Hillsboro High School - Hiltop Yearbook (Hillsboro, IL)

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THE 1945 HILTOP ant! Gaim Little Miss Horner sits in her corner-and gives forth voluminous epics in American his- tory. Not only history of the past, but also the present and future. Mighty discussions take place in her classes. Students look for- ward to the days when they can participate in some of these royal discussions. Her civics class isn't left out either. Keeping busy isn't difiicult for Miss Horner because, besides these classes, she directs Junior-Senior Chorus on Monday. To keep those noisy girls quiet is quite an undertaking in itself. Then, too, she always has charge of the operetta in the spring of the year. Class, I do wish you would learn the diff- erence between Louis XIV and Magellan. I've explained them over and over, but listen againf' Sounds familiar, doesn't it? Mrs. McCall has taken over the modern, medie- val, and ancient history classes this year. Her history classes are quite large and they get a little wild at times, but she man- ages them somehow. Don't ask us how, though! Faculty 9 1421251 As We enter the class of industrial arts, we hear the familiar voice of Mr. Mey replying, Get back to your benches, and let's have it a little more quiet in here. Mr Mey, the first to teach the skill of mechanical drawing and carpentry in our community high school, has added his knowledge to the faculty for four consecutive years. He attended Milli- kin University at Decatur for five years where he obtained his B.S. degree. After leaving college, he obtained a job as an in- structor of industrial arts in a high school in West Virginia. He took the job here as in- structor of 'wood mechanics in 1941. Mr. Mey instructs his Hrst year students to draw and read blue prints for the Hrst semester, the second semester they start learning the trade of wood work. His second year stud- ents work on more skilled woodwork. Be- sides instructing classes, Mr. Mey contributes his skill to the high school by making many handy articles for general use in the school. His hobby is making violins, and he has been very successful in this. His first violin was displayed at the Chicago World's Fair. He has made two bass violins, one of which is in Paul Whiteman,s orchestra, the other in Benny Goodmanis orchestra. Lenich, Athey, Horner Mey I 15

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F aculty gngfidfz Busy is the word for her, teaching English I, advising freshmen, and directing the noisy Freshman-Soph- omore Girls' Chorus-that's Miss Beckemeyer. The sophomore boys all swooned when they saw their new English teacher, Miss Lemons. She is shy, yet very capable. Miss Bennett, a versatile teacher, knows her speech as well as English III, and what would the library be without her? Miss Manning gives to the juniors and seniors a keen knowledge of English, and her senior class play is always a hit. Whitten, Adams .fanguaged The efficient Mrs. Wingler certainly can teach the freshmen something new and differ- ent-Latin. She also has a second year class. Plus these, she takes charge of the Girls, Phy- sical Education classes and first hour study hall. To replace German, a new and more popu- lar language, Spanish, has been added to our curriculum this year. Mrs. McCall, who has studied extensively and taught a number of years elsewhere, makes a very competent teacher. 141 THE 1945 HILTOP Beckemeyer, Lemons, Manning Bennett A46-zkelftijiya Teaching plane and solid geometry, aero- nautics, trigonometry, being Hiltop ad- visor, assistant principal, and school treas- urer, Mr. Adams couldn't be guilty of loafing even if he wanted to. His students think a lot of him because he still remem- bers when he was a boy. Having taught in England for one year and having toured much of the continent of Europe, Miss Whitten has many intre- esting stories to tell. Besides teaching ele- mentary and advanced algebra, she is also dean of girls. Wingler, McCall

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Faculty THE 1945 I-IILTOP G 0411411467506 Commercial geography and arithmetic are semester subjects taught by Mr. Urbanscek. t'Hav- ing lived on a shoestring so long, I think I am well qualified to teach commercial arithmetic, ,quips Urbanscek. He gives frequent ten minute tests to awake the nap- pers. Mrs. Spotti is a newcomer this year, teaching bookkeeping argl typing I. Listening to the chat- chat of the bookkeeping and the pick-peck of the would-be typ- ists is enough to try anyones Spotti, Kilpatrick, Edwards nerves, but Mrs. Spotti takes it all in her stride. The first year shorthand class frequently hears Miss Edwards expostulating, How dia' you get to be juniors? In teaching the shorthand classes, typing II, and transcription, her pupils admit she knows her stuff V, Mrs. Kilpatrick, who taught here before her marriage, is helping out again this time as a substitute bookkeeping teacher. She is understanding and helpful to her students. We say, Bring on more substitutes like Mrs. Kilpatrick! nwadhwe For the eighteenth consecutive year, we are glad to have Mr. Orland as our instructor of ag- riculture. Because of his impressive ways of teaching, Mr. Orland is well-liked by all his students. He attended the University of Illinois for four years where he attained his B.S. degree. Before coming here, he taught agriculture in Assumption, Illinois, and, believe it or not, his hobby is farming! He teaches his first year stu- dents the turning of soil and the planting of crops. The pupils who take agriculture the second year learn the knowledge of animal hus- bandry. The third year is spent in learning about the kinds of trees and knowing different parts of farm machinery. We think Mr. Orland has proved he is a very capable instructor. Orland I 16 I