Dekalb High School - Kalibre Yearbook (Dekalb, IL)

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378 STUDENTS .... DEPORTMENT WAS FORMERLY MARKED A-B-C-D. . To answer the desire for fraternal societies, the Masonic and Odd Fellow lodges were organized in 1854. The devout adherents of the Methodist and Baptist churches built little places of worship in 1854. In '58, the Swedish Lutherans built a place of worship. Two years later the Catholics built a church. By 1859, people in DeKalb and vicinity were reading their first newspaper. The Honorable F. Glidden in '74 obtained a patent on barb wire. Jacob Haish was the strongest rival of the Glidden interests. Colonel I. L. Ellwood became F. Glidden,s partner. They manufactured Glidden wire which became of great use. Mr. Glidden sold his share of the business to his partner, Mr. Ellwood. Through the generosity of many citizens, Glid- den Memorial hospital began to serve the public in 1922. St. Mary's is another well-equipped hospital opened in 1922 by the Catholic Church. DeKalb has its golf course, and a well-equipped club house. The grounds are located in a sixty acre tract purchased from the Ellwood estate. The Northern Illinois State Teachers College is another one of DeKalb's great assets which was begun as a normal school in 1895. The DeKalb Township High School has further heightened the fame of DeKalb as an educational center. The students of 1923 had the privilege of being the first ones benefited by a new addition to the old building. In 1903 the Glidden school was built. The Ellwood grade school, 1ocated in the northeastern part of the city was built in 1907 and 1908. The Haish school is located at South Ninth and Frank- lin Streets and was ready for use in 1908. St. Mary's school building was built in 1915. DeKalb has a most artistically designed library building. The first band is almost as old as the town itself. In 1916 it went with the local militia to the Mexican border. As a place to live we wholeheartedly commend it to any one. We are proud of its merits and hope that every member of D. T. H. S. will have a share in upholding its high ideals. RUTH LITTLEJOHN ROBERT PRUITT MARJORIE BEALS ARLEEN CULVER ROBERT McCANN ALYNE ilar-in-Chief Busmexx Manager Art Edrrur Literary Edxlur Subscription Editor Idenlif FIRST CALLED ORANGE AND INCLUDED PARTS OF MALTA AND AFTON TOWN

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IN 1903 THE ENROLLMENT WAS 170 .... FIRST TEN YEARS GRADUATED QKLTE 'fs -A 2 . JLTVE- .- -- 'J O u R TO w N X There has been much progress made in E DeKalb since the early days when the Porta- - watomie Indians roamed along the east bank of the Kishwaukee across Pershing Park. X On the college campus to the west is a marker erected by the DeKalb Historical Society. This marks one of the early trails formerly used by the well beloved friend of ,- 5 the pioneer, Chief Shabbona. For many years, Kapos, a famous Porta- watomie chief, counselled with his followers on the North First Street road at Coltonville. Here too, the trio of famed Americans, Abra- ham Lincoln, Zachary Taylor, Jefferson Davis, flater presidentsj , General Albert Sidney John- ston, and General Robert Anderson discussed war plans. Our town was originally begun two miles north of here, on the First Street road at Col- tonville by the pioneers, John Collins and Ss Norman Moore, in the spring of 1835. There X--X 69 were a number of papooses found suspended from the branches of trees. It was in this year, NZ- too, that the United States troops acted as escorts to the redmen. J7- It was fortunate for this city that Rufus Colton and Phineas Stevens, both men of property, should locate here, for it is to their credit that a store, blacksmith shop and a post office soon appeared. Rufus Colton built a hostelry, the most pre- tentious building in the entire country, for many years. A number of settlers decided that a site two miles south of here would be preferable to this one and so began our home town. It was then called Buena Vista, in honor of one of the most important battles of the Mexican war, which at that time was very vivid in the memory of each inhabitant. The first school house was built in 1850. A new arrival in 1851 would have found a population of less than a score and ten. Some of the places of business which began to appear were a log hotel built by Joseph Glidden, and a tailor shop by John Jones. One of the early law advisers was Elias G. Gilbert. Because of their great desire to have the Northwestern railroad come through the town, many people gave splendid donations to the road as well as the right of way. Early in the town,s progress the inhabitants in 1853 built a second school house where the Congre- gational Church now stands. DE KALB WAS ORGANIZED IN 1850 AS A TOWNSHIP .... DE KALB TOWNSHIP WAS

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THE ADMINISTRATION --A-' THE BOARD OF EDUCATION Dr. A. C. Spiclcerman completed this year, his fourth year of service on the school board. He was re-elected president of the board this year. He has served as president the years 1932-33 and 1933-34. Dr. Spiclcerman is a local dentist. Mr. S. A. Tyler has been serv ing on the school board for twenty-one years and was president of the board during the years 1929 to 1931. He is assistant cashier at the First National Bank of DeKalb, Illinois. judge H. W. McEwen who is at the present time DeKalb county judge has been on the board for fourteen years. He held the ofhce of president in the year 1928-29. Mr. E. G. Clarlc, president of the Clark Orchestra Roll Company of DeKalb is another member of our board of education. He has been a member for six years. Mr. A. E. Fahlund has been a member of the board for two years. He is connected with the firm of Steel Wedeles and Company, wholesale grocers. A. C. SPICKERMAN MR. S. A. TYLER JUDGE H, XV. McEWEN MR. E. G. CLARK MR. A. E. FAHLUND SHIPS .... IN 1851 THE VILLAGE OF DE KALB HAD TWENTY-NINE PEOPLE. . .