Virden High School - Kennel Yearbook (Virden, IL)

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AGRICULTURE - FUTURE FARMERS This year the agriculture classes initiated fourteen newmembers into the FFA with the total enrollment of twenty-nine members . The five offi- cers and Mr. Herbst went to Winchester on September Z7 to the Leader- ship Training School. There were two judging teams so there were grain and poultryjudgments at Carrollton. There was dairy and fat stock teams judging inMay at Jerseyville. They also hope to judge in the state contest at Urbana in June. Last .Tuly fourteen of the Ag.members showed live stock at the Green County Fair at Carrollton. They won over S500 in prize money. On November 14-17, they had seven boys go to the Twentieth Anniversary Convention of the FFA at Kansas City, Missouri. The boys were: Les- ter Royer, Edwin Walkington, Warren Carney, John Miller, Donald Jones, Howard Lomolino, Tom Reichert, and Mr. Herbst. The transportation was furnished by the Waverly school bus. Four of the members of the gilt committee and Mr. Herbst went to the Illinois Yorkshire Association sale at Springfield. There they bought a registered Yorkshire gilt. The gilt committee reached the decision to give the gilt to Donald Brawner. They did this after careful considera- tion of the facilities of the six boys who had stated that they would like to have the gilt. PHYSICAL EDUC AT ION The girls physical education classes are under the direction of Mrs. Gerlach. They are instructed in the fundamentals of playing basketball, volley ball, indoor and outdoor baseball, and exercises. During the win- ter, the girls play and exercise in the gyrng and in the spring and fall, they play baseball on the campus' baseball diamond. The classes in physical education training are well organized to balance the more stren- uous outdoor exercises with those of less physical-effort mostly held in the gymnasimn. RALPH BLALOCK CO., Inc. - RESTAURANT 8: JANITOR SUPPLIES 819-821 East Adams Street Springfield, Illinois 43

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LIBRARY Sixty-two new books were accessioned into the library this year. Thirty-eight books and four magazines, including three years of Time, were rebound. On the subscription list there are three newspapers and twenty magazines . A new Standard Catalogue for High Schools Libraries , which lists up-to-date acceptable books, and an Abridged Readers Index , which indexes articles in over 30 magazines, of which we have 16, has been added to the library. A New double faced stacks are being built for the west end of the lib- rary to make more room for the classified books. The library staff of student librarians is doing great work at making the library what it should be and is. FOOTBALL BANQUET OF 1948 Tuesday evening, November lZ,brought the 1948 football season to a close. The banquet, served by the Virden School Club, was in honor of the football squad. The delicious turkey dinner was enjoyed by more than 300 fans. The tables were cleverly decorated with programs cor- responding to our school colors. The community singing was lead by Mr. Walter E. Best, director of the Music Department of Virden High School. Mrs. Riffey, the president of the Virden School Club, welcomed the members of the football squad and the other guests present. George Boyd, captain of the football squad, expressed the appreciation of the team. The toastmaster, Mr. Russel Orr, introduced the speaker of the even- ing, Mr. Sprunger. Mr. Sprunger is an assistant excutive secretary of the Illinois High School Association. He spoke on athletics, past and present. A group of VCHS students presented songs for the enjoyment of all. George Gazda was honored as the most valuable player of the year. Then the members of the squad were introduced by Coach McMullin. This then brought to a close the football season of '48. Compliments of ALEXANDER'S SHOES, Helter-Skelter and Scamperoo 45 T -