Hononegah High School - Mack Yearbook (Rockton, IL)

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Modernization of the Camp This year, due to various reasons, chief of which were the rubber shortage and the governments request to stress physical education. in- terscholastic basketball and track were eliminated from the schedule. In their place was substituted a. physical education program which consumed the energy of three teachers and the expense that would have been used by interscholastic athletics. This program required some new gymnastical equipment including six mats for wrestling and tumbling, a set of wands for exercises, a climbing rope, a horizontal bar to build strong biceps. and finally a set of trapeze rings suspended from the ceiling. All these were added to our gym to Pro- mote Uncle Sam's Utoughening up pr oce-ss. Also added in the athletic de- partment were the regulation fanshapeevd bankboards, a new archery set, and a new shuffleboard set. Along the educational side of 'the picture, additions included around S100 worth of equipment in the Science Department. Our library has been enlarged and enriched by the purchase of many of the more recent novels and best sellers. - Improvements on the building proper have been numerous. The whole interior was redecorated during the summer of '42-the predominating colors being green and buff. A new roof was Put over part of the build- ing. In the boys' showers a more sanitary floor was constructed and new lockers were installed. Although war is upon us, we in Hononegah are not suffering from lack of sufficient educational equipment. This probably is not the case in many schools in foreign countries-if there are schools remaining at all. We have much in America to be thankful for. ...3..

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Saluting The Commander in Chief And His Cabinet

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Ar-med Service Training Young men and women in the high schools of today are the foun- dation upon which Will be built a better generation of tomorrow. To face this burden takes courage. determination, and, above all, an educated mind to work out. what might seem at the moment, the im- possible . Education means training the mental and moral powers, eith- er by a system of study and discipline or by the experiences of life. In all the high schools- of America, boys and girls are taught' com- mercial subjects to help them in later life. Our own school has given its every effort to prepare its students for the years that they must look forward to. The boys' shop course enables them to learn unlimited beneficial points in the care of machinery. proper handling of all tools, neatness in work, and preservation of materials, which, in these days, are almost im- possible to replace. Home economics, economics clubs, and home management for girls beach them what must be done for future homes to make them liveable, cheerful, and beautiful. Food studies, dressmaking, personal grooming, and countless other useful things are those which must be taught for the benefit of the future school children of America . Subjects such as science, physics, geometry. and algebra train scien- tific minds in the fields which they feel they prefer to follow. No one can ever study too much . Education is something to be proud ofg and everyone, no matter how intelligent he might be, needs a cer- tain amount of training to become a good citizen. Always remember, The hopeless takes but a little while, the impos- sible takes a few minutes longer. ...9..