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

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YESTERDAY - - With the persuasive aid of his birch, the master in the Colonial Latin Grammar School administered large, closes of Latin, Greek, reliqion, anditt bit ot cipherinq. Gradually this narrowlclassical preparation was sup- plemented by more practical studies, including laboratory sciences such as surveying and astronomy.

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H. H. EELKEMA Miss Elizabeth B. Oakes C. C. Taggart H. E. Carr A Review of the Administrative Work for 1934-35 ln District 209, the school year of 1934-1935 was marked by the progress of the high school under a three-point program set up by the Board of Educa- tion and the Administration: to place the finance on a sounder basis, to improve the physical plant, and to provide an educational program which would make Proviso Township High School of greater service to the students and the community. The close of the school year of 1934-1935 finds the condition of the finances of this high school district greatly improved. During the year all salaries were paid promptly in cash, all bills were discounted, and 318,000.00 in bonds was retired with an additional 325,000.00 scheduled for retirement on lune 1, 1935. This important improvement in the financial condition of the district was made in the face of a decline in the valuation of the property for each pupil enrolled in the township and despite the lag in the collection of taxes and the leisurely manner in which they were remitted to the school authorities. The current expenditures were reduced to an estimated 398.00 per pupil as compared with 3101.88 in 1934, 3119.43 in 1933, and 3168.00 in 1932. Part of the improvement in the condition of the finances of the high school district was due to the success of the Administration in finding new sources of revenue. The vocational courses were altered to meet the requirements of the Smith-Hughes Act, and new courses were added so that now, for the first time in its history, Proviso is receiving state and federal aid for this worlc. Another increased source of revenue in 1934-1935, the tuition received from pupils outside the district, is estimated at 39,200, almost double the amount received the previous year and more than four times the amount received for 1932-1933. To improve further the financial condition of the district, the Board and the Administration adopted and put into effect a detailed budget plan and accounting controls. As a result of this effort, expenditures were kept within the budget. Today Proviso Township High School is one of the few large suburban schools which are holding school for the full nine months and meeting all obligations in cash. This school year also saw great strides in the improvement of the physical plant of Proviso. A stadium, which would have cost approximately 380,000 under private contract, was erected with government aid and donations from the Classes of 1927, 1928, and 1934. The total cost of materials, exclusive of labor, was 39,306.3l, of which only 31,800.00 was allotted from local taxes. The athletic field, which was re-arranged, tiled, and re-seeded, gives promise 10