Oneida Community High School - Mohawk Yearbook (Oneida, IL)

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TK i GYMNASIUM In 1926 the members of the Oneida Congregation- al church donated their church building to be used as a community meeting place with the understand- ing that it was to be under the jurisdiction of the high school board. Soon after this, remodell- ing was begun to transform the building Into a gymnasium suitable for practicing certain athletic activities. The present building has a balcony on the east and one on the west side of the main room. Three back rooms are provided for the convenience of athletes and officials. During the summer of 1934 the building was mads more modern. In the northeast back room cupboards, for storing dishes belonging to Oneidab organizations, were installed. In the back room to the northwest a partition was inserted making a small private room for officials and a place in which to lock the team’s clothing and athletic equipment. In the basement showers and lockers for athletic clothes were installed. In this building the basketball teams of the grade school, high school, and town do their pract- icing in preparation for their games of the season. Here also the high school girls' physical educat- ion classes are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays of each week during those months when weather condit- ions make out-door athletics inadvisable. The building is often used In the Dresentation of various programs, for political meetings, for organizations meetings and activities. A piano, newly purchased during the 1934-35 school year, stands ready to provide music for any of these public assemblies. n

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HIGH SCHOOL BOARD l'ie high school board is composed of five men •vho ara well known in the vicinity of Oneida. The president of the group is Guy HcMaster who has been on the board since 1921. The socretary-trea- surer, Ilr. C.H.C. Brown, became a director in 1924. The man who has been on the board for the greatest number of years is hr. Charles Holmes who became a director in 1916 when the school was established as a community high school, ftp. E.G. Clifford joined the group in 1929 and Hr. Arthur Stauffer, the newest member, in 1933. Of this group of five, three of the men are farmor3--Me3srs. Mcl'aster, Holmes, and. Clifford. The other two are Oneida merchants I't. Stauffer bo ing the lumber dealer and Hr. Brown being engaged in managing the elevator. The board has completed various projects. The C.'V.A. work at the gymnasium, establishment of a commercial department, partitioning of the of- fice, and use of C.Y .... workers in setting out shrubbery on the school ground are outstanding features of its accomplishments.