Manlius High School - Mirror Devil Yearbook (Manlius, IL)

Page 8 text:

MANLIUS TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL The Manlius Township High School is located at the west edge of town. The school consists of two buildings adjoining each other. The east end is for academic purposes, while the other half is the gym. There are 96 students enrolled this year, 55 girls and 41 boys. We have six teachers teaching 26 subjects. Speech is a new subject offered this year to Juniors and Seniors. The school offers a large variety of outside activities such as chorus, ensembles, band, baton twirling, basketball, football, track, hobby club, Latin club, pep club, badminton, ping pong, literary and dramatic productions. For entertainment of the students an educational movie is shown each week. A daily newspaper, many different types of magazines, an assembly sing each week, and occasional speakers or entertainers are provided. CHARLES • Mr. Schmidt has served nine years on the board and has been president fo reight years. For a number of years he has been the manager of the Schmidt Sales and Service Company located on the main street of Manlius. He was formerly W. C. • Mr. Raabe, who is the vice president, has been a loyal member of the board for the past eight years. He now holds the office of the mayor of the village. Mr. Raabe was formerly engaged :. SCHMIDT manager of the Manlius Poultry house. Mr. Schmidt has often expressed his hope of seeing manual training listed as one of the subjects in the school. He has actively participated on the fire department since 1925. RAABE in farming but now is a Ford car dealer; he also serves on the fire department. For the last two years he has served on the Soil Conservation Committee. STACY HEWITT • Mr. Hewitt has served faithfully on the Board of Education for fourteen consecutive years. He has worthily occupied the position of secretary for his entire period of membership. Mr. Hewitt’s previous occupation was teaching the Red School. At present he is a very progressive farmer and owner of the Standard Oil Station, a mile west of Manlius. CLAUDE BARBER • Another active member of the board is Mr. Barber who has served beneficially for two years on the board. Mr. Barber has farmed for the greater part of his life and is very much interested in Shorthorn cattle. In this way he makes many contacts outside of Manlius. LLOYD VAN ORMER • Mr. Van Ormer has just finished one year of holds the position of secretary and treasurer of the service on the Board. At present he is engaged in Bureau County Lumber Company Association. He the Manlius Lumber Business. Mr. Van Ormer has been elected president of the board, recently.