Fairbury Cropsey High School - Crier Yearbook (Fairbury, IL)

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Flanagan High School for three and one-half years and Minonk High School for one- half year. He entered Bradley Polytechnic Institute and received his A. B. degree in 1933; studied Dramatics and English at Bradley during the summer of 1935; took graduate work at the University of Illinois for two summers; and in the summer of 1937 studied Physical Education at Northwestern. He taught at Flanagan High School and came to Fairbury in 1936. His hobby is collecting old coins of historical or pecuniary value; ambition is to obtain his Doctor’s degree in American History, which he is at present working toward. Grace Whitford was born at Clayton. Illinois. She attended a country school near Clayton, and graduated from Camp Point High School, Camp Point, Illinois. She attended Western Illinois State Teacher’s College for two years. In 1921, she was awarded her A. B. degree from the University of Illinois. She is a member of the Kappa Delta Phi Honorary Scholastic Fraternity. She taught at Mendota, Illinois, from 1921 to 1925; at Eveleth, Minnesota, from 1925 to 1926; from there to Fairbury. Her hobby is travel. J. Dale Roberts was born at Ashmore, Illinois, in Coles County. He attended the elementary school at Ashmore; Tuscola High School, Tuscoia Illinois, and graduated from Oakland High School, Oakland, Illinois. His college education was received at James Millikin University, Decatur. Illinois. He joined both the Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Kappa Delta Chi fraternities. He has taught in Fairbury since 1934. His hobbies are lishing and hunting. Marjorie Kemple was born in Gibson City, Illinois, attended Gibson City grade school and Drummer High School in Gibson City. She attended James Millikin Uni- versity, University of Illinois, from which she earned her B. S. degree in 1927. She took up summer graduate work at University of Illinois for one summer and also at the University of Wisconsin for one summer. She taught at Saybrook, Melvin, and came to Fairbury in 1936. Her hobbies are plays and the theatre. Ivan A. Kortkamp was born at Moline, Illinois. His elementary schooling was received at the Horace Mann Grade School, Alton, Illinois. He obtained his B. M. Ed. degree from Augustana College in 1934. Graduate work at Illinois Wesleyan, summer of 1937. He taught two years in Wayland, Iowa, and in 1936 came to Fairbury Town- ship High School. His hobby is hunting. Last but by far not least, Miss Doris Lee’s native place was at La Hogue, Illinois. She graduated from Normal Community High School and received her B. Ed. degree in 1935 from the Illinois State Normal University; her M. S. degree from the Uni- versity of Illinois in 1937. She was a teacher at a rural school in Iroquois county for two years; at Greenup High School from September, 1936, until March, 1937, when she came to Fairbury. She is a member of both the Kappa Mu Epsilon Honor- ary Mathematics Fraternity and Kappa Delta Pi, Honorary Scholastic Fraternity. Eight The Crier » 1938

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Faculty History Herein an attempt is being made to show you how our faculty has spent most of their lives up to the present time. To begin with, our principal, A. C. Watson, was born at Mattoon, Illinois. He attended the Wabash Elementary School in Coles County, and graduated from the Mattoon High School. He attended the University of Illinois from 1920 to 1924, when he received his B. S. degree. In the summers of 1931 through 1934 he attended the University of Illinois and received his M. S. degree. During the school year 1924-1925 he taught social science at Toledo High School, To- ledo, Illinois. From 1925, through 1930, he was superintendent of schools at Toledo. Illinois, and from 1930-1934, he acted as superintendent of schools in Melvin, and has been principal at Fairbury Township High School since 1934. His hobbies are fishing and hunting and his ambition is travel. Kappa Phi Kappa. Phi Delta Kappa, both honorary educational fraternities. Next is line is Ralph D. Moore, whose home was in Watseka, Illinois. His grade school life was spent at a rural school near Watseka, at Onarga, Martinton and Gilman. He graduated from Gilman Community High School. He entered the University of Illinois and received his B. S. degree in 1932. He has spent three summers also at the University of Illinois. He taught at several rural schools in Iroquois County, for three years; at El Paso High School for one year, and in 1933 came to Fairbury. His chief hobby is photography. Miss Mary Elizabeth Sharp was born in East Towas, Michigan. Her elementary schooling was obtained at several different schools, namely: Jackson. Michigan; De- troit, Michigan; Milford, Michigan; and Warren, Rhode Island. She attended Warren, Rhode Island, High school, and graduated from Bowen High School, Chicago, Illinois. From there she went to Northwestern University, where she obtained her A. B. de- gree in June, 1917, and later her M. A. degree from Northwestern. Her first teaching days were spent in New Lyme, Ohio, where she taught for one year—until 1918. She was a member of Epsilon Alpha Epsilon. Then she came to Fairbury. Her outstand- ing hobby is music and she has done wonders with the violin. Roy C. Hamman was born in Monticello, Illinois. He attended Monticello Country School and graduated from the Bement Country School and the Bement Township High School. He attended Lincoln College at Lincoln for two years and received his B. S. degree from the University of Illinois in 1934. He studied athletics during the summer of 1934 at the University of Illinois, and graduate work in agriculture during the summer of 1937. He belongs to Alpha Tau Alpha. He taught one year at Ridg- way, Illinois, one year at Chenoa. Illinois, and came to Fairbury in 1936. His hobby is farming and his ambition is to become a farm manager of farm estates. Vangine Sieks was born in Peoria, Illinois. She attended the Sumner School from 1920-1927 and graduated from the Blaine Sumner School in 1928. Her high schooling was received at Manual Training High School in Peoria, Illinois. She attended Bradley Polytechnic Institute from 1932 to 1933. She received her B. Ed. degree in 1936 from Illinois State Normal University. She is a member of Pi Omego Pi. National Honor- ary Commercial Fraternity. She came to Fairbury in 1936. Her hobbies are sports a id books and her outstanding ambition is to become a surgical nurse. Burdell Smith was born at Flanagan, Illinois, attended the Flanagan grades, the Seven

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