Entrance to High School gymnasium. 



Rochu!!c Township High School. 



Charlotte Hollingsworth takes dictation 

 from transcribing machine. 



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By JIM THOMSON 



Assistant Editor, lAA Record 



I OWN tliroLiijh the heart of Illi- 

 nois, past lush farm lands with 

 fat cattle, cities and villages with 

 their churches, schools and tine homes, 

 past state parks, mines, oil fields and 

 factories runs the state's longest thor- 

 oughfare. 



From Rockford on the northern end 

 to Cairo at the confluence of the Mis- 

 ^issippi and Ohio rivers. Highway 51 

 sweeps across prairie lands studded 

 with everything that Illinois holds 

 dear. 



The people of Illinois are proud of 

 many things. They are particularly 

 proud of fine schools scattered the 

 length and breadth of the state. 



And perhaps nowhere along that 

 lengthy road is there a high school 

 which more nearly meets the needs of 

 a community and the standards of edu- 

 cators than the Rochelle Township 

 High School in Ogle county. 



Blessed with fruitful soil from which 

 most of the wealth of the community 

 springs, Rochelle can atford to offer a 

 diverse educational program amid 

 pleasant surroundings. 



Of particular interest to rural boys 

 and girls ^re the courses in vocational 

 agriculture and farm mechanics and 

 homcmaking. The classes teaching ef- 

 fii icncv in home management also have 

 a strong lure tor city girls. 



Aware of the value of vocational 

 education to the student and the com- 



munity. Principal C. A. Hills has fos- 

 tered its growth and development in a 

 program which has instilled some in- 

 teresting ideas in the minds of the pu- 

 pils. 



The agriculture student is impressed 

 hy the knowledge that farming is a 

 scientific occupation and that there are 

 definite reasons why individual farmers 

 succeed or fail. Vocational agricul- 

 ture promotes pride in farm skills the 

 student has learned in the field and 

 farm mechanics shop. 



The home economics student is cap- 

 tivated by the modern equipment in 

 the Rochelle classroom kitchens and 

 the ease, efficiency and economy of 

 modern methods of homemaking, A 

 Rochelle sophomore summed up her 

 impressions of the course in home eco- 

 nomics by saying: "You get to know- 

 so muih you can even teach your moth- 

 er." 



The students learn to purchase with 

 the shrewdness of good housekeepers 

 by buying in local stores and then lay- 

 ing out the purchases before their class- 

 mates who criticize price, choice and 

 merchandise. 



The girls also learn to judge quality 

 •.n materials, how to operate home ma- 

 chines, decorate the home, keep a bud- 

 get, do craft work, can food, set a table 

 correctly, care for children, care for 

 the sick, and numerous other home 

 skills which will help immeasurably to 

 make the i;irls successful homemakers. 



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Doris Watson uses device to measure skirt 

 length of Gloria Ohiinger. 



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A fine assortment of tools is available to students. Conrad Schabocker reaches for 

 file. Right: Melvin Zies grinds valve on machine lathe. 



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