Roxana High School - Rox Yearbook (Roxana, IL)

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What is a Teacher? What is a teacher? A teacher is many things ... He is knowledge with a smile on his face . . . Democracy with a hook in his hand . . . Wisdom with a flick of white chalk dust on his clothes. He comes in all sizes and temperaments. Short, tall, skinny, plump, laughing, serious, happy and sad. He's the future of the nation in a white shirt, respect with a college education. His days are filled with school bells, your chatter . . . chalk dust . . . waving hands... questions and worried parents. Teachers can be found after school taking aspirin, supervising athletics, rehearsing plays, and just sitting at a desk waiting for strength to go home. Teachers are expected to go to church, keep out of debt, have creative minds, stay away from cigarettes, beer, and bingo games, and give willingly to the United Fund. A teacher dispenses magic, sells futures... Dreams are his stock in trade. From his classroom will come the doctors of tomorrow, the men who will go beyond the moon, the great artists and novelists of the year 2000 . . . the industrial tycoons and all the leaders America will need to survive in a puzzled world. He's the future of the world with a ruler in his hand . . . Progress with a pencil behind his ear. Unappreciated at times, harried and overworked, he gains his pay in secret satisfaction. Secretly, he will admit I have the greatest job of all. And he has—because he holds the history of the world in the palm of his hand. He's a TEACHER. ... by Dan Valentine 21

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High School Administration Robert D. Kissack Mr. Kissack came to the Roxana school system in 1950 after receiving a Master's Degree in Education from the University of Illinois. He taught in the junior high school for five years, and then he taught geometry and physical education in the high school. He served as varsity basketball coach until I960, at which time he assumed the duties of assistant principal. In 1962 Mr. Kissack became principal. i Charles D. Conner Mr. Conner, our assistant principal, completed his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees at Eastern Illinois University in 1968. He has also completed half of the necessary requirements for a Special Certificate in Educational Administration. He previously taught for five years: four years at Rantoul High School and one year at Oakwood Junior High. 20

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