Clinton High School - Clintonia Yearbook (Clinton, IL)

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The Clintonian HELEN M. HICKS, A. B. Mathematics and English Miss Hicks was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. She attended the Chicago public schools, graduating from Lake View High School in 1905. She attended the Lake Forest College and received her degree in 1909. This year she is in our Faculty. Although our acquantaince with Miss Hicks has been short, we should greatly feel her loss if she should leave our school. 20

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Clinton ’10 THOMAS J. WILSON Mechanical Drawing and Manual Training Mr. Wilson was born on a farm in Richmond county, Illinois. His schooling was obtained in the public schools of Patoka, Indiana. He began teaching in a school near Kenny, Illinois. Leaving there, he taught in Welden, and later came to Clinton to serve as Principal of the Lincoln school. He served here for four years. During this time he succeeded in getting the people of Clinton, and the students ol the Clinton school interested in manual training. At different times he attended Normal University, the Northern Indiana University at Valparaiso, and the Millikan University at Decatur. Mr. Wilson is quite energetic as is shown by his rise from farmer boy to instructor ot the best High School in the state, old C. H. S. 19

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Clinton ’10 PAUL C. HAESELER Science Mr. Haeseler was born in Hamburg, Germany. His grade and High School education was obtained in Hamburg, Germany, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Later he attended the Wohlergymnasium at Frankfort-on-the-Main, and the Oberrealschule at Wiesbaden. Coming to America, he took courses in the Milwaukee Normal School, the University of Chicago, and the University of Wisconsin. Since then Mr. Haeseler has had three years of teaching experience. In Mr. Haeseler we have a Science teacher of unusual ability for a High School position. P.1