Casey High School - Flame Yearbook (Casey, IL)

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CONTENTS CLASSES ORGANIZATIONS ATHLETICS ACTIVITIES

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STAFF ARTHUR SIDWELL WILMA GRANT....... CLYDE STALEY...... GARRISON BURR.... ZOE SHAWVER ...... NORMA WALLING . . GEHL GARRETT ..... ALICE BURR ....... ROBERT BELL ...... ELNA ETNIRE ...... PHILIP EMRICH..... CHRISTINE DEVERICK MILDRED McFARLING ............Editor-IrvCFiief ............Assistant Editor ......... Business Manager Assistant Business Manager ...............Organizations ...............Organizations ..................SnapsFiots ................... Calendar ...................... Humor ...................... Humor ......................Sports ......................Typist ............Assistant Typist

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Casey High School HISTORY OF CASEY TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL There have been many changes in the Casey High School since it was organized in 1892. when a class of three students was graduated. Little by little it has become better organized, with a larger attendance, larger teaching force, better buildings and better equipment, until today we have one of the most modern and outstanding high schools in the state. The Casey Township High School was established in December, 1915. Its territory is composed of all of Casey township in Clark county and Districts 4 and 5 in Cumberland county. The Board of Education was elected in January, 1916, and bonds to the amount of seventy thousand dollars were voted in March of the same year for the construction of a building. Work on the new building was started in March, 1917, and so rapidly did the work progress that it was fully equipped and ready for occupancy in September, 1918. The high school academic building is a beautiful structure of brick and stone which adds materially to the beauty of the city and surrounding country. In the academic building we have a large gymnasium 72 feet long, 54 feet wide, and 18 feet high, with a seating capacity of 1.000. The equipment of the C. T. H. S. building is modern throughout. The building is steam heated and ventilated with the fan system, which insures an abundance of fresh air at all times. Rells throughout the building, regulated by a master clock in the principal’s office, ring automatically. Although the graduates were always given liberal credit for work done here, we were not fully accredited with the University of Illinois until 1922. Since that time we have maintained our high standing and now the school is a recognized. accredited member of the North Central Association. Our graduates are readily admitted to the University of Illinois and other schools of equal rank, without examination. Our school has grown by leaps and bounds; in 1916 the enrollment was 60. while in 1926 and '27 our students numbered more than 400. The vocational subjects — cooking, sewing, manual training, agriculture, and commercial work -were offered for the first time in 1918. At that lime, the Faculty consisted of 10 members. Since then the curriculum has been greatly enlarged; the Faculty now consists of 16 members and a librarian. Casey is very proud of the new vocational building erected in the fall of 1927 and early part of 1928 at a cost of $110,(XX1. It contains vocational class rooms and one of the largest gymnasia of any school in the state. The contract for the building was let May 13, 1927, and the actual construction began about the middle of June. This new building is made of the very best of Hytex brick which was shipped from Brazil. Indiana. The gymnasium, surrounded by bleachers on three sides and an enormous stage in the fourth side, has been the scene of many basketball tournaments. Since the construction of the new gym, the Eastern Illinois League basketball tourney has been held here every year and the district tournament, every year except one. Casey was also very fortunate in having the honor to hold the sectional tournament here in 1933. This new gymnasium has a very large seating capacity. The built-in seats will accommodate 3,500 people, and for stage performances chairs are placed on the gym floor which is always protected with a large canvas so that 4,500 people are able to obtain seats. The size of the entire floor is 91 feet by 65 feet, and of the playing floor, 87 feet by 50 feet. Elevated at the west side of the gymnasium is the officials’ box. Here, the officials operate the new, modern, electric scoreboard and timekeeping device combined. We have received many compliments on our new gym since it has been built. Many remark that it is the finest gym which they have ever seen. Besides the gymnasium, the following are included in the new vocational building: A large manual training room including the following new equipment—New Oliver “8” jointer, doweling machine, Century motors on two lathes and grinder, cabinet clamps, 12 mechanical drawing instrument sets, and many new hand tools; two domestic science rooms with all new equipment including 18 hotplates, a new refrigerator, cooking utensils and a dining room in addition to the regular cooking and sewing laboratories; an agriculture room including new tables and chairs, a new milk tester, cabinet, and other minor improvements; coach’s room; two lockers; and a I 9 ]