Tabor High School - Echoes Yearbook (Tabor, IA)

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If a student desires vocational training alcng still other lines, he may secure it. The boys may re- ceive scientific agricultural training. in a well equipped laboratory. This they supplement by practical exper- ience on the farm. The girls are trained in an efficient Home Econom- ics department. And in the last year a course in salesmanship has been introduced. The cultural side of education has not suffered from the attention given the vocational training. A well bal- anced Liberal Arts course is main- tained, composed of those branches which not only instruct but inspire and uplift. In order to facilitate the scholastic work the high school library has ,been carefully built upi, and catalogued according to the Dewey decimal sys- tem. The year 1922 was an epoch mak- ing one for Taborxschocls, for in that year it was placed on the North Cen- tral list of accredited schools. That this is an hon-or difficult of attain- ment is shown by the fact that in twenty mid-western states included in the association there are 1,80'4 high schools that are recognized as meeting this standard. In Iowa there are about 110 schools meeting its re- quirements for recognition, while in Southwestern Iowa there are less than a dozen. Tabor High School may well feel a pardonable pride in such a distinction. Some of the con- ditions which must be met to secure a place on the North Central list are: modern and commodious buildings, adequate library and laboratory equipment, a high standard of pro- fessional training for teachers, stan- dard text books, high scolarship of the student body and a wholesome school spirit. This goal has been gained and kept by Tabor High School. It has been aptly said Rec- ognition by the North Central As- sociation means in the educational world the same as high rating by Dunn and Bradstreet in the field of business. , All these -achievements have been accomplished in eight years, the eight years of Superintendent Ireland's service. For them he has worked faithfully and given a whole-hearted devotion. Much credit must also be given the Board of Education, who have unselfishly and unstintingly given of their time, business talent and energy to the upbuilding of a better public school. Tabor High School feels very proud 'of the honors which the edu- cators of Iowa have paid to its own superintendent, at the same time feeling that the state organization has honored itself. In 1923 Mr. Ire- land was president' of the Southwest- ern division of the Iowa State Teach- ers Associati-ong he is at present one of the fourteen electors of the state organization. It is always a pleasure to contem- plate such accomplishments as those mentioned above. But even more pleasant is 'a. look into the future. For with such a background, and the same administration with its high ideals and standards which in the past eight years have achieved so much, we have every hope and ex- pectation that' Tabor High School will press steadily forward, winning still greater laurels and higher tri- umphs than have been hers in the past. -H.P.R.

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T. H. S. To a stranger Tabor High School mightrmean only a commodious brick building set in the midst of a beauti- ful lawn, but to one who knows the life of the school it means infinitely more than those things which may be seen upon the surface. We are too often inclined to take good things 'as a matter of course: and for that reason a short time spent in contem- plation of the achievements of the years 1917-1925 gives us a better perspective of the factors which have made the real Tabor High School. Eight years ago Superintendent Ireland began his work for our public schools, and the-se years have been years of steady progress. The high school enrollment has been raised from less than 100 to about 150. Dur- ing this period 261 students have been graduated, and of these gradu- ates many have been inspired with a longing for further knowledge, -and with a wholesome desire for the gocd things of life. In 1918 the citizens realized that the advanced conditions demanded a new building, so bonds were voted and in the same year the splendid new building was erected. This hand- some new building is the pride of the entire community included in Tabor Consolidated district, for it is used not only for the instruction of the youth, but has come to 'be a. veritable center 'of community life. Public meetings and entertainments are held History in it, and this tendvz to weld the com- munity closer together. another for- The following year ward step was taken-that of con- solidation, which has been a decided benefit' to all concerned. The people of the community realized th-at no- thing was to-o good for the school childreng they have caught the spirit of the work of consolidation, and ev- ery year are coming to appreciate more and more the great advantages of their school. The ideal of the school 'administration is always to serve the community. In other ways. too, Tabor High School has kept pace with the de- mands of the new age in education. Vocational education has been given an important place in the curriculum. In the Commercial department which was added a few years ago, young men and women are trained for a business career. The Normal Training department has been carefully built up and pre- pares for service those who select teaching as their professiong and the young people thus trained are num- bered among the most successful of rural teachers. Of them their super- visors say: They give us good work because they have been trained un- der able and close supervision. They are better prepared in plans, in meth- ods of instruction, and in class man- agement. Certainly this is a ser- vice of inestimable value to the community.

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Tribute to the Seniors Seniors, here's to you, to the good that you have done, To your friendliness, and winning ways, and the glories that you've won. You have set for all a standard that cannot be surpassed, And we'll try to keep it going as long as Time shall last. You've never been complaining, through fair weather, rain or stormy And although not conscious of it, therels a bond of feeling warm, A feeling that words cannot express, - But we know it's there and feel it nevertheless. We only hope that next year we'll deserve the nanie you do, We, the class that entered High School in the fall of '22, It is sad to see you leave us-, though sadder if you stayed, For that would mean in plainest words that you had not made the grade. But we kn-ow you're going to leave, not one of you will stay, And we're bidding you a fond Adieu in the kindest sort of way. So here's to you, Seniors, to each and every one, To your friendliness, and winning ways, ad the glories that you've won. H -Belva Goodfellow '26.