Hillsboro High School - Hiltop Yearbook (Hillsboro, IL)

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THE 1945 HILTOP Faculty .-,Fame gcannmioi Warden and Attebery Graduating from Millikin University at Decatur in June with a B.S. degree, Miss Attebery is very up-to-date with her teaching. Since she is so tiny in stature, it is necessary to take a second glance to tell whether she is student or teacher. The girls in the sewing classes are often asked, Are you sure your bobbins are in right? or Please, no chewing gum. There are about seventy girls taking the home economics course this year. This is the largest class we have had for several years. Skirts and blouses were made early in the fall, and they had to have an outside pro- ject completed before Christmas. As the young seamstresses progressed into the second semester they each made a dress and presented a style show for the Woman's Club and P.T.A. The cooking class canned a variety of fruits and vegetables at the beginning of school. As the girls learn to serve as well as cook, they assist Miss Reed in the cafeteria at the noon hour which is useful experience for them as well as being helpful to her. The different classes entertain each other and they also invite outside guests. The girls helped serve at the Farm Bureau Banquet, at the Country Club, and at several other occasions. Besides being advisor of Home Economics Club, Miss Attebery is also Junior Sponsor. ai Menghini Green, D. Grassel, Darrah Mehochko Spinner, D. Redman ' Boliard Madge T171

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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

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Iuniors Fearheiley Gmac! Science Between the two of them, Mr. Urbanscek and Mr. Fearheiley do a superb job of teach- ing the freshmen their science. And since the course is required, they consider them- selves lucky to have such teachers. In Mr. Urbanscek,s class, it seems, there is always something cooking. His timely wisecracks keep the class in a jovial, friendly mood. Students look forward to the days on which they have lab, thus getting a chance to fill in their slightly behind-the-datev note- books. Whereas in Coach Fearheiley,s class, the students resemble a lot of mice because they are always CPD so quiet, except, of course, when his presence is required at games, and then a rare old time is had by all. Coach Fearheiley keeps his class scratching at their heads by his frequent tests. Lab experiments relieve the monotony of the regular class periods. Between the two of them, the freshmen should find them- selves knowing a little more than some- thing at the end of the term. flfil THE 1945 HILTOP Scienced of great i11ftp01ft:z11Ce 6111061328 . . whether in war or Peace . . . efazaa, There are two classes of biology, one un- der Mr. Urbanscek and one under Mr. Cox. To the students, the amazing revelations in biology become more complicated. For in- stance, do you know why plants turn their faces toward the sun and students turn theirs toward the clock? Mr. Urbanscek shows his sincere interest in the subject by doing experiments in his home which cor- respond to the current ones in the class. Perhaps the most harried teacher in H.C. H.S. is Mr. Cox. Hurrying back from the bedlam of band the first hour, he delves into his first class of biology the third hour. Mr. Cox is teaching biology for the third year. This was his major in college. Urbanscek