O'Fallon Township High School - Panther Yearbook (O'Fallon, IL)

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k‘BBBBBBSBBBSBBBBBSEBSEEBSBSBBBBBBSBBBBSBBSEBEBSSBBEBBBEBEEBBESEBBBEBaEri ks a s S h □ p b3 a S3 Items of Interest Concerning Our High School The members of the Class of 1930 are not only proud of our “Home Town” but we are also proud of our High School. We have good reasons to be proud of it. In preparation for the formation of these items, our editorial board have asked a number of representative citizens this question: “What items of interest regarding our High School that have- not been published before, would you like to see included in our an- nual?” The report that follows represents the sum-total of their answers. Again we have tried to depart from the ordinary and to tell you, the public, some things about our school that you may not know. HISTORY The High School was organized in 1901 as a two-year High School. It was located then, in the West School Building on St. Louis road. This building was built in 1901. In 1905. the course was changed to a three- year course. In 1911, the East Building on the St. Louis road was fin- ished, and the High School moved into it. In 1915, the three-year course was changed to a four-year course. The High School was organized as a Township High School in 1920, under the old state law that provided for township organization. Later on, the district was enlarged under the new Community High School law to include the Milburn district, lying just to the northwest of O’Fallon Township. This was by request of the voters of Milburn district. In 1925, the High School was moved into its present commodious building at the corner of Midland Trail and Cherry street. BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT The items for these statistics are taken from the yearly reports made for the last two years to the State Superintendent of High Schools. District 203 contains approximately forty-one square miles. The school district owns and operates its own plant. The present building and equipment cost approximately $100,000.00 and was erected in 1925. Several additions have been made since then, such as the land- scaping of the grounds at a cost of approximately $2,000.00. About one- third of the cost of this landscaping was paid for by public subscription. The school owns laboratory equipment worth approximately $7,000.00, which is distributed among the following departments: Physics, Biolo- gy, Home Economics, Commercial, and Geography. The library con- tains a splendid assortment of books numbering over 1350 volumes, and distributed among the following departments: English, History, Social Science, Natural Science, Vocational and Miscellaneous. The library is organized on the Dewey Decimal System and a student librarian is always in charge. The High School Board makes a liberal allowance every year for apparatus and library replacements and additions. An allotment of $330.00 was made for these purposes in 1929 and 1930. In sanitation and in safety requirements, the building conforms to the Re quired Standards for Recognized High Schools. FINANCIAL STATISTICS The equalized assessed value of all property in the High School district, including Milburn district, is $3,345,281.00. The amount of the present debt for bonds is $67,000.00. (The bonds are being retired at present at the rate of $5,000.00 per year). The per capita cost last year Ten MQBBBBEQBQECieSQQBQEEaQBBBQnQnDBGiyBnesaBBBBB EaaaQESBIBEQBBBeiBEESeaBBBBBQaBat?!