Paris High School - Arena Yearbook (Paris, IL)

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T Y F C U rr'HE growth of our schools in the last century is very interesting, and especially so is the development of tlie faculty or teaching staff. Before 1855, the schools were sustained mostly by private means, and every community claimed tlie privilege of managing the school without interference of other parties or modification hv general laws. The teachers were accountable only to their employers, and no particular standard of qualification was required. When the public school system had been in operation for four years Sheridan P. Read, Superintendent of Schools, said that the great need that was felt was for well-qualified teachers. So as time passed this condition was remedied. Fifteen years later Superintendent Mapes in his report congratulated the county on the fact that a law had been passed requiring additional qualifications for the teachers. The standard at this time would have ruled out nine-tenths of the instructors in Mr. Read's time. As time passed, the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges was created, and Paris High School was on the accredited list from the beginning. Under the rules of this organization every teacher of an academic subject was required to he a college graduate. Thus a great change is seen from the schoolmaster in the first log school house to our large, well-trained teaching staff of twenty-five at the present time. Mary Jane Weberg, 33.

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The History of the Arena It is to the class of 1910 that we are indebted for the publication of the first “Arena.” The name “Arena” was submitted by Clifford Rahel, a Sophomore, during a contest held in the school, and was selected because of the similarity of the school activities to the games of the Arena in the early Roman times. The first book was a small album with a paper cover, tied with orange and black cord. In the school year 1914 1915, a quarterly magazine called the “Clarion’ was published in place of the “Arena”; since that time the book has been published under the present name by the graduating class of P.II.S. Much of the success of this year book can be attributed to Miss Wenz. Miss Slemmons, Miss Boland, Miss Fansler, Miss Tate, and Miss Wright, who have acted as faculty advisors. ness 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1915 1916 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 Following is a list of students who have served as editors and busi-managers. Ira Allen Elmore Allen Richard Leitch Jerome Sholcin Eugene Allen... Kenneth Shumaker Margaret Laughlin Orval J. Bandy ........ Margaret Laughlin William Henderson Emily Beth I)oak Jane Hunter Colwell Marcella Beebe Martha Logan......... Alan Shoaff Everett Rinesmith William Colwell...... Leo Wade............... Harlan English.. Betty Lou Hunter Carl McGowan........... Lucille Snedeker....... Virginia Andrews....... Maude Elizabeth Dorsett Margaret Wixsom........ James Dorris........... Walter Bond Sylvian Sholem Tom Hamilton Asa Myers ..... Paxson Link Walter Davis Floyd T. Taflinger Flovd T. Taflinger Janies Propst Richard Brewis Helen Propst ........ Sam Doak Lannon Simons Whitney Corwin Charles Jenks Charles Whalen .....Calvin Stuart ....W illiam Link Harlan Watson Phillip Young Robert Sanders ..Henry S. Tanner ......Dean Watson Charles H. Green Donald Spicer Phillip Best James Mercer 33.

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F A C U L T Y Administration Building The Administration Building of lofty ceilings, high windows, warm colors, and advanced forms of illumination was the First Exposition building to he completed. It is in the form of a huge letter “E” with the three wings of the open side facing a lagoon. This building, official headquarters for the Exposition staff, is actually the experimental laboratory for a Century of Progress.