Taylorville High School - Drift Yearbook (Taylorville, IL)

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1935 THE DRIFT MRS. VERNA R1 DZANSKI :Issisfunf Svvrvlary to Prinripal Q,,,Le?fI' RUVEHMAN. B. A. EllgliSIl B Q.,-A NIARGERY TEHRIERE, A. B. N'l8Ih9lllZitiCF NIARJURIE HENRY, B. A. English RALPH E. THORNTON, A. B. 3 Xlntlwnlzltivs ' y' r' Lf' ,f 1 RI'SSl'lLL W. ULIVEH. l'l1.l3.f if History, Civic-s ' X fx dj MAX E. 'I'l-IUMPSUN. B. Ed. St'i0lIl'l' -1 F . Il ,. V, N MJ w 1.-'Wil Q .Jr f IQ 'KJ'-4 I f 45, ELLEN URR. B. S. Home El'Oll0lIlil'4 ROY I.. WEBB. B. S. Science, Dvan of Boys 2 T lh IAAAKK

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l THE DRIFT 1935 Miss Helen Broverman was born in Springfield, but she is still another alumna of the institution of learning for which this is written fthe high school English department must have been almost as good in those days as it is now to produce three such gifted instructors of the English languagel. Miss Brover- man was a student at Christian College, one course at McKendree College, the Universities of Illinois and Wisconsin, Western Reserve, and Northwestern University. She was given the B. A. degree and has had three summers of grad- uate work. She had taught five years at the local West School and the Uwaneco High School before coming here this year. Miss Broverman is interested in interpretive readings and drama. At one time she was occupied in clerical work. SCIENCE Mr. Roy L. Webb, Dean of Boys, was born in Cass County, Missouri, and went to school at Raymore. He received his B. S. in Education from the Central Missouri State Teachers' College. Mr. Webb has had one summer of graduate work and nine years previous teaching experience: two years in rural Missouri, one in a grade school, and six years in high school. He has taught chemistry, biology, physics and general science at T. T. H. S. during the last fifteen years. The physics class this year has proved to be quite a family affair through his daughteris membership. Mr. Webb's hobbies come under the classification of Htinkeringf' The game in which he takes an active part in all seasons is croquet which he plays with all the skill of a physicist. Mr. Webb is probably the cham- pion tennis player among both teachers and students. Mr. Joe L. McAdan1 was reared in Pana. He has proved loyal, however, by serving as our coach for seven years, and after leaving us a year he returned from the University of Illinois a full fledged Bachelor of Science and biology teacher which he has been for three years. He also taught two years in Pawnee before coming here. Mr. McAdan1 is working toward a Master's degree and spends his summers and many week ends in Champaign. He has had three sum- mers of graduate work. Mr. McAdan1 is active in athletics as a football coach and basketball official, being football coach of the Midland Athletic Club. He is also a good tennis player when he has the time to practice. This year Mr. McAdan1 has aided Mr. Wlebb by dealing out yellow slips to the boys after the noon hour. The peppicst man in schooli' both at Taylorville and other times in his ca- reer is Mr. Chesleigh L. Garard of Quincy. Mr. Garard was born at Burnside, Illinois, and attended the Mendon Township High School. He holds the A. B. degree, having attended Carthage College and the Universities of Illinois and Wisconsin. At Wisconsin he took one summer of work. Mr. Garard made very high grades while in school and was interested in debate, dramatics, glee club work, and managing athletics while in the University. He is a founder of the Boosters, organization at Carthage College. Because of his activities he was elected to a number of honorary organizations at Illinois. His chief interest out- side of his vocation is athletics. He is interested in wrestling and is a basketball official besides furthering T. T. H. S. athletics by selling tickets and furnishing transportation-even driving with one arm. Mr. Garard may have been employed in an ice cream store at one time. He also lived in Missouri and taught three years at Carthage before coming to Taylorville High School. He teaches general science and has been here six years. Taren Iv Iwo S I - - ,.i...i.:-- 1. k

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THE DRIFT 1935 Mr. Max E. Thompson was born at Bardolph, Illinois, and attended the high school at Macomb, where he graduated from Western Illinois State Teachers College in 1931 as a B. Ed. It is said that Mr. Thompson was so busy making an excellent scholastic record, editing the college annual, and serving as president of four organizations that he weighed only one hundred twenty-five pounds upon graduating. Mr. Thompson is an outstanding vocalist, having sung for three years in his college glee club and being active in local church music in addition to leading our glee club. Music is his avocation, chemistry his vocation. We are fortunate in having had Mr. Thompson at T. T. H. S. for the last-four years, and he must like Taylorville. Didn't he find a wife here? MATHEMATICS I Miss Margery B. Terriere was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she attended high school. She studied at the Universities of Minnesota and Wiscon- sin and at Chicago and Columbia Universities. She received the A. B. degree and has taken graduate work for two summers. Before coming to Taylorville Miss Terriere taught two years at Kasota, Minnesota. She has been here twenty- two years as an instructor of the various kinds of algebra and geometry. She is in charge of many activities of the Senior Class. Miss Terriereis hobby is playing bridge, and you can be sure that she does not trump her partneris aces. She also likes to travel, having been to Alaska and many parts of the United States. Miss Terriere makes her home in Taylorville. Mr. Ralph E. Thornton, our many sided mathematics instructor, was born at Chesterville, Illinois, and attended the Arcola High School. He became a Rector scholar at DePauw University, receiving the A. B. degree. At first he wanted to become a physician but later changed his course. Mr. Thornton had one summer of graduate work at the University of Illinois. He has taught mathematics at T. T. H. S. for eight years. A few of his hobbies show his versa- tility. They include books, boys and girls, philosophy. geometry forms in nature and industry, and museums lwhile in school he helped unwrap mum- miesb. He manages our senior play and other activities with Miss Terriere. In the past Mr. Thornton has been engaged in farming, photography, timekeep- ing for a construction company, and as a machinist. Mr. Arlie L. U'Brian, our teacher for six years, was originally a Hoosier, since he was born in Daviess County, Indiana. and attended the high school at Epsom. He received his A. B. degree from Indiana State Teachers, College of Terre Haute. Before coming to T. T. H. S. he taught six years in Indiana elementary schools and eight years in high schools: one at Strasburg, four in Stcwardson, and three in Shelbyville. Mr. U'Brian was at one time a rural mail carrier. He is interested in basketball, being an official of no little renown in this sport. HISTORY Mr. Russell W. Uliver spent his early life at Stockton, Illinois. where he went to school. He then lived for a time on a homestead in Wvoiilitig. enjoy- ing the adventures of the old, wild West. Mr. Oliver worked his way through the Universities of Chicago and Virginia, receiving his Ph. B. from Chicago. During the World War Mr. Oliver made a number of trans-Atlantic cruises while in the United States Navy. There is a rumor about school to the effect that he was the lightweight boxing champion of the Navy. He now considers golf his favorite hobby. Mr. 0liver's nominatives of address and continued Twenly-four