng that only those who have earned an L shall wea1 it 10 All hono1 L s ale the peisonal p1 opei ty of the pupil to whom avs ai ded . y . , . . C 1' . 1 ' . Q 7. . . . y s ' ' ' 1 - 0 Q v . Q u . i - 1 1 ' ,' , cc rv . . v ' I 1 4 i 1 , ' , - as n 4. Each pupil who maintains such record for three years , ' ' , u n . ' y ' ' 1 - . 1 --1 , ' , u 77 ' 3 7 - ' Q . .G y . i . . . . . i . . I C - Q , . y Q ' , , ' ll rr - ' ,' as n ' , u n ' 7 . m 7. ' L u H . ' ,, ll 7 Y! , , , , ' Y I D