Manual High School - Mirror Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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'She f7b'fi'r'rO1' THE ART ROOM--ACADEMICS DEPARTMENT The School ancl Its Work MANUAL TRAINING HIGH SCHOOL exists chiefly for the purpose of preparing the young people of the South Side of Peoria to become good citizens. The courses offered by the school are many and varied, but in each course, the object is to aid in developing of an all-around education for the city's future men and women. A visit to Manual reveals to an outsider a busy little World governed by a Mayor and a Student Council, a business-like atmosphere, a hum of activity, and over all, a prevailing sense of friendliness and companionshipfa working together. f Plato says that a good education consists in giving to the body and to the soul all the beauty and all the perfection of which they are capable , and to this end have courses in the school been selected. THE LIBRARY Twenty

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Ethel Thalberg, A.B. Bradley Polytechnic Institute. Spanish, History. Eyes that show a merry soul. Walter W. Thomas, B.S. Knox College. Chemistry, Cieometry. A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays And conident tomorrowsf' Myrtle E. Travis, A.B., M.A. Bradley Polytechnic Institute: University of Illinois. English. She has the gift of making true friends. Kathryn Welsh, A.B, University of Illinois. Clothing. Once known- Aliuays known. Florence M. Wescott, A.B. Illinois State Normal Univer- sity: Bradley Polytechnic Insti- tute. English. Her smiles are truly winning, ph 'She Mirror Adeline Wyatt Bradley Polytechnic Institute. Librarian. Know her: then you'II like her. Mable Van Dettum Bradley Polytechnic Institute: American College of Education, Chicago: Illinois State Normal University. She that is of merry heart hath a continual feast. John Voss, M.S. Biology. QNot in piclurej Joseph Yuhause, B.S. Bradley Polytechnic Institute. Assistant Coach. 'AW1'th a heart as big as him- selff' Charlotte Ziegler, A.B. University of Illinois. Commercial Arithmetic, His- tory. Sweet as a summer day. Robert Hall, A.B. Eureka College. English, As quiet and reserved a young man as ever there was. Nineteen

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'Ghz Mirror THE BOOKKEEPING ROOlNI-COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT The academic students find opportunity to satisfy their yearnings for general culture in the courses in English, history, science, languages, public speaking, music, and art which Manual offers. The school library consists of more than 5,000 volumes, between 200 and 300 books being added each year: While many magazines provide material for the study of current problems. Physical training is not neglected. Gymnasium Work is required of all fresh- men and sophomores: but the upper classmen, Who participate in the various sports of the school, also derive good so far as the physical side of education is concerned. An excellent commercial course, providing training for entrance into the business World, offers. bookkeeping, business arithmetic, commercial geography, salesmanship, advertising, commercial law, and economics. The home economics department oifers practical courses in home making and keeping. Clothing, foods, and home management are given due emphasis. The THE COOKING ROOM -'HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT Twenty-one