Casey High School - Flame Yearbook (Casey, IL)

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The Flame of 1934 music room. All lockers and showers room have terrazzo floors. In 1932, $1,000 was spent for shrubbery and landscaping which made a very picturesque campus al out the vocational and academic buildings. Casey has a notable string of victories to its credit. In the spring of 1926, the school won first place in music and literary contest, first in county chorus contest, first in the tennis tournament of the Eastern Illinois High School League, and first in the triangular track meet with Robinson and Marshall. The basketball team of 1925-,26 won first place in the county and district tournaments and third place in the sectional meet. First place in the state typing contest was won by Hilda Dehl. who was sent to New York City in October. 1926, and returned as winner of the World’s School Championship and the Alfred E. Smith trophy. When the winners of the yearbooks contest were announced, the 1926 Casey Flame won second place in the state contest and was rated in I he second class of the Central Interscholastic Press Association contest. The 1927 Flame won honorable mention in the high school division in the Illinois College Annual Association contest at Millikin University. The school paper, The Broadcaster, won distinguished rating in the 1927 Illinois State High School Press Association. At the close of both the 1926 and 1927 football seasons, Casey was awarded the Wabash Valley championship. In 1927. Casey won second place in the Eastern Illinois League basketball tourney. In 1928, the Casey basketball team won the district tournament held at Paris, and the next year we won championship in the Girls’ Invitational Tennis Tournament, in the Eastern Illinois League Doubles Tennis Tournament, and in the Clark County Literary Meet. In 1930, Casey walked away with the following trophies: The Wabash Valley Preliminary Basketball Tournament, Eastern Illinois League Tennis Tournament, and several other first and second places. In 1931-’32. Casey added the following to her list of victories: Wabash Valley football champion, Clark county doubles tennis championship, county literary meet, and the county basketball championship. Besides winning the county basketball tournament in 1933, Casey won first p’ace in Eastern Illinois League mixed chorus, and the county literary meet. Already in 1934, Casey has won the Clark county basketball tournament and expects to add many more victories to her list before the year is over. The construction of a cinder track for Casey High School was begun January 5th. as a CWA project, No. 2645, Clark county. Twenty-live men were assigned to this project to work under an appropriation of $2,855 from the federal government plus $310 from the local high school. This total of $3,165 was to cover both labor and materials. The delays due to frozen ground necessitated a supplement to the original project. This supplement was granted February 24th for $1,351, which amount will cover the completion of the track. The local expense was also increased to $395, thus making the entire project carried to completion by May 1st, require the federal grant of $4,206 and a local appropriation of $396, or a total cost of $4,602 for the cinder track. The track is ideally located around the practice football playing field, being a quarter-mile track around. In addition, it has a 150-yard straight-away along the west side. The track is constructed so as to give approximately 100-yard straight-away along the north and south sides and 50-yard straight-away along the east side in addition to the 150-yard straight-away along the west side. The curves possess a 100 foot radius. The inside of the track is edged by a three-inch concrete curb set 16 inches in the ground, which makes it an official record track. Cinders are laid 10 inches deep, consisting of about six inches of coarse, three inches of screened, and one inch of sifted soft coal ash. The track is underlaid with a six-inch farm drain tile down the center for drainage. The construction of the track was under the supervision of C. P. Coffey, CWA engineer; Arthur Oakes, foreman; J. B. Buckler, supervisor, and Dr. I. W. Lee and H. M. Jones, committee from the Board of Education. It was dedicated April 21st by the county track meet. Signed by: Gic 111, Garrett. Witness: Christine Deverick. I 101

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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 ]

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Casey High School Now the ( real campus which has rested lonely els fallow ( round throughout the summer days, Welcomes the swift, returning feet, blit only Circs her rare smile to those who lore her ways: f 11 1