Mendota High School - Atodnem Yearbook (Mendota, IL)

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org ' DURING our four years in high school, We seniors have prided ourselves on MHS. Sel- dom have we given credit to the men who have made MHS a school to justify that pride. We would now like to take the opportunity to do so. To Harold E. Dean, president, B. Harry Beck, secretary, Alvin Truckenbrod, Lawrence Wat- son, lames Dubbs, George L. Koerper, and Samuel G. Beetz, we wish to express our inad- equate but sincere thanks for the efficient management of the school, the capable faculty, our lovely campus, and the well-kept interior of the school. But these are things to be re-- membered. They, the Board of Education, have helped to give us something that will be in constant use the rest of our life-an education in a school which possesses the highest rating possible. ADMINISTRATIO KOCH' anal g6lClfLAg feam f0g8fAOI This rating and the progress of the school depends, in large part, upon the co-operation between the Board of Education and the office of Mendota High School. The details of di- recting a school like Mendota are innumerable. Much work is put forth by both the Board of Education and the office before the doors of MHS swing open every September. ln an effort to serve all students and to prepare them better for the future, they have, in recent years, introduced subjects such as diversified oc- cupations, driver's training, building trades, dramatics, boy's home economics, and non- vocational agriculture. This year also marked the beginning of the Adult Education program. While we are cheering our Trojans, let's give a few well-deserved cheers for this team , Heading the office's contribution to this l'team is Mr. M. E. Steele. As principal of STANDING: S. Beetz, L. Watson, G. Koerper, I. Dubbs. SITTING: A. Truckenbrod, H. Decm. B. Beck

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HAZEL PAYNE Ni. E. STEELE HARRY W. MAUNTEL Dean of Girls Principal Assistant Principal Guidance Director Dean Of BUYS English I, IV Economics Iunior Adviser Student Council Adviser Broadcasting Sales Adviser We Mendota High School for many years, Mr. Steele has, naturally, been the main link be- tween the Board of Education and the office. He has performed his duties well. Through his consistent efforts and suggestions, we have one of the finest schools in the state today, and we are confident that Mr. Steele will do his best to make it even better in the coming tomorrows. , ln the positions of assistant principal and dean of boys is Mr. Harry Mauntel. Along with his administrative duties, Mr, Mauntel was also senior adviser and taught classes in economics and world history. Every noon hour Mr. Mauntel had the difficult task of keeping the lunch line in order, which was almost an impossibility, but he handled the situation nicely-all offenders were sent to the end of the line. Another unpleasent task to befall Mr. Mauntel was seventh period de- tention. World History Senior Adviser QI 60l'll'lQ Like Mr. Mauntel, Miss Hazel Payne, dean of girls, had close Contact with the students. As adviser to both the junior class and the student council, she supervised the two most important social events of the year as well as several minor ones. Besides teaching classes in English l and lV, Miss Payne was vocational guidance director and had charge of checking daily attendance and examining all excuses. Very few students went up the Wrong steps, thanks to Miss Paynes watchful eye. As if teen-agers weren't enough of a problem, Miss Payne directed Adult Education the first se- mester. Any student in need of information, help, or advice could always be sure that the office secretaries, Miss Theurer and Mrs. Kuehl, would lendthem a helping hand. We students probably proved bothersome at times, but they never seemed to mind. They were as patient as they were efficient.