Arenzville High School - Raider Yearbook (Arenzville, IL)

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THE HAIHEH PUBLISHED BY SENl0R CLASS oi AHENZVILLE HIGH SCHO0I. AHENZVILLE ll.l.IN0lS of I956 VOI.UME IX THE

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ARENZVILLE CHO0L The flrst hlgh school class to be graduated 1n the vlllage of Arenzv1lle was the class of 1890 whxch had 1ts xnstructlon 1n what 1S now the vlllage hall and the vlllage a1 When mcreased enrollment made It necessary a larger bu1ld1ng was erected on the slte of the present bulldlng The f1rst class to be graduated from lt was the class of 1893 Th1s bulldmg burned IH 1907 and was replaced by the present blllldlflg whose doors were opened 1n the September of 1909 Durxng these years the hlgh school was a three year school but about 1913 or 1914 the hlgh school had a four year currlculum In 1936 the gyrrnasmm was added In 1940 a comrnumty hxgh school d1str1ct was formed In October 1947 the present commumty umt D1strxct Number 27 was formed comprlsmg the vxllages of Arenzvllle Chap1n and Concord and adJo1n1ng terr1tor1es In 1949 the hot lunch and home economxcs buxldlngs were completed In 1952 the Jumor hxgh and agmculture blllldlflg was added S S Hx ' v , 3 - 1 - I A - 1 . , . I , , , , 1 , . , ,J '- 'fic .fa P13 ' sv ,