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

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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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 Mr. John Schneider, Secy. Board of Education Mr. George Fischer, Member Board of Education THE BOARD’S MESSAGE TO THE STUDENTS MR. GIESER: “A school is known by its finished product. are you contributing to the reputation of school?” What your MR. SCHNEIDER: “School time is valuable; do not waste it.” MR. SCHAEFFER: “Education is something no one can take from you. The old saying is, ‘Opportunity knocks but once,’— so do not fail to make the most of this golden op- portunity, as it will never return.” MR. JOSEPH: MR. FISCHER: “I differ with the idea that, ’It is never too late to get all you can.’ While in the Grade and High School, it is an opportunity you have but once.” “In this our nation of high privilege and great op- portunity we have the free school, the open Bible, freedom of religious worship and conviction. We have the broadest opportunity for advancement with every door open. The humblest among us may aspire to the highest place in public favor and con- fidence.” Thirteen