Clay City High School - Claytonian Yearbook (Clay City, IL)

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The School Building Construction was started on the new Clay City Community High School building September 20, 1938. and was substantially completed by September 5, 1939. at a total cost of $210,000. Of this sum. $185,000 was the cost of the building and $25,000 was used for equipment. The new school building is strictly modern. It has its own sewage system. Every student has a separate locker. Heat and ventilation are thermostatically controlled. Lighting throughout the classrooms is Semi-direct. The study hall has indirect lighting. The windows in every room are equipped with metal Venetian blinds and movie projectors may be used in every room. Each room has a clock operated from the large electric clock in the office. The Public Address System permits communication between the office and any part of the school building. Radio programs or phonograph records may be transmitted to any room or group of rooms from the office. Each room has pictures and is light and cheerful. The American flag is displayed in every classroom as well as in the gym and the study hall. The building is a beautiful, impressive structure of tan brick, and is built entirely on the ground. It is unusual in its construction. No wood has been used except in the top gym floor, case work, doors, and trim. The rest of the building, including the roof, is of brick, steel, or concrete. The structure is fire proof and tornado resistant. It is safe and adequate and will be a civic center and pride of the community for generations to come. The school offers courses in Shop. Agriculture. Music. Home Economics. Commerce, and Physical Education, as well as all the basic college preparatory courses. Clay City Community High School is recognized by the State Department of Instruction and the University of Illinois. It is one of the finest of its size in the state. The citizens of Clay City and the School Board are to be congratulated for the civic-mindedness and progressive spiwi they displayed in erecting this beautiful school building. It is the wisest and most important step this community has taken in years. It is the medium through which the boys and girls of this community will be better fitted to lead successful lives and uphold the ideals of our nation. Much credit should also be given to our principal. Mr. J. H. Cherry, who took an active part in the construction of the high school. Much of the success of the project is due to his tireless and conscientious management of the numerous details'which are so important. We. speaking for the whole community, express our gratitude to him. The Ctaytoninn—Pny tiro

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Gorntnututy School Clay City, OUi+uuA. n a al a —11 WE. THE CLASS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED FORTY ONE. WISH TO DEDICATE THE FOLLOWING PAGES TO THE CLAY CITY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL. AND THOSE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED THEIR TIRELESS EFFORTS IN FORMING THIS GREAT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.

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E. Weiler H. J. Bokenkamp w. Duff w. Dewhirst L. Clark President Secretary BOARD OF EDUCATION Every member of the board served on the Steering Committee which led the campaign to form a Community High School District in the spring of 1937. A proposition to establish a Community High School District, carried an election on April 17. 1937. by a vote of 547 to 176. On May 1. 1937. the following board for the new District was elected without a dissenting vote: Eugene Weiler. Ernest Hosselton. Willard R. Dewhirst. H. J. Bokenkamp. and J. W. Duff. At the organization meeting held on May 3. 1937, Eugene Weiler was elected president, and H. J. Bokenkamp. secretary, which offices have remained unchanged to the present time. There was a meeting held on March 3. 1938. At this time the board issued a call for an election to erect a new school building. This election, held on March 21. 1938. carried by a vote of 392 to 61. In April. 1938. Ernest Hosselton resigned from the Board of Education, and Lewis Clark was appointed to fill the vacancy. Since that time, membership on the Board has remained unchanged. On May 19. 1938. the Board of Education made application to the Government for a PWA grant, totaling $76,090.00. This grant was made by the Government on July 17. On September 6. 1938. bids on the building designed by Royer. Danley B Davis of Urbana were taken. Contracts were awarded to the Contracting Corporation. Evansville, Indiana, and E. B. Thompson of Christopher. Illinois. The Board of Education has faithfully executed its responsibility in providing its housing for the student enrollment and in furnishing excellent education equipment. It offers transportation to rural students and has a well balanced program. It has consistently lived within its financial limits and its policies have created substantial savings, leaving the District in sound condition for any future eventuality. Page three—The Ctagtonian