Pekin High School - Pekinian Yearbook (Pekin, IL)

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Class of 1933 A year ago, another senior class graduated, the class of 1933. They had no annual, hut like us. they shared four years in Pekin High. A year ago they sat in our seats ami applauded chapel programs. Among them were the shining lights of our stage and athletic fields. I here was I red Eyres, actor and president. We remember Edna Heeker, the actress, and Elizabeth Peek who was another stage star. Albert Sellers, Calvin McElhoe. and brands Williamson flashed on the football field, bred Von Boeckman was an outstanding athlete. Will we ever forget Richard Wei burg’s touchdown play in the last seconds of the Central game? We see “Dick Lindsey in debate and “Jed Beardsley on the basketball court. We remember the president of the Student Council: actor, speaker, athlete Paul Moschel. Last, hut not least, who could forget the snappy student leadership of Ethel Boyer? Only a short time ago these post-graduates also strolled through the corridors, attended plays, sports, operas, and all school functions. But. that was a year ago. They graduated. Having brought their share of troph es and glory to P. C. II. S., the class of 33 left her. Where are they now? Thirty of them have gone to colleges and universities, a few are married, many have secured jobs, and some have returned to school to do post-graduate work. Bradley has among her attendance many Pekin graduates. “Cal McElhoe. Al Sellers, and “Jed’ Beardsley are among the athletes. Egbert Grocn and “Dick Lindsey arc attending Knox. “Dick has made the varsity debate team. Paul Moschel and Dorothy Mae Lohncs have matriculated at the University of Illinois. Fred Eyres, Edgar Lackey, Paul Siebert, Clarence Ewing, and many others arc taking post-graduate courses here. To the head of the class goes Francis Williamson, football star, who has entered partnership with Creston Fleugal, in a mammoth hot-dog business. They have left their alma mater, but wherever they go, whatever they become, these students will always be remembered as the class of ’33. graduates of P. C. II. S. They’ll never forget her . . . she’ll never forget them. It. V. Lindsey, Post-Graduate Adviser

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 Lida Johnson Fern Ewing Administration I . C. H. S. is a large and constantly growing institution It ifi of greatest importance that, regardless of growth and change, it should work smoothly and efficiently. The man behind the school organization is its principal. Mr. R. V. Lindsey of the Illinois State Normal College, B. Ed., and the University of Wisconsin, Ph. M. He is assisted by the secretary, Mrs. Lida Johnson, and assistant secretary. Miss Fern Ewing, both graduates of Pekin High. About four years ago a new wing was completed on the building. In spite of this addition to the school, the student body has grown more rapidly than the building capacity. The administration has taken care of this difficulty in numbers by the traffic rules in the corridors. This year two new teachers, Mr. Rhodes and Mr. Warren, were added to the staff. One would think the administration’s hands would be full taking care of this rapid growth. The number of students is well over 9 X). However, the department is not just holding its own. This year it has introduced an entirely new system, planned not only to give the student more time, but to help him to get his work. This new system calls for a complete change in time of classes and number of them. It calls for an entirely new method of getting school work. And yet, in its first semester it already works smoothly. This department keeps an accurate record of each of those nine hundred and some students. No student is a minute late, or a period absent, but that it goes to the office. There is kept a record of where each student is each hour of the day, what year of high school he is in, the credits he has earned, and one hundred and one other things. State investigators from the University of Illinois not only have accepted the credits given at Pekin High, but also have commended it highly and made special note of the efficiency of the administration. 28