Manual High School - Mirror Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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l t t l l B C.FEHER Superintendent of Schools Our Anniversary N THE MANUAL of l9l3, the first recorded history of Manual, We read: The Manual Training High School is no longer in its infancy. CThe school was dedicated in 19095. This would indicate a period of advanced age. lt is not so, in terms of years, but Wholly true in terms of deeds. Manual lives in deeds, not years. This ideal has been the outstanding trait of the school since the day of open- ing. lt is in this sense l am thinking and believing. The builder looks Well to the foundation. lt must carry the superstructure. The foundations laid by the faculty and student body have been and are that fine Christian citizenship Which has ever and always found expression in kindliness, courtesy, cooperation, appreciation, and service. An oasis in the educational desert. Her graduates are legion: they are living examples of her ideals. Ever on with this prograrn. Congratulations! -E. C. FISHER. 1934 THE MIRROR Page l4

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Our School- 1934 School Days-1933-1934 EPTEMBER 1933 ushers in the twenty-fifth year in the history of Manual. This year depicts the culmination of twenty-five years of progress and achievement attained through the untiring efforts of students, teachers, and community. As we swing into action at the beginning of the new and unknown year, what have we on which to build further progress that will be in keeping with the years gone by? A school building still in good condition, covering now an entire block, in which is enrolled a student body of sophomores, juniors, and seniors totaling approximately thirteen hundred, a faculty of some fifty or more members: our capable and efficient principal, Mr. Russell, ready for the year's work: and inspiration and enthusiasm embodied in students, faculty, and principal that will make for additional triumphs and successes. To our already rich curriculum we find added new classes in civics, history, art, and business English. As the year progresses there are many new developments. There is our band, now in complete black and orange uniforms, playing at the Thanks- giving football game, bringing to a close a successful season of this sport. The clothing classes take up a new project, which, when completed, make us justly proud, for soon our A Capella Choir appears in beautiful gold- trimmed, blue velvet robes, the product of these girls' handicraft. A new stage has been built in the auditorium. The senior class presents a folding platform for use on this stage, and now a campaign is under way to provide a new curtain and hangings. Flashing across the year comes another city championship in basketball, the fourth consecutive one for Manual. Then following is a victorious district tournament. Spring brings victories in numerous athletic events. And last we chronicle in the annals of the year a successful Senior Boys' Minstrel, a class play, a prom, class night, and graduation. The year comes to a close. lt has been a happy year, a year of progress, one that will stand out in the history of Manual, a typical Manual year, filled with true Manual spirit, a fitting climax to twenty-five years of promise and accomplishment. -SADIE MEEHAN. i934 THE MIRROR Page l'i

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l W. G. RUSSELL Pdndpal Manual's Anniversary What have We to show tor the twenty-tive years that Manual has served Peoria? More than 2500 graduates, thousands more under her influence, almost three hundred answering our country's call to arms, hundreds fitted with skill to make an honorable living, others to college and university. ls there no other than this material equipment that she has had to give? Consistently through these twenty-tive years, Manual has held aloft the ideal that character is the chiet prerequisite for a real life. All through the city you will find young people imbued with this idea. My only wish is that in the next twenty-tive years We may continue to hold aloft the torch ot right living and service to those who turn to this school with expectant hope in their hearts. -W. G. RUSSELL. 1934 T'H E RAI R RID R Page 15