Hillsboro High School - Hiltop Yearbook (Hillsboro, IL)

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FACULTY L. R. Adams, A.B. and MS. Plane Geometry, Solid Geometry, Trigonometry. Not only is he the first of the teachers by name, hut also he heads the list with his new ideas. I-Ie really doesn't try to influence us with thc-mg he just likes to express himself. I guess it's a good thing he does have new thoughts or this I-liltopw wouldn't be as is. Muriel Bennett, B.Ed. English I, Ancient Hixrory. The freshmen minds are broadened greatly and are introduced to this queer world by the tales of her many interesting experiences. They also learn that this is not a place of aint's hut of L'am's which is to some a very surprising thought. Alta Butz Typing I and Il, Boolaleceping. She works untiringly to impress upon our wandering minds that to add this column correctly and to hit those keys accurately, we must concentrate! She makes us feel we amount to something after all. Yes. after all our errorsl Helen Clark, AB. Latin I ana' II, Virgil and Cicero, Girl's Physical Educalion. She believes in going from one extreme to the otherfone minute she must tame down the wild young 'uns so that they can learn amo, amas. amat, etc. The next time you look she is trying to make us raise the roof yelling for our Teams, which seem to get along whether or no. J. B. Cox, BS. General Science, Clzemirtry. Imagine this! A man with enough patience to direct the restless mein- lvers of the hand through a not too successful practice early in rhe day, and is still calm enough eighth period to stand the shock of a waste paper basket filled with sulphur and something else jumping up before the eyes of several startled pupils. Fred Ewald, AB. Biology, Pbyricf, Boys' Physical Education. Ir takes braver , and I uess he has it, to lead a class on a Field tri Y S P some nice spring day when he must know they are not interested in either roots, or leaves but in other more important things-so they think. Joe Fearheiley, AB. General Science, Commercial Aritlrmelic, Commercial Geography, Coach. It takes a man to endure the ignorance of so many freshmen through- out the day, and in the evening to shape into a winning combination hun- dreds of pounds of flesh, then in the spring to change this wall of muscle into swift, fleet-footed runners. Ada Foster, BS. Fooalr, Clothing. Miss Foster is an excellent domestic science teacher because she herself gives a splendid recipe. Iym sure you should like a sample. Yes. she Hsalts her food with humor, peppers it with wit, and sprinkles over it the charm of fellowshipf' Wy

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3 jean, lVlcLean, secretary Her popularity of past years continues to grow. To everyone she is known as jean. She always wears a smile as she goes about her secretarial duties. An airplane would be of great help to her in delivering messages all over the building. Page eleven XV PRINCIPAL George M. Girhard, BS. Principal, Physics. He has a jolly disposition which is a good thing for us all. I wonder how many times he has heard us call him Skipper ? It seems as if every time we fondly refer to him as such, he pops around the corner with that broad smile upon his sunny counte- nance. We should also be glad that he wears that immense collection of keysg if he clidn't he would take us by surprise in some of the queerest occu- pations for a classroom or study hall you ever saw. In class it is remarkable how patient he can be with so many pupils who seem to be amazed by all that has been going on in this world without their having heard about it. If it were not for his jokes and tales about the Navy, I fear a cold wave would sweep over this building from those cold chunks of empty brains sitting in their chairs like bumps on a log. . ,s s 2 .Nt f Tl Q , gg

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julia Hancock Slvartlmna' I and Il. Since she has joined the Commercial Department she has won the love of everyone. She never tires in her efforts to teach us to make our short-- hand stroke just the right length. She is tall and striking with her pretty lilark hair. Ethel Horner, A.B. and B.M. U. S. Hi.rlory, Ci'rir,f. This is the woman who guides the seniors so that they will not fall down in their dignified exit from the building of learning. She also directs that grand musical production given each spring by the famous yodelcrs of tht- high school. Mary lVlanning, A.B. American Litemmre, English Lilemlure. Day after day, it's Authors, authors, who knows the authors which isn't just a game, and still she smiles with that twinkle in her eye! VUl fun she must have playing with those nice books, maps, and even houses e inake for her. Fred Orland, BS. Soil: and Cmpr, Animal Huybandry, Farm lwccbanicr. There must he present in his classes a second jack Benny if you can judge by the hilarity accompanied by the loud haw-haws issuing from those lower regions: but just try throwing a book across his study hall, and you'll soon discover that you're supposed to be stirring those brains instead. Eileen Powers, B.S.Ed. English II, American Literalure. She has entered into this new routine and has taken her part in this great program of livingg she has endured very well under the strain of seeing and trying to check this swarming mob. We do hope we haven't frightened her too much. Louis Rademacher, A.B. and M.A. Genmm I and ll, M. ana' M. Hirlory, Ancient Hirlary. Few teachers can get their students to sing in Englishg here's one that can persuade them to sing in any language with which they are not well acquainted. I doubt if some know just what the theme of the ballad is. This isnlt his only accomplishmentg look around and you'll see. Agnes Reed Affiffillll lu Nlirx Faster. Here is to Miss Agnes who has so much feeling for our 'latremptsu at cookery , a smile for every cake success, a tear for those broken dishes, a consolation for th it souffle which fell, and huge encouragement for every success, Myrtie Whitten, A.B. and M.A. Aigebm 1, Arlkvtrnred Algebra, Economicr. She teaches us when we are green and then again when we are so ad- vanced. I wonder what her opinion is? Besides teaching she has a small family to look after-just several hundred girls. And to think that in our fourth year she can still smile at us. Page thirteen