Paris High School - Arena Yearbook (Paris, IL)

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F A C U L T Y Administration Building The Administration Building of lofty ceilings, high windows, warm colors, and advanced forms of illumination was the First Exposition building to he completed. It is in the form of a huge letter “E” with the three wings of the open side facing a lagoon. This building, official headquarters for the Exposition staff, is actually the experimental laboratory for a Century of Progress.

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T Y F C U rr'HE growth of our schools in the last century is very interesting, and especially so is the development of tlie faculty or teaching staff. Before 1855, the schools were sustained mostly by private means, and every community claimed tlie privilege of managing the school without interference of other parties or modification hv general laws. The teachers were accountable only to their employers, and no particular standard of qualification was required. When the public school system had been in operation for four years Sheridan P. Read, Superintendent of Schools, said that the great need that was felt was for well-qualified teachers. So as time passed this condition was remedied. Fifteen years later Superintendent Mapes in his report congratulated the county on the fact that a law had been passed requiring additional qualifications for the teachers. The standard at this time would have ruled out nine-tenths of the instructors in Mr. Read's time. As time passed, the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges was created, and Paris High School was on the accredited list from the beginning. Under the rules of this organization every teacher of an academic subject was required to he a college graduate. Thus a great change is seen from the schoolmaster in the first log school house to our large, well-trained teaching staff of twenty-five at the present time. Mary Jane Weberg, 33.

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John R. Moss, B.S.: M.A. Superintendent of Schools