Waukegan High School - Annual W Yearbook (Waukegan, IL)

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We f Skov! goarc! glolucafion BOARD OF EDUCATION. Top row, left to right: Bernard M. Decker, Board Presidentg Oscar Lanphar, Board Secretary and High School Ad- ministrative Assistantg Mrs. Evelyn Bairstow, Morris Blumberg. Middle row: George Drysdale, Dr. Andrew Furlan, Mrs. Ruth Hathorne, Robert L. Jones. Bottom row: Joseph Levandoski, Joseph Levandusky, Michael Pucin, Mrs. Frederica Smith. ITIZENS interested in the secondary education prob' lems of the community are invited to seek positions on the High School Board of Education. Representing business, professional, and other lay groups, the Board conf stitutes one of the most important civic organizations in the community. Members are elected by the citizens of the township and serve for three year terms. ln complif' ance with a resolution adopted by the Board in 1945, the membership has been gradually reduced from sixteen to ten members effective with the election of April this year. Retiring from the Board this year is Bernard M. Decker, who has served for eleven years, the last four years in the capacity of Board president. His active leadf ership has helped initiate many progressive policies for the modernization and improvement of the communities' secf ondary education program.

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Uening, gxfendion, ana! Summer CZCMJQJ OUR nights a week during the past several years the High School has been ablaze with lights as an average of more than 800 local citizens have availed themselves of the opportunities offered in this area of educaf tion. Under the supervision of George W. Osbun, Evening School Di' rector, more than forty courses are offered each semester. The offerings range from practical shop and laboratory courses to recreational activities. There are no entrance requirements except for those earning high school credit. Men and women of all ages are attracted by the varied offerings. The classes are designed to help persons make better use of leisure time, to improve themselves in skills which they may apply at home or on the job, and to earn credits which will enable them oo complet require' ments for a high school diploma. GEORGE W. OSBUN I Director, Adult Classes ORE than 1200 students have completed their first year of college work at the University of Illinois Extension Center since its establishment at W.T.H.S. three years ago. While the center has at' tracted students from the surrounding communities, about threeffourths of those enrolled have been W.T.H.S. graduates. The local center is being discontinued with the completion of the 1949 spring semester in accordance with a recent ruling by the University. According to Miss Ruby Holden, Dean, the Waukegan center has been of great service to the community. It has been a means of starting many young people on a college career. By providing college facilities to local students while they live at home it has helped instill courage and ambition in many who would otherwise never have attempted advanced educational training. C. E. MELTON Director, Summer School INCE the summer of 1945 the High School has provided an eight Week summer school course. Students from other high schools in the county as Well as Waukegan have taken advantage of this opportunity to spend a part of the summer vacation in profitable study. C. E. Melton is the director. Any subject offered during the regular school year is offered during the summer, if there is sufficient demand. Each student may take from one to three subjectsg he receives one semester's credit for each subject carried successfully. Tuition is 3510 per subject. While many students enroll in summer school to make up Work in which they have failed, at least half of those enrolled to date have taken subjects which they were unable to take during the regular term and have earned credits beyond those required for graduation. 18