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

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FACULTY J. H. Cherry Principal Social Science V. D. Shafer Assistant Principal Science. Coach V. R. Wheatley Assistant Coach Commerce L. H. Petty Agriculture Maytle Marie Harris English. Biology H. Floyd Davis Physical Education Mathematics Virginia V. Clark Home Economics Generose Dunn English. Latin Social Science R. L. Peterson Industrial Arts. Science Ralph Fiorentine Band. Glee Club «- The Claylonian Pnye our E. E. Reichman Engineer

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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

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Office The office is probably one of the busiest places in the building. Telephone ringing, buzzers ringing, radio giving broadcasts, people callng on Mr. Cherry on business, and pupils asking important questions all form the routine of an ordinary day in this room. The clock is probably one of the most delicate devices and probably the most important we have. It is automatic and rings every forty minutes. It has a buzzer attached to it which can be set to ring at any given time. The office also has a public address system. If one desires to communicate with one of the rooms this system will permit both speaking and listening. The office also has a file which contains records and grades of every student who has attended this school. The public address system also contains a radio which can be used by any room at any time. It is used for broadcasts in History classes, telling about the war problems and the current events of the United States. It is used in the Home Economics room for students who take Cooking. Sewing, and Home Management. The radio also has an automatic record-changer for playing ten to twelve recordings. We feel that our office is one of the most up-to-date in the state. We are proud of the various automatic mechanisms which help to regulate our school life. I au »vif— The Claytonian