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

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LT sTudenTs of The 30's faking advaniage ol Their modern chemistry lab facilihes . . . FirsT evidence of The sTirring oT aThleTic inTeresT was apparenT as TiTTy dollars was auThorized To equip a room in The basemenT Tor The Boys' ATh- leTic AssociaTion. This inTeresT conTinued as Em- mond Field was creaTed in I9I4 Trom The land boughT nine years before. OTher now Tami- liar LT insTiTuTions were begun back in These early years. Cloak rooms were dispensed wiTh in I898 as The firsT lockers were insTalled. ln I9I0 Two carry- alls were purchased To Trans orT sTudenTs living some disTance from The school? The semesTer plan oT crediTs wiTh examinaTions aT The end of each semesTer was inTroduced in l9l3. The TirsT summer school session was held in l9l6. As The inTernaTional siTuaTion came home To LT, The school Took iTs parT in The FirsT World War as 522,900 worTh oT LiberTy Bonds were sold Through a campaign in The school. Finally, in l920, The Township was separaTed inTo The disTricTs which LT now serves. In l92I The school was enlarged To accommo- daTe IOOO. The norTh exTension was begun in ThaT year and compleTed in I926. A library, caTeTeria, audiTorium, boys' gym. sTudy halls. and more class- rooms were among The rooms oT The norTh addiTion, which helped adequaTely house LT sTudenTs unTil I947 when The souTh wing was builT. Four years laTer. when aThleTic TaciliTies proved inadequaTe, The Vaughan Building was added across The sTreeT Trom The main building. Finally in I956, There were so many Lyons Township sTudenTs ThaT anoTher cam- pus was louilT aloouT a mile from The TirsT one. Since ThaT year. The new SouTh Campus has housed The Treshman and sophomores while NorTh Campus has accommodaTed upprerclassmen. Now LT is in The process oT compleTing sTill anoTher addiTion. so ThaT The TaciliTies aT NorTh Campus will accommodaTe 3000 junior and senior sTudenTs. Always sTriving To give sTudenTs The besT learning opporTuniTies. LT has Tried To provide The needed physical space To Teach adequaTely The youTh of The Township.

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T ln aThleTics LT is parTicularl proud oT iTs Tine achievemenTs. As member OT The WesT Suburban Conference, The school has won The PresiclenT's Cup, The ali-sporTs Trophy, I4 ouT of The lasT I5 years. Winning The sTaTe Traclc +iTIe six Times, The sTaTe baslceTball and The golT championships once. and The sTaTe cross-counTry TiTle Twice l'iighlighT The many ouTsTanding aThleTic endeavors in The lasT 7-5 years. The inTeresT and enThusiasm oT LT's aThleTic minded Tans daTes back To The laTe l800's when Marshall Field clonaTed a 500-pound bell, which Tolls aTTer vicTories aT Emmond Field. Excellence in exTra-curricular acTiviTies has also been an imporTanT p'arT oT LT's heriTage. OuTsTand- ing debaTe Teams have won Tour sTaTe champion- shios and numerous Tourname'1Tawards, ln adoliTion. school publicaTions have had Their share oT sTaTe and naTional prominence. BoTh The yearbook. The Tabulae, and The newspaper, The Lion, have won every Top naTional award Tor which a high school publicaTion is eligible. Today, indeed. seems remoTe Trom The days OT ThaT one room of learning Three guarTers oT a cen- Tury ago. ln l8'-7l as a culminaTion To high school educaTion. The seven members oT The TirsT graduaT- ing class assembled Tor graduaTion exercises and The reading oT The class hisTory and prophecy. This year The Class oT' '63 will graduaTe in The relaTively new Vaughan Gym. while 4000 share The momenT wiTh Them in The gym and hundreds oT oThers wa+ch on a closed circuiT Tele- vision screen in The audiTorium. ThroughouT The vears LT can be seen Talcing changes in sTride and conTinuing To offer The sound, basic background needed by sTudenTs Today as well as by sTudenTs in iTs TirsT classes. Such is The inheriTance and challenge oT high sTandards and Tine TradiTions given by LT To iTs sTudenTs. The Homecoming bonfire Tradition, a vicfim of The Tire ordinance of a few years g . , .