West High School - EOS Yearbook (Aurora, IL)

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Building High SUPERINTENDENT CARL E. LARSON Three 'rhings are io be loolced io in a building: ihar ii siand on 'rhe righi spoig ihai ii be securely founded: ihai ii be successfully execu'red. Goeihe To ihe archiieci enirusied io plan from clay and moriar Wesi Aurora l-ligh School, locaiion, loundaiion, and execuiion deiermined success. No less archilecis are ihose delegaied io mold from raw maierials ihe siruclure ihai is ihe Wesi High senior. These human engineers are ihe direciors, adminisiraiors, and personnel oi our school, and ihey, loo, combine localion, ioundaiion, and ex- ecuiion io produce a sound and solid consiruciion. Thai ir siand on ihe righi spo+ -ihai all pre- liminary delails are sound, 'rhai ihe blueprinis are wisely drawn, and Thai' The iinesl maierials and labor are employed-ihese are The dulies of 'rhe Wesi' Aurora Board oi Educaiion. A group of ien cirizens inieresied in educaiional progress, ihis organizaiion ol which Mr. Frank C. Paull is presi- deni, Mr. Samuel A. Lilley, presideni pro-iempoe rare, and Miss l-lelen Leigh, secrelary, acls as head of ihe Wesr Aurora school adminisiraiive sysiern and execuies ihe business affairs which conduciing six schools eniails. Mihai ii be securely ioundedufihis is ihe re- sponsibiliiy oi Mr. Carl E. Larson, Wesi Aurora school superiniendenl, and Mr. A. G. l-laussler, Wes'i l-ligh principal, in molding ihe developing consiruclion. Members of I945-46 Wesi Aurora Board of Educa+ion include, lop row, lefl fo righf: Presiclenf Frank C. Pauli, J. Allison Binford, E. Wallace Gibson, Samuel A. Lilley, Mrs. Emma C. Rice, bofiom row, lefi 'ro righla John M. Spence, Raymond E. Thorpe. C. L. Valentine, W. M. Willeff, Jr., and R. F. Williams. PAGE 22

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X. L 'JJ PAGE 2I Tlwompson, Marilyn Tooley, Alice Tremain, Richard Unwin, Bessie Van Devenfer, Jerry Verna, Janice Viola, Alberi' Vonhoff, Vera Wallace, Grelchen Whiicomb. Dorollwy Weil, Carol Weingarfh, Freddie Ann Whisler, Myron Whileside, Dolores Wiley, Jean Willcening, Gwen Williams, Dick Williams, Keifh Williams, Ray Windeff, Jim

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Adminisiraiion iw PRINCIPAL A. G. HAUSSLER Mr. Larsonls main duly is shaping progressive educalion To lil lhe needs of The Wesl Aurora schools, and Ihis he expedienlly accomplishes 'rhrough his seleclion of curriculum and educa- lional melhods. Assuming Ihe posilion of principal in a slrange commun- ily aliler school is well under- way is a dillicull laslc, bul Ihe versalilily which Mr. hlaussler, who, aller serving as principal al Pekin Communily I-Iigh School in Pekin, Illinois, came lo Wesl I-Iigh on Oclober I, I945, lo succeed Mr. Ross Bergman, has exhibiled, has been rellecl- ed in lhe smoolh lunclioning ol Wesr I-ligh curriculum and ac- livilies. A+ Ihe same lime be- coming acquainled wilh Wesl I-Iigh personnel, rouline, and Iradilion, Mr. I-laussler has served as personnel counselor lo problems of sludenl and facully alilce and as a medium belween lhe school and lhe communily. Assisling wilh adminislralive Dean of Boys EX-PRINCIPAL ROSS M. BERGMAN dulies lhis year have been Mrs. Gerlrude Scoll Smilh, assislanl principal and dean of girls, and Mr. A. C. Ridinger, dean ol boys, who have con- cenlraled on mainlaining a minimum of absenlee- A. C. Ridinger Assislanf Principal Gerlrude Scoll Smifh PAGE 23