Proviso East High School - Provi Yearbook (Maywood, IL)

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1929 o oo ooo oo oTHE, PROV1 PRINCIPAL WILL C. ROBB 4? oO ' Nineteen

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Si the: provi o oo ooo oo ©1929 THE BOARD OF EDUCATION William F. Boeger, of Hillside, has served on the Board of Education of Proviso High School for the entire period of its existence. He was elected pres- ident of the board this year; prior to that, he had been secretary for some time. 1 Leslie J. Smith, secretary of the board at present, was re-elected this spring to a second term as member of the board. He lives in Forest Park. William E. Werninghaus, of Melrose Park, is now in the third year of his service on the board. i Charles H. Neilus was elected to the board a year ago last spring, and served as president last year. He had been on the board some years previously. He is a resident of Maywood. i H. R. Lundblad was elected to the board in April. He has been president of the Parent-Teacher Asso- ciation of Proviso this year. His home is in Maywood. Eighteen

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the, provi o oo ooo oo o!929 Standing — Miss Neal, Miss Lux, Miss Bergstrom, Mrs. Olson, H. E. Carr. Seated — Principal W. C. Robb, Mrs. Sevey, Miss Oakes. EXECUTIVE FORCE PRINCIPAL WILL C. ROBB received his A. B. and A. M. degrees from Augustana College, and his J. D. from Northwestern University. In October, 1924, he was admitted to practice as an attorney and counselor at law within the state of Illinois. For seven years, he was assistant principal at J. Sterling Morton High School, in Cicero. He came to Proviso as principal in the fall of 1927. H. E. CARR, dean of boys, received his B. S. degree at Ohio State University, and has done grad- uate work at the University of Chicago. He has been a member of the Proviso faculty for ten years. He formerly taught in the mathematics depart- ment. For some years he acted as dean of sophomore and junior boys; ' last fall, he became dean of all the boys. MISS ELIZABETH OAKES came to Proviso as dean of girls last fall. She received both her A. B. and her A. M. from the University of Michigan, and did graduate work in Columbia University. She has supervised the work of the Girls ' League and of the Student Council. MRS. MARGUERITE SEVEY, who was sec- retary to the principal for nearly eight years, assisted him with all business matters taken before the Board of Education. Up until March, 1929, just one month before her resignation, Mrs. Sevey acted as treasurer of the student funds handled in the high school. MISS RUTH NEAL, who received her B. S. degree at Northwestern University and who has done graduate work at that university, is in charge of research concerning the students in this school. Miss Neal has become acquainted with many of the seniors during the last three years, for she has been in charge of home room 108. Miss Neal also has had charge of the compiling of the senior statistics for the Provi. MRS. LEHVERNE OLSON, the registrar, has for seven years had entire charge of the very efficient system of permanent records kept on file in the office. MISS VICTORIA LUX is in charge of the interviews and general information. In addition to this, it is her duty to answer the many tele- phone calls received in the office. Miss Lux is now in charge of the secretarial work of the principal. MISS VIVIAN BERGSTROM divides her time between the main office and that of the dean of girls. She prepares the absentee list which is supplied to the teachers each day. Oo o Twenty