Bement High School - BIM Yearbook (Bement, IL)

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Dear T)iarv, Here ii is just a week before school starts. A new family has moved in next door and 1 soon found out that one boy, Homer, was to be in my class at school. I offered to show him around school and help him get acquainted. Today I took him over to register and to iron out a few of his problems. When we arrived at the school, we saw a group of men assembled around the table in the superintendent's office intent on what was evidently very serious business. I explained to Homer that this was the Hoard of Education, who give so freely of their time that we may have an ever-improving school. The members of this group are Mr. E. A. Stout, president, Mr. A. E. Hodman, secretary, both from Bement; Mr. Lynn Rainey7 and Mr. Clarence Lefever from Milmine; Mr. C. J. Tabaka, Mr. IT. E. Eckstein, and Mr. Russell Rodgers, from Ivesdale. After this meeting had adjourned, 1 introduced Homer to the new superintendent, Mr. Walter Slater, who was also to teach physics. Mr. A. E. Wehmeier, the assistant superintendent and math teacher, and Mrs. Max Moore, our secretary, were assisting Mr. Slater with last minute registrations. As soon as Homer had his schedule fixed up and was straightened out as to books, we took our leave. We met two teachers as we left the building. Mrs. S. C. Hammond, the commercial instructor, was in the typing room cleaning typewriters. Mr. L. A. Hodam, agriculture teacher, was in the shop checking the equipment. In the afternoon Homer voiced a wish to go out and see about starting football. Mr. Ray Smith, coach, and Mr. Wilson Day, assistant football coach and head basketball coach, were putting the boys through their paces. I told Homer he would meet these men again in the social science classes. Dear Diary, The first day of school! 1 took Homer to meet the rest of the teachers, lie met Miss Isabelle Houston, English instructor and librarian, and Miss Pearl Swaim, the Latin and English teacher. lie saw Mr. Taylor about getting into the band, lie also became acquainted with the new instructors about school—Miss Charlotte Lefever, a Bement Alum who is our home-ec teacher; Miss Ann Allen, who teaches girls’ voice and girls’ P. E.; and Mr. Albert Tucker, who started teaching science here this fall.