Effingham High School - Signet Yearbook (Effingham, IL)

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1 Yr lf? CIVICS Linda Gasser, Sarah Gravenhorst, Artie Babbs and Mr. Beals are talking over world affairs in a civics class. Civics is a freshman subject. 41 WORLD HISTORY World history is a sophomore subject. First row: Janice McCa1len, Cecil McWhorter, Sharon Davis Judy Pagel, Karl Probst, Janet Plummer. Second row: Terry Foreman, Clarice Shadwell, Clarence Steele, Gerald Van Dyke, Rex Foreman, Dale Yemm. HISTORY DEPARTMENT Mr. Morgan, Mr. Beals, Mr. Swinger and Mr. Richardson are the instructors in the history department. Mr. Morgan is the senior member of this group. He has taught at Effingham High School for the past twenty-three y88l'S. AMERICAN HISTORY Helen Sinkler, Mr. Richardson and Vernon Babbs are discussing the crisis in the Egyptian-Israeli area. American history is required for graduation. It is taught to juniors. SOCIOLOGY Bottom row: Tom Utz, Ronnie Brown, Edith Matt- hews, David Hammer, Kathy Zimmermann, Mr. Swinger, Frances West, Janice Gillespie, Paula Eng- el, Larry Pagel, Donna Stanton, Ted Gravenhorst and Judy Lewis are having a political discussion in sociology class. The second semester the class will study economics. Sociology is an elective course open to seniors. v - X

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ENGLISH LITERATURE PRE-COLLEGE RHETORIC English literature is an elective course and is taken College bound students look to Miss Burtschi's pre by those students who have a fine appreciation for wllege Yhel0fiC COUISC HS 3 gfeal help I0 them. literature. Marilyn Strobel, Donna Stanton, Emma Harold EUb3Uk5- 10110 AUSUH and D00 Th0I'H8S are Lou Edwards and Sylvia Townsend are in a discussion Coflfeffmg with NUSS BUIlSChi- period with Miss Burtschi. ENGLISH DEPARTMENT English I, English II and American literature are required subjects. There are five teachers in the English depart- ment: Miss Burtschi, who has been teaching at Effingham High School for the past eighteen years, Mrs. Strobel, Miss Statler, Mr. Hager and Mrs. Tatge. SPEECH I SPEECH ll Students in speech I learned the international pho- Richard Wooley. Ted Gravenhorst, Rita McDaniel netic alphabet. Mrs. Tatge, Billie Ann Chance Sally Siddens, Edith Matthews and Frank Davis. and Wilmeta Loy observe as Pat Lankford translates Speech Il students. preview the senior class play, English into phonetics. The Babbling Brooks. Mr. Marshall, student teacher, and Mrs. Tatge enjoy a laugh with the students.

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NINTH GRADE MATHEMATICS ALGEBRA I Mary Ann Weddle and Charlie Winchester have Mr Eddie Smllh 15 gefllllg help H1 algebra fI0m MI Sull Sullivan's help as they work with percents in ninth ivan Jeanne Spence Carol Smith R118 Whlre and grade math, Mary Jo Tolch are the other students in the picture MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT Mr. Goodfellow, Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Hager teach the mathematics courses. Mr. Goodfel- low has been at Effingham High School since January 1931. PLANE GEOMETRY Plane geometry students learn logical thinking and how to handle various figures on a plane surface. Mr. Goodfellow, student teacher, Mr Schriner, and student, Wilma Polk, work togeth el. ADVANCED ALGEBRA SOLID GEOMETRY ln advanced algebra students acquire a knowledge In solid geometry spatial concept is acquired along of the more difficult branch of mathematics Mr with a working knowledge of geometric figures Don Goodfellow is watching Jim Collins work an equa Thomas is working under Mr Goodfellow s observa tion. tion Trigonometry is taught the second semester in X S