Westville High School - Janus Yearbook (Westville, IL)

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WESTVILLE TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL We will connect this history, not with the past, but will endeavor to relate the important details, which have made our school what it is at the present time. Many changes have taken place since the first high school was organized. The enrollment has grown enormously, due to the large number of Freshmen, and the institution is certainly the greatest interest of the young people in the community as well as the pride of the older citizens. Mrs. Grubb has been teaching for a number of years and we certainly will feel at a loss when we have completed our journey, and she will still have the privilege of remaining in Westville High. To Miss Farmer, who just commenced teaching the second semester, we are ever grateful for the revival of our music department. With her aid we are looking forward with the utmost confidence to being successful in placing in the coming annual Scholastic Contest. The three new teachers who started out with us the first semester are Miss Fleming, Miss Elder and Miss Dependahl, who have fulfilled their duties in every way possible. They not only teach us the better and more ideal essentials of life, but their hearts are constantly in touch with the High School, by showing their school spirit in all our activities. Mr. Sutherd deserves much credit in his unceasing efforts with the boys in athletics, and is numbered among the first individuals who started to put the small High School of Westville on the map. Miss Elder, the new7 physical training teacher, also deserves much credit by placing the girls’ athletics among the most important activities in our high school. We have at present not only basketball, but volley ball, baseball, and will later on have tennis. Mr. File, our history and commercial teacher, with Miss Dependahl, has been directly responsible for making the Westville High, our school newspaper, the best in Vermilion County. Miss Zika has developed the home economics department to a very high state of efficiency. She ran a cafeteria for six weeks, during the bad weather, that wTas a “life saver.” During the school term we have had many prominent speakers visiting our High School. This proves that Westville High School is known far and wide and this is partly due to our principal. Mr. Collins, for his invaluable services and relentless spirit tow7ard placing our High School on the road to success and prosperity. Mildred Boyd, ’23. Five