Hoopeston High School - Picayune Yearbook (Hoopeston, IL)

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Drivers Training made its debut at john Greer this year. This training which is sponsored by the Chicago Motor Club and the American Auto Association is something new all over the country and john Greer is among the first schools in the state to add it to their curriculum. The course requires a semester's work and a half credit is given for satis- factory completion. Glenn Brasel, instructor of the course, had special training before he was allowed to teach the students. A new Chevrolet was furnished by the sponsors as a training car for the course. Sixteen students enrolled each semester and they are all agreed that this is one of the most practical courses a high school could offer. CSNXC9 The Industrial Arts Club was organized for the first time at john Greer in l947. Membership is open to all students enrolled in any industrial subject. The activities of the club are related to the acquisition of industrial information by means of movies, talks by men from the industrial plants in the city, and visits to the local factories. Nearly all of the boys who take mechanical drawing, shop, and manual training belong to the club since they can profit by seeing and hearing about the industries in which they will probably work in later years. Since this club was just formed last year, it has just got a good start, but will expand in future years, The officers of the club are Lloyd Powers, president, Gene Myers, vice- president, Bob Merritt, secretary, and the Sponsor is Mr. Kramer. UIQ CHIT CHAT is the official grapevine system of john Greer. lt contains all the delicious bits of gossip, amateur writing and adapted stories that the staff can scrape to- gether. Each issue has an attractive cover drawn by a member of the staff. Selected boys and girls of the week appear in every copy. Included this year is an added attraction, the life story of a band leader or other famous person. The entire work of publication is done by the staff during spare time. Stories must be typed, stenciled, mimeographed, sorted and then stapled, For the first semester Marilyn Griner was editor. ln the second semester, Pauline Coop took over the reins. TH: PXCAYUNE PAGE 27

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One of the greatest teams ever produced at john Greer rolled through the season unde- feated, collecting 27 wins and scoring l46l points. These 27 wins included l9 scheduled games, the Christmas tournament and the county tournament. The john Greer team not only became county champions, but also won the Vermilion County conference champion- ship. This year's team received state-wide rec- ognition by several Chicago Tribune and Daily News writeups and being rated among the top l5 by the United Press. Four returning lettermen from last year's team and Coleman from Georgetown, consti- tuted Coach Astroth's first five. The quintet, composed of Captain Herb Neathery and Cloud as the high scoring forewards, Coleman as a sharpshooting center, and Martin and Trimble as the great guard combination, were threat- Tm-: Prczwunr: 3rd Row-Linn, G. Gossett, McFarland, Finley, Saffell. 2nd row-Echard, Arnold, Trimble, Meyers, Yoakum. lst row-Coleman, Martin, Neathery, Cloud, Liz. ened only once during the entire season. The seven substitutes proved themselves able to hold their own, upon substitution in most of the games. The john Greer team surpassed last year's record in several ways. First of all comes this year's undefeated record, more points were scored this year, the county tournament was won, and also the ability that won them a berth among the top l5 teams of the state, as re- corded by the United Press. john Greer won the Regional Tourney and defeated Onarga Military before suffering the only loss of the season, to Champaign, in Sec- tional play. Coach Campbell's reserves compiled 9 wins and 8 losses. The reserves were played liberally, with all of the squad seeing action. PAGE 29