Argenta Oreana High School - Pilot Yearbook (Argenta, IL)

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FACULTY V. D. Amacher (Principal) Mr. V. D. Amacher has been principal and a teacher at A. C. H. S. since 1929. He came the recond year the building was in use and succeeded Mr. H. J. Gawthorne. Having acquired his college education at the University of Illinois, he received a B. S. degree in 1927 and a M. S. degree in 1931. During Mr. Amacher's service here, our high school has become fully accredited by the North Central Association and the University of Illinois. A new agriculture building has been added, our home economics room has been remodeled, and a new commercial department established. Mr. Amacher has been anxious to build up our school with a well-trained faculty and he has worked successfully with the school board in accomplishing this goal. TEACHERS Mrs. Francis I. Freeman, B.S. Latin, English, and Chorus Central College University of Missouri. James O. Edmonson, B.S. in Ed. Algebra I II, Geometry, Trigonometry Southern Illinois Normal University University of Illinois Miss Mary B. Jacobson, B.S. Home Ec. I, II, and III University of Illinois James R. Hildebrand, B. of Ed. Sociology, Biology, Phy. Ed., Coaching Illinois State Normal University New York University Mrs. Margaret Weaver B.A. and M.A. English, Dramatics, History, Phy. Ed. University of Illinois Northwestern University Miss Dorothy L. Finger, B.S. Typing I II, Bus. Training, Bookkeeping, and Shorthand University of Illinois Mr. Robert Kramer Band Murray State Teachers’ College Millikin