Marengo Community High School - Yearbook (Marengo, IL)

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'Qxx JOHN W. GAHALA -.. DAVID Bones Northern Illinois State Teachers College DeKalb, Illinois B.E. Graduate Work: University of Minnesota Social Science St. Marys University of San Antonio, Texas B.A. English Graduate Work: Chicago University 8- DePaul University English and German

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11' .ei N Many many years ago the famous philosopher Plato said A good education consists in giving to the body and to the soul all the beauty and perfec- tion of which it is capable. The application of this great idea of Platos has changed throughout the intervening years as society has changed. But the central idea of developing the best human being possible has ever remained the goal of education. lf I am right that our American system of edu- cation is the symbol of the special contribution which this, our republic has made to the conceptof democ- cracy, then the importance of education is everlast- ingly increasing. No less a person than General Omar Bradley recently stated that the strength and back- bone of our democracy is an informed electorate. We Americans, he said, achieve this strength through widespread public education-education which prepares the citizenry for active participation and simultaneously assures their liberty, The student who has achieved the ideal of Plato and General Bradley, in my opinion, makes a citizen who is easy to lead, but difficult to drive, easy to govern, but impossible to enslave. lf this be true, then we in America are justified in the great faith we have placed in the great American school system, a part of which is our own Community High School. EVERETI' C NICHOLS Illinois State Normal University University of Illinois MA University of Illinois M Ed PllllllIlPHl If our high school our community our state our nation are to meet the challenges with which they are confronted then we must have the best schools and the best educational programs that we can possibly develop. The citizens of our community realize this need and have voted to repair and build to the present structure so that all the youth of Marengoland may have an opportunity to learn and develop their minds and bodies so they may be the best possible persons that they might be. So long as all American Youth have this oppor- tunity which is found nowhere else on this earth, we can be assured that the next and the next and the next Generation will not fail. To those students who are graduating, be thank- ful that you grew up in America, the land of free education. To those who are coming to this school or are returning next year, I bid you welcome and invite you to make the most of the educational op- portunities that you will find here in this beautiful and yet to be improved educational edifice, dedi- cated to the democratic concept of adequate educa- tional opportunities for all. Sincerely, E. C. Nichols

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HARRY J. GILLE University of Illinois Music Master of Music Music and Mathematics 3 1 EVERETT HAMILTON Illinois State Normal University B.S. in Education Business Education Physical Education