East Peoria Community High School - Epoch Yearbook (East Peoria, IL)

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her guidance they take down as many as 120 words per sixty seconds - Ugh! Too fast for this Indian! Mr. Bucher teaches the art of how to keep track of those troublesome figures - balance, credit, etc. He also excels in the study of bartering - business training, some call it. By the way, have you that house built yet, Mr. Bucher? Yes, our commercial department is one of the best. Hello Ben - ahem, Mr. Propeck, your hair is darker than it used to be, isnlt it? What are those weird sounds coming from your class - rotation, revolution? Oh, you call it science? I see. My nose is twitching, is yours? Let's trace that quaint odor. Gets Worse, doesn't it? Mr. Smith, youlll have to give this poor visitor a glass of HZO. These fumes of sulphur were too much. Better now? Living as we do, we Indians must know all about nature, and, Miss Bevis, will you answer a question that's been bothering the ubugology students? You say a worm has five pairs of hearts? Well, what under the earth happens when he falls in love? ' Just a moment, Miss Memler, where are you going so fast? Forty mile speed limit, you know. Was it to see about QM Mr. Propeck Mr. Smith Miss Bevis ff , in a date on the calendar of the student council dance, or data for the EPOCHP Oh, both! Now that's a counselor who is really busy. She teaches a most in- teresting class in U. S. History, Civics, and Economics, too. lt's a widely known aim of her pupils to get off of the sub- -11-

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B Miss Schroeder there, is partial to braves and American authors. Now then - whatis that QU laughter com- ing from tepee 302? One of the typi- cal students of Mrs. Harris giving an informative dissertation on a favorite 'topic - Womens Hatsf, If this weren't a free country lid - Now, if you had come at another time, you might have viewed her senior English or journalism class -- she directs plays, too. RL Step right in here, please. Mr. King and Mr. DuBois, our authorities on how x equals two, not to mention simple math, or the more complicated study of geometry. Yes, Mr. King, I don't question it at all - some form of math is used in every occupation. And now, let's get down to busi- ness. Just look at that busy Brave typing class! They never U1 watch their flying Dj fingers, do they? One thing sure, they learn to think for themselves, don't they, Miss Winchell? Mr. DuBois .M Mr. King , XXV Miss Winchell f Miss Murray Mr. Bucher r 1 iifx' Woops, one weary Brave has just start- ed his letter over for the third time - we'd better move on - now under- stand that doesn't happen very often, no sir. In the afternoon you'll see white sheets instead of yellow in the flying finger machines, Miss Murray will be instructing second year typing. Come into this other room. Let's see what sheis doing now. Yes, it does look like hen scratching but it isn't. Under in 54.11 - -' i Lf3f fZ'fX!

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low s by ,lvl i ject onto current events, but Whether We realize it or not, we cover the same material in our text anyway. And now who is this standing by the flap of her tepee greeting you with her gracious smile? The neat, pretty Miss Leavitt. Yes, she teaches World History and Community Civics. Straighten up your shoulders and brush yourself off, We're on our Way to see Miss Freidheim, Dean of Girls. Miss Freidheim teaches the girls how to sew And how to make their clothes, Now this certainly ought to help Ask cz mawied man, he knows. Miss Edds, the keeper of the pan- try, teaches another practical subject, foods. We can testify that the bits of Miss Memler Miss Leavitt Miss Freidheim Miss samples that We glean on the sly are dehnite promises of great future cooks trained by our nutrition specialist. Do you want' to see our famous machine shop? Mr. Daugaard is al- ways as busy as a bee making all the wheels go around. He makes real me- chanics of our boys and do they work and love it? We'll say they do. Mr. Panish? Oh, he isn't teaching Physical Education any more, he's train- ing the boys to keep Ht in order to beat the Japs. There's an assembly go- ...12...