Shelbyville High School - Okawwako Yearbook (Shelbyville, IL)

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Board of EducaTion Members Term, DR. E. A. JENKINS ...... ...I932 I935 I.. R. TALLMAN ...,,..... . . . 1932 I935 MRS. BONNIE M. WHITE .... ...I933 I936 MRS. NITA DOVE ...,... . I934-I936 W. A. BAKER ..... ...I934-I937 DR. N. D. BOYS ...............,................................. I934-I937 The Board aT EducaTion serves To conducT The schools Tor The communiTy. In managing a school sysTem, Tinances are an imporTanT consideraTion. The Board has The Task oT malcing a Ii++Ie money go a long way. Our Board has lcepT The budgeT balanced, and aT The same Time has been unusually successTuI in mainTaining a high sTandard in The schools. A school sysTem can TuncTion Treely cmd Tully only wiTh The proper aTTiTude on The parT oT The Board. IT musT co-operaTe wiTh all The educaTional inTeresTs of The com- muniTy in order ThaT The maximum values may be had Trom The eTTorTs oT all. Shelby- ville is TorTunaTe in having a Board which is aT all Times sympaTheTic To every move Toward beTTer educaTional opporTuniTies. Under iTs guidance our school sysTem has aTTained a posiTion oT superioriTy which commands respecT ThroughouT The communiTy a nd The sTaTe. MR. O. F. PATTERSON, SuperinTendenT Mr. PaTTerson is a progressive educaTor. I-le considers The schools as a workshop where The sTudenTs are busily engaged in worThwhiIe acTiviTy. and noT as an insTiTuTion where The minds OT The pupils are merely crammed wiTh subiecT maTTer. I-Iis ideal Tor an educaTional sysTem is one in which everyone is doing someThing which is valuable in iTselT, and which develops The doer as well. Believing ThaT The schools are besT used when They serve adulTs as well as youTh, Mr. PaTTerson inTroduced a program of adulT educaTion This year. This pro- gram, by bringing To The communiTy an undersTanding oT currenT ThoughT and Trends. has made iT possible Tor people To Icnow Their counTry beTTer. AcTiviTy uniTs Tor adulTs were also conducTed Tor The purpose of enabling people To serve Their counTry loeTTer. As a resuI+ OT This program There has arisen a new communiTy consciousness oT The value, place and inTegriTy oT The schools. We appreciaTe having as our leader one who Thus sTrives To promoTe The welfare aT The schools and communiTy.

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STAFF Ediforein-Chief. VIRGINIA WESTERVELT . JAMES LANTZ Business Managers.. CARMA STORM Liferary Edifor ,... JULIA BULLINOTON Aciivifies Edifor ,......... FREDA PARR A+I1Ie'Iic Edifor ......... CECIL BARBEE Phofography Edifor. .EVELYN MELOON Calendar Edifor ,,,... JANICE GIBSON Mechanical Edifor ,.v... ROBERT PUGH . HOWARD BECK Ar? Edlfors .4... BE-I-TY ANN YANNS ELIZABETH WATSON Typisfs ...., .. IRENE SALMONS SELMA BIEHLER ELIZABETH BOYS Junior Assisfanfs.. STANLEY LANTZ MARY STIARWALT

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