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

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1925 Year Book 1926 27 General Informatlon LOCATION The Lyons Townshlp Hlgh School IS located at LaGrange Illlnols a Chlcago subulb wlth a populatlon of about 10000 people It IS fourteen mlles southwest of Chicago on the Bur Ilngton Pallload It IS also leached by electllc llnes It IS an ldeal town havlng beautlful shady streets and well kept lawns LaGlange IS a paltlculally desllable locatlon fol those who have chlldren to educate as lt has an exceptlonally good school system ENROLLMENT The pl lnclpal wlll be Ill hls office ln the Hlgh School bulld lng dullng the week prlol to the openlng of school on Septem bel elghth between the houls of 2 00 and 4 00 P M Palents and students are CO1d12llly 1nv1ted to call 01 telephone the oflice about school mattels The telephone numbel IS La Glange 458 Students who have not enlolled or who are trans ferllng from other schools should enlol dullng thls week regulal classes are held tl11OUgh0lll2 the day Puplls who have not been enrolled P1101 to that date Wlll have to Walt untll thelr cases can be consldeled by the Prlnclpal Reglstel ln advance and avold any such delays Brlng credentlals wlth you lf posslble SCHOOL HOURS The school day opens at 8 30 A M and closes at 3 00 P M The cafetella serves lunch between 11 30 and 12 00 The bulldlng IS open from 7 00 A M untll 5 00 P M for those who deslre to W01k at the bulldlng COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY RECOGNITION The Lyons Townshlp Hlgh School IS a member of the North Central Assoclatlon of Colleges and Secondary Schools Glad uates ale admltted wlthout examlnatlon to the Freshman classes of the colleges and unlversltles of the Assoclatlon pro vldlng speclfied courses have been elected whlle ln hlgh school Students should check thelr courses wlth the admlsslon re qulrement of the lnstltutlon whlch they expect to enter The hlgh school has on iile at the office catalogues of all leadlng Work begins promptly at 8:30 A. M. on September 8th, and

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George Ashley Mane Buehler Rlchard Eddy Edna Homuth Catherine Humma V10l6t Janota Mary Lltsey Ethel Morgan Louxsa Parker Harold Rowle Ernest F1ckel Lucxle Stanek Aurelxa Dorse Kathryn Troxe l Edlth Mason Jack Lacher Dorothy Hamm Fredenc Goff Al1ce Honeyman Thelma Gessler G1lbert Zook Norma K1SS1Ck Jane K1dStOD Yvonne Small Mary Lou1se Hunt el' Lyons Townshxp Hlgh School FIRST AWARD Paul Bestler Rachel Delv1n Les11e Harper W1ll1am Hilton Thurman Hollerrback Mary Brown Margaret Burklund Jean Cannon Helen Clayton Maman Crook Frances Curtls Margaret Davxdson W1n1fred Dorsee Ruth Drew Ruth Edwards W1D1fT6il Erlckson Alxce Frlend Evelyn Fulton V1rg1n1a Goodyear Rebecca Hayward Lols He1n Sylvester Henson Rebecca Herbert Arthur Hoffman Allxson Jones Martha Klng Mary Krem OI'V1llB Llnnell Cecella L1st1ng Donald McLe James Maus Wxlham Mulhgan Evelyn Nelsh Dor1s Neal Phyll1s Neal George Neumann Martha Patterson Norman Peters Norman Plerce Susanne Pratt Hazel Roder Irma Schmldt Edward Sotek Carol1ne Stanley Jane Townsend Dorothy W1CkS'tT0m Florence W1llett Mary Yanochofwskl Robert Johnston Dr A M Harvey has establlshed a schola1sh1p to Knox College wh1ch w1ll pay S950 to the 1nd1v1dual to whom the school puze IS that membel of the fou1 yea1 Latm COUISB who has the h1ghest scholastlc standmg D1 Hawey also makes the request that the 1ec1p1ent shall not be a membe1 of a lllgh school frate1n1ty O1 so1o11ty The award for 1925 26 has been made to Mary Lltsey In ou1 est1mat1on, D1 Harvey has done a wo1thwh1le thmg 1n estabhshmg such a schola1sh1p It seems qulte plobable that the1e are alumnl of other 1nst1tut1ons who could a1d both the11 alma mate1 and worthy hlgh school gladuates by estab- l1sh1ng such schola1sh1ps D1 Harvey was mtendmg to make a donatlon to h1s alma mate1 and thought lt well to a1d deserv mg students as well and espec1a1ly to a1d those whom he mlght know pe1sonally Cannot othe1s follow h1s example? Edga1 Young recelved one of the Rector schola1sh1ps to De Pauw Un1ve1s1ty Ma1 Jor1e M1ll91 16C61V8d a SCl1Ol3.1Sll1p at Un1vers1ty of Chlcago, Gwendolyn Hautau was awa1 ded the scholarsh1p for gurls at Lake Forest College 26 v . . l ' an D y V . U . . e . . 1 l Y ' .X .A . Y . awards it. The pupil who is to receive the first refusal of the

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Lyons Town h1p H1gh School h1ghe1 1nst1tut1ons The publ1c IS 1nv1ted to call and examme the same Students may check out catalogues at any txme by seemg the office sec1eta1y The p11nc1pal W111 be pleased to ex plam any d1fllcult passages 1n catalogues Du11ng the past yeal the school has been placed on the acc1ed1ted l1st of several eastern colleges and un1vers1t1es TARDINESS AND ABSENCE A pup1l who IS to be absent on any pa1t1cula1 day should 31 range for h1s parent or gua1'd1an to telephone the h1gh school office ea1ly on the day on Wh1Ch the absence IS to occur In such a case the pupil w11l TGCBIVG a make up percentage of 859' xf the absence IS on account of 1llness If the office IS not notl fied by telephone the pupll should brmg a W1 xtten excuse Slgll ed by palent or guardlan on h1s return to school The make up 1n th1S case IS 75'7 Teachers are dlrected to g1ve a zero grade for each unexcused absence A pup1l who IS tardy wxthout a telephoned 01 w11tten excuse may be 1equ1red to mxss h1S fh st recltatlon and wlll be g1ven a zero make up for the absence Regular attendance and punctuahty ale necessary fo1 success CREDITS AND CLASSIFICATION A credlt IS gxven to students 1n subjects requlrxng prepara txon outslde of th1s class and requxrmg rec1tat1on five tunes per week dur1ng the school yea1 In all subjects a grade of 75'7 must be obtamed or no cred1t Wlll be gxven Half C16d1tS are g1ven fo1 subjects completed 1n one semester When a subject contmues through the year a pup1l IS ln most cases requlred to take the full year s work 1n 01 der to rece1ve credlt Durmg each semeste1 three eSt1m3t6S of the results of the work of each pupxl 1n each subject are determmed and from the est1mates the mark for the semeste1 IS usually obtamed by asceltamxng the average shown by the three est1mates and consldermg the same 1n connect1on wlth the malk obtamed 1n exam1nat1on The mark obtamed 1n exam1nat1on usually counts approxlmately one fourth of the final grade glven A student may be excused from exam1nat1on 1n any subject lf an average glade of 904: has been mamtamed thloughout the semester 1n that subject 1n Whlch case the average of the three est1mates becomes the semester mark Students are classxfied accordlng to the credlts rece1ved as 28 ' s ' ' . . . - 0 , i. , . - . . . 0. . . ful school work. . x . ' 0 . , . . . . , . Q ' . . I . Y , ' , ' ' 1