Benton Township High School - Scarab Yearbook (Benton, IL)

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Summary oj The Curriculum Oar school fulfills the requirements of The North Central Association, The Smith-Hughes Act, The Colleges, Univereities, and Secondary Schools of the Mid-West, the University of Illinois, and the State Educational Department. Extensive vocational opportunities are offered here through numerous classes. The Journalism Department, which was added to the curriculum last year, the Home Economics Department, furnished with two complete and delightful laboratories, The Manual Arts Department, including the Print-shop, the manual training room, and the mechanical drawing class, the Commercial Department, which includes courses in short-hand, typing, and book-keeping, and the Agriculture Department, which carries on throughout the year actual experiments and projects, comprise the subjects which aid B. T. H. S. students to suit themselves for positions. Our chemistry and biology laboratories are of the most completely equipped in this part of the state. We boast of four science instructors. The faculty is composed of 35 trained, competent, men and women, about 10 of which have master degrees or are working constantly toward them. There are 28 well ventilated, modernly equipped class rooms, a study hall (seating 216), an auditorium-gymnasium, a club room, and a number of rest rooms which are kept clean by two efficient janitors and a janitress. We have a cafeteria and a quick order lunch-room. The two cooks who prepare dinners for about 400 students, are expert culinary artists. This school also has many outside activities. There is the Hi-Tri Club, to which every girl in school is a member, Tne Hi-Y Club, a highly-attended organization for Christian young men, the Mas.c C ub. wn c » has great cultural values, the Stage Stammer Club, an association to promote dramatic activity, the Forensic Club, which gives youthful debaters training, and the French Club, giving students of that language a chance to exercise their knowledge in a practical manner. Pago 20

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Her nice Abney Hi-Tri 3 G. A. A. 1 Blanche Abney Home Economics Club 1 H. M. Aiken Class Basketball 1 League Basketball 3 4 Eva Lena Akin Student Council 4 G. A. A. 1 Wilma A. Allaway Camp Fire 1 G. A. A. 1 Forensic 4 Echo Staff 4 Walter Alvis Football 12 3 4 Basketball 3 Track 12 3 4 Hi-Y 2 3 4 Band 1 2 3 Vice President 3 Margaret Bain Campfire 1 Chorus 1 Alice J. Bell Logan 1 2 Louie Bertoni Buckner 1 Football 2 3 4 Track 3 4 William R. Branson Class Basketball 1 Track 2 League Basketball 2 3 4 Football 4 Peg 3 22