Alton High School - Tatler Yearbook (Alton, IL)

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 THE T A T L E R Fifty Years a Teacher Twenty-one years ago Richard V. Smith completed his thirtieth year of teaching, at this time being in the White Hall High School. R. V. decided to quit teaching and came to Alton looking for a place to buy. His present home on East College was the “buy. It was just a farm and a house must be built. The following year the school board from Pie-Town called on Mr. Smith and offered him a position on the faculty of the Horace Mann High School. Mr. Smith accepted the call and has never found the time to make the “fruit farm come to a reality, which was his goal, although he has achieved his goal in a partial degree. When Pie-Town became a part of Alton proper, Mr. Smith entered the Alton school system and was sent to the senior high school. Mr. Smith has achieved a record exceeded or equaled by only a very few—fifty years a teacher. Mr. Smith leaves the high school after having made a legion of friends among the pupils who have been at one time or another in one of his classes. The faculty and student body join in wishing to R. V. many years of enjoyable life as a reward for a life of honorable work well done. 19 3 5 ) 7

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