Paris High School - Arena Yearbook (Paris, IL)

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s c H O O L Fort Dearborn Tht replica of old Fort Dearborn provides graphic visualization of human progress in the past century. Near here, a century ago, stood the original Fort Dearborn; and still nearer occurred in 1812 the massacre by Indians of the brave inhabitants of the Fort. Its log battlements stand in vivid contrast to the skyscrapers of Michigan Boulevard, a short distance away. The Fort is furnished in true pioneer fashion.

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SCHOOL TT'AHLY in the history of Paris our fore-fathers showed a de-termination to provide faeilities for education for the community. The first school building was erected in 1824, soon after the first settlers had built their own humble low houses. In 1841 Rev. H. I. Venable founded a school for «iirls known as Kdgar Academy. He was later induced to make it co-educational. The Academy occupied the ground now belonging to the Catholic Church. A select school or academy was also established under the auspices of the Methodist Church about 1848. It was built on the ground where Mayo School is situated. This school was purchased in 1875 hv the Paris Union School District, and a building erected which was used both as a high and grade school until 1908. The High School department had been first organized in 1871, and classes have graduated annually since 1875. The rapid growth of the High School made it necessary to provide a separate building on South Main Street in 1908. This was adequate until 1921 when two additional wings were added, which completed our present High School. Thus from a feeble beginning the schools of Paris have grown and expanded to accommodate the increasing demands for education. Mary Jane We berg, ’33.

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A C1MTUBY or pjocatu J. Dorris E. M. Crabtree A. Rhoads M. Tahble President Vice President Secretary Treasurer History of the Class of 33 This class drifted into High School about the fall of 1929. The membership was a few more than it is now. As we weren't bashful, we just told the teachers how good we were, and they took us at our word. As a result of this, we were taken down the line a little, hut although we didn't do so much, great things were expected of us, and rightly. And we did have a great literary society. The next year we entered school feeling three or four years older, and very important (knowing that there was a freshman class beneath us), and very wise. I bis last idea was speedily extracted from our thoughts hv the teachers, who knew lots harder questions than the ones they gave the year before. I bis greatly upset our “piece of mind hut we struggled on valiantly. If Emerson had visited our high school during the year ‘31 -‘32, and had seen the Junior Class, he would immediately have jotted down in his notebook. “Great minds at work and at play. Not only does our class have great minds, but it went places in athletics during this period. During this time one of our schoolmates was singularly honored, as we have now had the “best president of the “best class in school for two different years. During this, the final year for us, almost all worthwhile organizations have been overrun with Seniors. Word has reached our class that there is a depression of money and what goes with it in the outer world, hut there's no depression of brains and talent and ambition in the class of 1933; rather a boom. I might also add that, as we graduate this year, some nice folks got together and decided to have a little fair for us at Chicago. I know the memory of this class w ill long he cherished by the entire school, and I hope the memories are pleasant ones. Max E. Tarble '33.