Alton High School - Tatler Yearbook (Alton, IL)

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T TI E T A T L E R 27 DRAWING ROOM

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26 “ T H E T A T I. E R ” ADMISSION. Pupils arc admitted to the High School: (a) bv certificate of graduation issued by the Grammar Schools; (b) by Common School diploma issued by a County Superintendent; (c) by satisfactory certification from other schools; (d) upon examination. Entrance examinations will be held in the High School building on September i and 2, 1905. TUITION. All pupils who arc not bona fide residents of the school district of Alton are required to pay tuition at the rate of $12.50 per half-year. Considering the advantages offered, this tuition rate is very moderate. It is a significant fact that the enrollment for this year includes tuition pupils from Upper Alton. North Alton. Elsah, Kane. Bel trees, Godfrey, Dow, Melville. Jerseyvillc, Carrollton and West Alton, Mo. ADVANTAGES. Young people of Madison and adjoining counties are especially urged to carefully consider the following special features of this school: The facilities are unsurpassed. The teachers are all instructors of thorough preparation and experience, five of them being college graduates and 1 two normal school graduates. The methods of instruction are modern, the teachers keeping themselves abreast of the times in modern pedagogy. The classes are not large, so that the teaching is personal and direct. Parents who desire a good school in the above respects, where their sons and daughters will be surrounded by the best of associations and taught by cultured and enthusiastic teachers, may rest assured that this school will not fail to meet their expectations.

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T H E T A T L E R 28 M BIOLOGY ROOM