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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?!
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EQMQQDQO!2OTMMQQQnDMaMQnMQ0BMaDQMMBQBBEMMMaaDOQ! 5i !2DBOOQ£l was $135.00, per pupil. The High School receives approximately fifty tuition pupils per year from outlying districts, who prefer to attend school here. For this year, we have tuition pupils as follows: twelve gi from Shiloh; one from Cherry Grove; one from Bunkum; fourteen from § Carbon; fourteen from Pontiac; four from Caseyville; two from Union Hill; and three from Helwig. Last year the amount of tuition collected g was $5,300.00. The estimated per capita cost for this school year is about the same as last year. S COURSE OF STUDY § The course of study offered in the O'Fallon Township High School has been passed upon by the State High School Board and pronounced entirely satisfactory. A summary of the course of study follows: a All graduates are required to take four years of English, two years of Mathematics, and at least one year of Laboratory Science. In addi- tion all Seniors must take a year of American History and Civics, which includes a detailed study of the Constitution of the United States. A half year of Physiology and Hygiene is required of all Freshmen who do not a enroll in the Home Economic courses. In addition to the foregoing re- quired subjects, a student is allowed to make up the sixteen credits necessary for graduation from a wide variety of elective subjects. Addi- tional courses in Advanced Algebra and Solid Geometry are given to a students preparing for college courses demanding them. Two years of Latin are offered to students who wish to meet the Foreign Language g requirements for college entrance. There are excellent departments in Commercial Work and Home Economics where students may elect § Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Typewriting, Art and Design, Cooking. Sew- § ing, and Home Sanitation. General electives in the academic depart- g ment include Ancient and Modern History, Civics, Economics, Physical and Commercial Geography, Botany, Zoology, and Physics. An oppor- a tunity to take part in applied music is furnished by the orchestra. Gym- nasium classes are conducted twice a week for boys and girls, and al- though not compulsory, students whose programs permit it find it ad- vantageous to take some form of Physical Exercise. a ORGANIZATION § The school is organized on the thirty-six week basis, but the actual § number of days in which school is in session always exceeds one hun- g dred eighty days. Recitation periods are forty-five minutes long, and there are eight periods per day. Beginning pupils are limited to four g subjects for a daily schedule, but advanced pupils of good standing § may, with permission of the principal, be permitted to carry more than four subjects. No classes are allowed to contain more than thirty pu- pils, as the administration feels that more than this would be too many to receive individual attention. Most classes contain approximately a twenty-five pupils. § STANDING OF THE HIGH SCHOOL § The standing of the O’Fallon Township High School is the highest g given to accredited High Schools in the State of Illinois. Our credit card shows 100 7 credit for all subjects taught. The school ranks as a regular a four-year High School of long term standing, that is, it is visited only g every third year by the High School Inspectors. The last Certificate of g Visitation and Credit was issued in March, 1928, and does not expire g until June. 1931. At the time of his last visit, the High School Inspector a said some very complimentary things about our school in a short address § which he made before our student body. The enrollment in our High g § School at present is approximately one hundred and eighty. g □ D S Eleven g
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