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

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chool Board erves Commumt Wh QW HE Hrgh School Board of Educatron IS one of the most lmportant CIVIL orgamzatlons 1n the communltv fhxs seven member board re tuns an attorney who attends all meetrngs and proyldes legal counsel but has no vote ln form rn p0llllCS or ln lI'dllSZlLllIl other Board busr lhc H1 h School husmess mana er serves rs sec ret lry to the Board lhe W T H S Board has been radually reduced from a membershrp of fifteen cl few years a,o to the present seven members of th1s year These cltlzens are mterest ed ln the secondary educatron for the commumty and are elected for three year terms by the yoters of the Townshrp they serye wrthout pay Two new members were elected to the Board at the Aprll 1951 annual electlon Edward Holmberw JI and lxobert Rlvett replaced lxobert Jones and Donald Lonv Wlrs Ruth Halhorne was reelected for the fourth term and was chosen Board presldent at the meetmv followmg the electron Jones past presldent retlred after haxmfr seryed mne years on the board One of the br, problems before the board thls year was that of the North Chlcavfo separatlon hcaclzny., clown If t rolunm lt0BFRT lOlNEq Board II'P9l1lPIlI Retlred Kprll 1954 fl -XRENCF DIVER Board Mtornc-y RUQSELI KIRBH 'NI XRSHALL NHDONOUCH NIR? FREDICA QNTVIH Rzglzt c olumn RAI PH BRO'l HERTON, Board Sevretarv and Bnsmess Manager 'NIRS RUTH HATHORNE DOlN ALD LONG GLENN SFIDFNFELD 15

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In Memory Of William Earl Glfflill Wllllam Earl Olffrn Apr1l 17 1892 May 16 1954 ALKEOAN TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL faculty and tudents were saddened by the passrng of Wrllram Earl Orffin yeteran member of the hrgh school rndustrral arts teachrng staff who dred suddenly rn hrs home at 306 Oak Crest Street on the mornrng of Hay 16 1951 He wa completrng hrs twenty fourth year on the local Mr Griffin was born Aprrl 17 1892 near Charleston Illrnors He attended Eastern Illrnor Teachers College at Charleston and the Stout lustrtute at Menomonre Wrstorrsrrr He wa Graduated wrth a Ph B degree from the Unry er ity of Chrca 0 rn 1929 and completed the work for hrs M S de ree from Columbra Unry er rty rn 59 Hrs firt teachrn positron was rn the state of Washln ton rn 1913 1914 Mr Crllin taubht fo a perrod of ten years at Sprrng Valley and at Sycamore Illrnors before comm t W auke an rn the fall of 1950 He held the positron of superrntendent of schools durrn hrs lat four years at Sycamore for one year durrn World War I when he erred wrth the U S Marine Corps on Parrs I and Mr Crflrn rs surxryed by hr wrdoys Crate one brother and two srster Student and hrs fellow teachers at WTHS will remember Mr Crllin as a quret con crentrou worker and 1 loyal frrend O Q Q U 9 1 9 W 1 1- L - . S A . g N. . . s 1' ' g ' Q- . I . I U . . . . , Y r . iv . e , ' , U I S' 0 W . Y . . , U . , ' - M A Q C u . I - , r , --. s , ' : - g ' ' - s ' ' . teaching staff at the time of his death. Mr. Ciflin's teaching career was interrupted ' S 1 a , g A i , . . . . .5 S V . 1 . I . y . , . , sl' . ' ', ' ' .'. s r . X' 4' 's ' '. r- : , ff ' . . ' f - , ' s' s. s s' ' g . ' ' . . . . ' ' ' . ' .s. g ' ' - 1' ' ' ' , ' s , ' s . z s 1' 19,, . j . 17