Paris High School - Arena Yearbook (Paris, IL)

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CAROLYN LOUISE WENZ, A.B., Principal PARIS HIGH SCHOOL 'The Paris High School District was organized in the year 1869, and the first class, consisting of eight members, was graduated in 1875. The first high school building was on the present site of the Mayo School. In 1908 the present high school building was erected, and it was thought by many at that time that provision for high school purposes had been made for many years to come. There were approximately three hundred students at this time, and the class of 1908 numbered thirty-three graduates. In 1922, a north and south wing were added, thus furnishing in addition to a gymnasium and auditorium ten additional class rooms. At the present time even-inch of available space is in use; the enrollment for the present year is 630 and the number to be graduated in June is 135. Students are offered a choice of four courses —college preparatory, commercial. agriculture, and general. We are proud of the fact that each year a large percent of our graduates enter universities and colleges for higher training. Page Seventeen

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THE ARENA JOHN K. MOSS, B.S., Superintendent of Schools THE PARIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS The Paris Union School District, No. 95. of Edgar County is a special charter district created by special act of the Illinois legislature in 1869. The first board of education was named by the legislature and was composed of Henry Van Sellar, Obed Foote, A. J. Miller” Levi C. Mann, George E. Levings. and Samuel Graham. The present Board of Education is composed of Edward Levings, president; Karl R. O’Hair, secretary: R. G. Lehman, Burnie McClain, R. K. Shelledv, and T. J. Trogdon. The assessed valuation of the district is $6,376,163.00 with a tax rate of $2.07 on each $100. With the closing of the Sandford building there are in use five buildings; the High School, Mayo, Redmon, Tanner, and Vance. The total enrollment as of December 1, 1929 was 1,804. 607 of these were in the High School and 1.197 in the elementary schools. The total cost of operation for the school year of 1929-30 was $134,731.16, exclusive of capital outlay for new buildings. The public schools of Paris are recognized by the state department of education, the University of Illinois, and the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges. It is their object to offer to the people of this community a complete course of study from the first grade through the high school inspired with the ideal of the physical, mental, and moral well-being of the child.

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THE ARENA Janet C. Baldwin, B.C. English University of Illinois }' iu can hear a pin drop in her class room. Pauline Beatty. B.S. Physics ami Mathematics University of Illinois Dainty and small, Well loved by us all. Mary C. Bosie, B.S. Physical Education History University of Illinois Her very step has music in it as she comes up the stair. Ruth C. Boyd Art Eastern Illinois State Teachers College Charleston, Illinois A. N. Palmer College of Penmanship, Boulder. Colo She who hath art hath much of urace and loveliness. Marguerite Cushman, A.B. tin English Indiana State Teachers College Terre Haute, Indiana We first mistook her for a student. La Rue Dayton, A.B. English University of Illinois By her wit and charm, She enchants us all. Kifie M. Fan seek. A.B. History Eureka College Columbia University She really makes us live our history. Catherine Farrell, B.A. Economics French Sociology Ki] on College Of her it can be said, She is the ideal teacher.” Arthur C. Forster. B.E. Chemistry Mathematics Eastern Illinois Teachers College. A man all honor and all truth. Olalla E. Glasgow, B.S., M.S. General Science University of Illinois We hope she likes us as well as we like her. Page Eighteen