Murphysboro High School - Crimson and Corn Yearbook (Murphysboro, IL)

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W 901010141 Former Aclmfi1zistmto1's of M. T. H. S. CSM: H'I-8f0l'ff'lll Sketch? 01010141014114:Quinini:xi:,gmminmi:mi:121111rimx3o1o1u1u1cs1n1u34ni ELLIS H. ROGERS A. B., Ph. D. 1901 - 1905 ANNA TAGGART A. B., M. A. 1909 - 1940 EDWIN E. MCLAUGHLIN A. B. 1905 - 1907 A. N. THURSTON A. B. 1917 - 1918 EDVVARIJ E. VAN CLEVE A. B. 1907 - 1910 M. N. TODD A. B. XT X 1918 - 1927 if. J. 140055 1910 - 1914 ALBILRI IX ICHOLAE A. B., M. A. 1929, - 1946 D.1014'111201-x1u14x1u2-,ini11:1 cl 1 3 :gui 1 1 I iu21xinin1u1oio1111 Page Ten

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1950 Crimson ami Corn ...-..-.,-.,-..-..-..-.......-,.-..-..-.-..-..-..-......-.,-..-..-......-.,-..-......-.....,-..-..-..-.,-..-..-.,- insurance which was secured only a few months before. and the State Legislature allotted tFtiT.000 for rehabilitation. The records will show that 55.500 was returned to the state. School opened within a tnonth under very unfavorable conditions. The motto ran: DOWN, HUT NOT OUT. Let me pause one moment to pay homage to the three fellow students who lost their lives in the debris. Those nine years at Murphysboro Township lligh School were the best 111111 most ambitious years ot' my life. Mt. Atvel taldwell tollowed Mr. Todd as principal of lll. T. ll. S. Ile remained here from the year 1027 to 1029. Whcn Lllr. Caldwell left .llurphysboro, Mr. Albert Nicholas came to take over his office. llc be- came principal in the fall ot' 1020. That was the year of the beginning ot' the era known as the de- pression. The enrollment of the school was down to 400 and finances were difficult. Many schools in Southern Illinois were unable to pay their teachers during the next several years. but Alurphysboro was fortunate in being able to pay the teachers at all times. lluring his seventeen years as principal of ill. T. H. S. the enrollment rose from 400 to 6210, wl1ic11 is still thc record. Mr. Nicholas and his staff of teachers broadened tl1e curriculum during the years from 19250 to lil-tti, They developed the music department to a fuller extent, added metal shop, brought back foods which had been dropped out some years before, added photography, psychology, and office practice. XVhile Mr. Nicholas was in alurphysboro. he was president ot' the Illinois State lligh School Prin- cipals' Association t'or three years and was also president of the Southern Division of the Illinois Edn- cational Association. Mr. Nicholas was an active member of many local clubs and civic organizations. In both music and athletics the school won many championships during those seventeen years. Two ot' the most outstanding football teams were the championship teams of 19210 and 1042. ln music the outstanding year was 15140 when the band went to the national contest at Kansas City. When Mr. Nicholas left Murphysboro to go to Anna, Mr. Fred Shappard came here from Marion to fill the position as principal. There have been some minor changes during Mr. Shappard's term as principal here, such as adding civics as a required subject, but the major change is the construction work going on at the present time. To the old building we are adding a new gymnasium, a cottage t'or the home economics department with the band room in the basement. and a new building for the manual training department. Through one-half century of progress M. T. ll. S. has developed into its appearance ot' today. with its impressive building, extensive equipment. beautiful campus, and modern stadium. lloards. facul- ties. engineers with their corps ot' workers and, most i1nporta11t as well as most mnnerous. the total student enrollment have each contributed to the development ot' tl1e school today. Ruth Sabine, '50 M. T. H. S. 1950 .WV N .. ..., -.. . .gs 1 V - . -V ...,. .,,.. ,,t'S1au. ..... t-.- ., . -1 , ' ' N S it .......-..-..-..-..-..-......-..-..................-..-.,-..-..-..-......-......-..-..-..-.,-..-..-..-..-..-..-..-..- . . . Ullflflilllg placc to new. - Tennyson Page Nine v

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