Illinois Valley Central High School - Sequence Yearbook (Chillicothe, IL)

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The Science Club was organized at the beginning of the year with the help of Mr. Parvin. The two projects for the year were microscopic work and photography. Bill Bawcombe and Dan Daugherty made an enlarger which was very successful. They have now gone into the business of developing pictures. Walt Stephenson brought some old glass plates showing pictures of Chillicothe in 1890. Prints were made from these plates. Through the courtesy of Kendall Oil Company, Mr. Crutchfield showed us moving pictures of the air races, boat races and the burning of the Hindenburg. 15

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FRESHMEN A. Placher, D. Medina, R. Stephenson, W. Sager, R. Rose, W. Reed, W. Watkins, B. Vonk, W. Sarver, F. Welch. J. Pappas, I. Wishall, P. Wishall, M. Underwood, M. Mattice, W. Shepard, P. Shepard. 1. Mason, B. Olson, 1. Windaugh, J. Todd, P. Wells, D. Herriman, F. Reed. The staff of the yearbook wishes to remind the read- ers of Jake Webber—who was a member of the class of ’38 —and have placed his name here before the list of activi- ties, of which he was an ardent devotee. We pay our re- spects to a friend and classmate, Jacob Webber. 14

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COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT The commercial department is one of the largest departments in the school. There are nearly ninety students enrolled, and many of these are taking three different commercial subjects. Although there are still approximately two months of school at this writing, several of the students have already made the speed require- ments in shorthand for the year. The following students have successfully passed their 60-word tests in shorthand: Jeanette Ransom, Kathryn Stewart, Nadine Dillow. In the beginning typing classes several of the students are able to write with a net speed of fifty or more words per minute. Others are writing with a speed of forty or more. In the advanced shorthand class the following students earned 100- word certificates in the month of February: Helen Boehle, Louise Hart, Marjorie Lynds, June McCullough, Margie Wilhelm, Mary Jane Mc- Kibben, Marjorie Mead, Virginia Routh, Janet Staab, and Deloris Mullen. Since then these students have also achieved the higher goal of 120 words per minute: Louise Hart, Marjorie Lynds, June McCullough, Margie Wilhelm, Helen Boehle, Marjorie Mead, Virginia Routh, and Mary Jane McKibben. Most of the others are near this goal and will perhaps reach it before the end of the year. At the present writing, Louise Hart, in the advanced typing class, has received an award of superior merit for writing with five or less errors for a period of ten minutes at 64 words per minute. The following have received 50-word competent typist pins: Helen Boehle, Louise Hart, Marjorie Lynds, June McCullough, Marjorie Mead, Deloris Mullen, Ruby Raine, Janet Staab, and Margie Wilhelm. 16