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The Greater Alton High School. The opening of the second semester, 1915, marked an epoch in the history of the Alton High School. The addition of the Commercial Department was the cause of an increased enrollment and attendance. The total enrollment for the year ’ 14-' 15 was 435, the largest in the history of the school. The attendance, which averaged 400 during the second semester, was also the largest in the history of the school. In the new building is a new physics laboratory and recitation room; the equipment and facilities are superb. The high school Physics Department, with this new equipment, under the able direction of Mr. Houts, is without a doubt the best in this vicinity, and is rapidly developing into one of the most efficient in the State. The Chemistry Department with enlarged quarters has shown rapid strides since Mr. Oertli has assumed charge. The field of study is larger, the experiments more extensive. Our Chemistry and Physics Departments excel anything of the kind in this vicinity. Scientifically speaking, therefore, the Alton High School has finally come into its own. The Commercial Department is without a doubt the most advanced of any in the high schools of the Central States. It surpasses many of the tuition commercial schools. Our Stenographic and Bookkeeping Departments are strictly modern and up-to-date. The equipment of our Commercial Department is of the finest, and brings a word of praise to the Board of Education. The Manual Training Department with increased facilities for lathe and inlaid work, also for joining and planing, is on a par with the work being done by the large St. Louis and Chicago high schools. The Domestic Science Department still holds the same splendid reputation that it has held since its organization. The Drawing Department, under Miss Hudson, has shown some truly rapid progress. Samples of the work were sent to the exhibit at the State University, and several Alton students were given honorable mention. The names follow; those with more than one sample are designated: Marion Basse, (4); Bessie Gascho, Mildred Chappell, William Schaefer, (2); Josephine Vanpreter, Kay Bradfisch, Rath Michelbnch, Thelma Nana, Cecil Stahl, Arthnr Schmoeller, Ethel Strong, Jnlia Jameson, Merlin Terhane, Faye Scott, Eleanor Jan, Loaise Baaer, Alice Halton, Mabel Henthorne, (2); George Bennis, Helen Wilkinson, Cyrus Daniel, Mary Dawson, Clifford Richards, Emily Price, Jennie McCune. Thus, with our already well founded athletic and intellectual standing, our enlarged enrollment and splendid equipment, we feel a just and pardonable pride in our school, which now ranks among the leading high schools of Illinois. Jos. Dromgoole, ’16. 11
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