Casey High School - Flame Yearbook (Casey, IL)

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Biography. A card catalogue which is placed in the library is a great help to both students and librarian in finding the books. From 8 a. m. to 4 p. m. a large number of students can be found in the library looking up references on every subject, and supervised by Miss Retha Miller, our very efficient librarian and secretary. The following subjects are offered in C. T. H. S.: English—Four years. Public speaking—One year. Journalism—One-half year. Business English—One-half year. History, including ancient, medieval, modern and American—One year each. Mathematics, including algebra, plane geometiy—One year each. Advanced algebra and solid geometry—One-half year each. Science, including general science, biology, chemistry and physics—One year each. Latin—Four years. French—Two years. Manual training—Two years. Agriculture—Three years. Music—Two years. Cooking—One year. Sewing—One year. Typewriting—Two years. Shorthand—Two years. Bookkeeping—One year. Commercial geography and commercial arithmetic—One-half year each. Boys’ physical education-—Four years. Girls’ physical education—:Four years. Art—One year. Page twenty ‘

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Basketball Tournament but was not formally dedicated until completed in every respect. This new gymnasium has a very large seating capacity. The built-in seats accommodating 2,500 people and with additional bleachers it seats 3,500. For stage performances, with chairs placed on the gym floor 4,500 persons are able to obtain seats. The size of the playing floor proper is 50 feet by 86 feet. The domestic science, domsetic art, agriculture, manual training and music departments are to be housed in the new building. Elevated at the w;est side of the gymnasium is the officials box. Here, the officials operate the new, modern, electric score board and time-keeping device combined. On the west side of the stage are the girls’ locker and shower rooms. The boys occupy the locker and shower rooms on the east side of the stage. All locker and shower rooms have terrazzo floors. Another department in Casey Township High School that we can be proud of is our library established at a cost of $1,500 in October, 1921, by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Yeager as a memorial to their son, Leon Grant Yeager. Every year the school board has added more books and magazines until at present our library comprises 1,800 volumes covering all fields of science, religion, sociology, biography, literature and history. There are 500 books for special use in English, 400 for history, 150 on social sciences and 125 on science, mathematics forty, music thirty, besides the fiction group. In addition to fifteen reference magazines, including Literary Digest, Outlook, Asia, World Work, Time, Review of Reviews, National Geographic, Musical Courier, Bookman, etc., there are many general magazines received regularly. In the newspaper files you will find the Chicago Tribune and various school and college papers. The books have recently been arranged according to the Dewey Decimal System. In this system the books are separated into ten classes numbered as follows: (XXJ-099—General works: Dealing with no particular subject, such as encyclopedias. newspapers, etc. 1(X)-199—Philosophy: Psychology, ethics, etc. 200-299—Religion : Christian and non-Christian beliefs. 300-399—Sociology: Government, economics, law, education, etc. 400-499—Language : Readers, grammars, dictionaries, etc. 500-599—Science: Mathematics, astronomy, geology, botany, etc. 600-699—Useful arts: Medicine, engineering, home economics, etc. 700-799—Fine arts: Architecture, needlework, painting, etc. 800-899—Literature: Poems, drama, and essays in all languages. 900-999—History: Travel, history of all countries and ages. Travel: In all countries. Page twenty-two

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COURSE OF STUDY BY YEARS FIRST YEAR Elective Subjects: Music I Ancient Histroy Latin I Manual Training I Agriculture I Sewing SECOND YEAR Modern History Latin II Biology Cooking Music II Agriculture II Manual Training II Physical Education Art THIRD YEAR English III Modern History Music II Chemistry Latin III French I Commercial Arithmetic Commercial Geography Typewriting I Shorthand I Farm Mechanics Solid Geometry Advanced Algebra Physical Education Art FOURTH YEAR Physics Civics Economics Latin IV French II Typewriting II Shorthand II Bookkeeping Physical Education Art English IV or Public Speaking or Business English American History English II Plane Geometry Required Subjects: Algebra I English I General Science Physical Education—Boys Physical Education—Girls Page twenty four