18 W I L M E T T E L I F E M a y 13, 1937 H i g h I s S c h o o l O n e H i s t o r y i n 2 5 Y e a r s E x p a n s i o n o f C o n t i n u e d * I C E C R E A M TELEPHONE This W e e k ' s Special W/L.4J20 ° English T o f f e e with R a s p b e r r y lee 4 1 3 L I N D E N A V E . 4 5 C quart W I L M E T T E S t u d e n t present staff of 169 are i n c l u d e d 25 g r a d u a t e s of the s c h o o l itself. In that time, the c u r r i c u l u m has T h a n i n 1912 been w i d e l y l i b e r a l i z e d . I n place o f the f o r m e r seven courses of study, the h i g h s c h o o l n o w present 11. T o By Frederick A . Kahler Dean of Boys, Xeiv Trier High School the o r i g i n a l list of subjects offered, 26 have been added, a n d one has A span of 25 years i n the h i s t o r y been d r o p p e d -- G r e e k . M o r e o v e r t h e of a n y i n s t i t u t i o n is b o u n d to p r o - a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of these subjects has duce m a n y changes. I n the case of been c o m p l e t e l y r e o r g a n i z e d , m a n y N e w T r i e r h i g h s c h o o l , h o w e v e r , of t h e m b e i n g g i v e n i n three difthese changes have a l l been of ferent sections, a l l of t h e m r e m o d one nature--that of e x p a n s i o n a n d eled a l o n g the most l i b e r a l a n d sogrowth. c i a l l y p r o d u c t i v e lines. Staff Is Five Times, Body Eight Times, Larger T w e n t y - f i v e years ago the h i g h school was a relatively small institution--two brick buildings upon nine acres o f g r o u n d w i t h a staff of 29 persons, and a v a l u a t i o n of about three-quarters of a m i l l i o n dollars I T h e enrollment; .; w a s b a r e l y 300 T o d a y t h e same i n s t i t u t i o n has been c h a n g e d i n to a tremendous plant, c o m p r i s i n g F. A . Kahler several buildings Mathew F r a n c i s 34 acres of g r o u n d Photo v a l u a t i o n of three a n d a h a l f o r f o u r m i l l i o n d o l lars, a staff of 169 persons, a n d a n e n r o l l m e n t of 2,500. a O p e r a t i n g i n p a r a l l e l w i t h the c u r r i c u l u m is a w e l l defined a d v i s e r guidance p r o g r a m , w h i c h has g r o w n f r o m the s m a l l b e g i n n i n g s i n 1912 to a p o s i t i o n w h i c h justifies i t s b e i n g budgeted as 20 per cent of t h e teacher a c t i v i t y W h e r e a s five classes used to be c o n s i d e r e d a teacher's n o r m a l load, n o w four classes a n d an adviser group are assigned to each o f the staff, in the m a i n M a n y Universities In 1912, the s c h o o l catalogue p o i n t e d p r o u d l y t o the fact that graduates o f the s c h o o l h a d been accepted i n as m a n y as eight different universities, whereas today we find that o u r g r a d u a t e s have been a d m i t t e d to as m a n y as 129 u n i v e r sities i n a single year. A R M O U R ' S C L O V E R B L O O MF I N E S T Q U A L I T Y F R E S H 11 F I I C D R E S S E D H C H O A G E DN E WY O R K A V E R ' 2 5 P E R LB. C HERKIMER W I L S O N ' SC E R T I F I E DS L I C E D TM< - 2 9 c 9c DRIED B E E F B E E F-V E A L-P O R KF O R SEES O S C A RM A Y E R ' SP I C K L E A N D P I M E N T O M E A T LOAF P E R LB. 2 5 c 2 5 c MEAT L A M B LOAF R O A S T P E R LB. A R M O U R ' SS T A RS P R I N CS H O U L D E R 19c 2 5 c 19c 2 9 c 2 3 c 12c 2 3 c I M P O R T E DG E N U I N E D U T C H B A B Y G O U D A S O S C A RM A Y E R ' SF A N C YS U G A RC U R E D «» P E R LB. P E R LB. P E R LB. P E R LB. BA60N SQUARES O S C A RM A Y E R ' SL I V E RS A U S A G E BRAUNSCHWEIGER F R E S H( U M B O A glance i n r e t r o s p e c t at the p r o d uct of the s c h o o l shows a n i m p r e s sive a r r a y of o u t s t a n d i n g a l u m n i : Gradual Growth w e l l k n o w n authors, actors, artists, T h e g r o w t h between these t w o d i p l o m a t s , dramatists, playwrights extremes has been g r a d u a l , but steady c l e r g y m e n , l a w y e r s , m u s i c i a n s , p r o T h e size of the s u c c e e d i n g classes fessors, s u r g e o n s , social service has s t e a d i l y i n c r e a s e d , a n d the n u m - w o r k e r s , a n d even H o l l y w o o d stars ber o f g r a d u a t e s i n 1911, 46, has n o w A n d yet the i m p o s i n g pageant of the become 537. T h e t o t a l n u m b e r of past, w i t h the a m a z i n g g r o w t h and pupils e n r o l l e d i n the s c h o o l d u r i n g d e v e l o p m e n t d u r i n g those years, is these 25 years exceeds the 10,000 notable o n l y as a prelude to a n i n limit, a n d c o m p r i s e s n e a r l y 98 per evitable a n d m u c h more d a z z l i n g f u cent of t h e t o t a l n u m b e r of pupils ture. that have attended at a n y time duri n g the entire 37 years of the school's MISSION GROUP MEETS history T h e m o n t h l y m e e t i n g o f the W o m T h e changes i n p e r s o n n e l of the an's F o r e i g n M i s s i o n a r y society of staff have not been as c o m p l e t e as the M e t h o d i s t c h u r c h w a s h e l d at m i g h t be expected. O f the b o a r d of the home of M r s . F r a n k E . R o b i n s o n , e d u c a t i o n o f 25 years ago, o n l y t w o 1625 L a k e avenue, M a y 9, 1912, states have been lost t h r o u g h death, a n d W i l m e t t e L i f e of that period. the other three, M r . G i l l s o n , M r . B e l lows, a n d M r M a c K e n z i e still surOCCUPY N E W HOME vive O f the 29 teachers of the y e a r Just t w e n t y - f i v e years ago D r . 1912, 12 are still o n the staff; n a m e l y . Arthur Tuttle and M r s . Tuttle moved M r s Mabel Arnold, Miss Elizabeth into their n e w h o m e o n W a s h i n g t o n Packer. R L . F . Biesemeier, Miss avenue. Alice Burchard. M i s s Elizabeth Casev (now M r s . ) Carlsen, W . L . Childs SPENDS WINTER HERE Miss Laura Fulton, L . E . Hildebrand, M r s . W i l s o n , m o t h e r of M r s . A r David Johnson, F A Kahler. M r s C a t h e r i n e M u r p h y , a n d D r . L a u r a t h u r T a y l o r , spent the w i n t e r o f Ullrick It is notable, too, that i n 1911-'12 here w i t h h e r daughter. 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