Champaign High School - Maroon Yearbook (Champaign, IL)

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Miss Gresham who serves as chairman of the department, has been a member of the teaching staff since 1920. She teaches English literature and advanced rhetoric. and is now engaged in working out an en- tirely new program based upon the litera- ture of the world. She attended the Uni- versity of Illinois Where she received A.B. and A.M. degrees. Miss Kaden is a graduate of the Univer- sity of Michigan, holding both an A.B. and an A.M. degree. In addition to teach- ing advanced rhetoric, and sophomore English, she is in charge of all student test- ing, and is regarded as an authority in pre- paring charts and graphs. She came to Miss Clelia Harland and Mrs. .Iessica Clark senior high in 1929. I-Ier principal hobby and recreation is riding. Miss Weed, teacher of rhetoric, gram- mar, American literature, and English N, is a graduate of Knox college with a B.S. degree. She received a master's degree at the University of Illinois after coming to CHS in 1927. Also arriving that year was Miss Harding who teaches sophomore English, and English literature. Miss Hard- ing, one of the -perennial chaperones and assistants at all school parties, is likewise a stalwart of the Business and Professional Women's club. She received a B.A. degree from Greenville college, doing advanced work at the University of Illinois to com- plete a master's. Miss Amy Beach not only teaches American Literature and grammar, but she is also active in school affairs, sponsoring , 1 Mr. Mendel Riley The Maroon Miss Vera Kaden. Miss Nell Zehner, Miss Frances Weed, Miss Leola Harding, Mrs. Amy Turrell Cretiredj and Miss Nina Gresham the National Honor Society, but is an elected junior class sponsor. She, too, holds an M.A. degree and a record of 27 years' service at CHS. Miss Nell Zehner, who teaches English N, is a graduate of the Eastern Illinois State Teachers' College, and the University of Illinois, holding both B. of Ed. and M.A. degrees. Although Miss Zehner has been with the senior high staff only since 1941, she has capably managed the Student Council during that time. Speech, dramatics, and English N courses are under the direction of Miss Stuart who, an alumna of senior high. received the degrees of Miss Bonnie Lewis and Miss Marion Stuart B.S. and M.S. at the University of Illinois. She came to CHS in 1934. In addition to sponsor- ing Wig and Paint, and the National Thespians troupe, she is a member of Zeta Phi Eta-na- tional women's speech organization, and Phi Epsilon Delta-honorary dramatics fraternity. The door to mathematics is unlocked by a quartet of teachers made up of Miss Opal Cun- ningham, Mr. William Clark, Mr. Clarence Fuqua, and Mr. Ralph McBride. Miss Cunningham became a member of the faculty in 1926 with plane geometry as a spe- cialty. She holds an A.B. degree earned at Colo- rado University, and a master's degree from the 29

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FACULTY REEDOM is a heritage that forms the cornerstone of the American way of life. It is a priceless gift from a band of patriots who never Wavered in their search of an ideal. They found it in America. We of the present can accept that her- itage only if we understand and search for it. It becomes an inherited treasure if and when we know how to open the various doors behind which it is hidden. fWithout that knowledge, we are as im- prisoned as if the doors did not exist.j Each member of our faculty stands beside a door, ready to open it for those who desire the freedom which true knowledge brings. We know them as friends-they have proved it times without number. At the door which leads to knowl- edge over the avenue of English may be found Miss Nina Gresham, Miss Amy Beach, Miss Leola Harding. Miss Nelle Zehner, Miss Frances Weed, Miss Vera Kaden and Miss Marion Stuart. 28 EHAFFEE IRST to extend a helping hand to the in- coming student-and the invariable friend to one and all when knotty problems must be untwisted-Miss Eleanor Chaffee wears the undisputed crown of popularity when boys and girls express their innermost hearts. As vice-principal. she fills a difficult role. adjusting the individual class schedules. keeping the records. and serving as the sec- ond in command in maintaining school discipline. But with it all she never fails to counsel wisely and with understanding sympathy. She can never reckon in numbers the loads she has lightened or the inspiration she has so unstintedly given. SEERETARIES ECRETARIES and oflice summons slips are inti- mately connected, and for that reason. both Mr. Dillman and Miss Attebury are rather well known to many senior high students. Blessed with a sense of humor, they blend well with high school life. The Maroon

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Miss Nellie Bates, Mr. Glenn Tilbury. and Miss Edna Meadows University of Illinois. She is intensely interested in sports and is always found at the ticket booth of every home ath- letic event. In addition to teaching, Miss Cunningham presided over the tenth study hall during 1944-45 where stu- dents were obliged to spend make-up time for infraction of school rules. Mr. Clark is a graduate of Bradley college at Peoria, likewise holding a master's degree from the University of Illinois. He returned to senior high this year after a leave of absence to serve in the U. S. army. He teaches all algebra courses offered. as well as solid geom- etry and trigonometry. He came to CHS in 1927. Mr. Fuqua joined the CHS faculty in 1925, attending the University of Illinois to complete work for a master's degree While carrying on his work as a teacher. Intensely interested in flying, Miss Eleanor Cook, Miss Essie LeSure, Miss Beulah Swigart, and Miss Amy Beach 30 he teaches aeronautics as well as math- ematics N, business arithmetic, geom- etry. and trigonometry. Mr. McBride, a graduate of Southern Illinois Normal University, and is a member of the commercial staff as well as mathematics, holds a master's degree from the University of Illinois. He came to CHS in 1942 from Davis, Illi- nois, where he served as superintendent of schools. At the doors to knowledge in history, Miss Iva Still and Mr. E. O. Bottenfield preside. Both are outstanding authorities on United States history, and every student who attends CHS is enrolled in classes taught by one or the other of these two teachers before earning a diploma. Miss Mrs. Helen Stark and Miss Lucille Stansell Still is active in the local D. A. R. and a number of University of Illinois or- ganizations, in addition to the regular school Work. Mr. Bottenlield is a for- mer principal at the Sparta. Illinois, high school, and is active in church work as well as teaching. Two other teachers, Miss Helen Jenista and Mrs. Hulah Smith. make up the social studies department, the former in charge of the classes in sociology and world history. and the latter teaching economics and geography. At the door of languages. Miss El- eanor Cook is in charge of the French classes, Miss Essie LeSure teaching Latin, Miss Swigart, Spanish, and Miss Beach, German. Miss Cook is also a graduate of the senior high school, attending the Uni- versity of Illinois for advanced degrees The Maroon