Armstrong High School - Resume Yearbook (Armstrong, IL)

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L-'ll ll 'WU ll E53 Iflurple zmh f5uliJ fl nl ll Il ll Carrollton, and then last September he came he1'e to be principal of our own A. T. H. S. MRS. DOWELL has taught here four years. When 'she first came in 1919 we called her Miss Sigfridson or Sigie. Perhaps her reputation as a good cook and her blondeness are her most noticeable characteristics. Mrs. Dowell was graduated from the Geneva Community High School in 1915, and in 1919 was graduated from the University of Illinois. She managed a cafeteria in Frankfort, Michigan the summer of 1919. In the fall she came here and taught three years. December 24, 1922 Miss Sig- fridson became Mrs. Nathan Dowell. Mrs. Dowell stayed at home and kept house during the years 1922-23. Last September she joined us again as Domestic Science teacher. MR. LAWRENCE is the agriculture teacher. His good nature and ambition will carry him far in this world. He has the happy faculty of making friends. I-Ie was graduated from the Paxton High School in 1906. He stayed at home a year then in 1911 he was graduated from the U. of I. From 1911 to 1918 he taught in Minnesota. He was coun- ty farm adviser for two years. In 1920 Mr. Lawrence purchased a farm and became a permanent resident of our district. Two years ago he was induced to become a teacher in our High School. We feel ourselves very fortunate to have Mr. Lawrence as a teacher and neighbor in our com- munity. MR. NELSON lives in Rankin. Illinois. When in High School there he came to Armstrong to play Basket ball. When anyone asked who was that good player on the Rankin team was, he was told, That's Swede Nelson. Mr. Nelson was graduated from the Rankin High in 1921. He attended the State Normal one year, 1922-1923, and two summer terms. While there he was on both the base ball and basket ball squads. This is Nelson. Mr. Nelson was graduated from Rankin High in 1921. He sides his duties as a coach. MISS KAPITAN. our English teacher, comes from Wisconsin. This is her first year as a teacher.- She has proven herself a very able in structor and helped us through a great many dry books that otherwise we would have left on the shelf unread forever. Miss Kapitan attended the Manitowoc, Wisconsin, High School and was graduated from there in 1918. She then attended Carroll College and Washington University at St. Louis. MISS ALEXANDER is the smallest member of the faculty. Her I'-ill ll -ll- 11 n :wi 1924 Ca n--u n u -u lu .ml

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f-s X N V ill Il 'iIF'i-HW mln!-P13 ann Qlgnlh Q ll II ll ll IA -2-1-X . --4 rnklronmr A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION by Mr. fllflxffy Does it pay to spend time and money in securing an education? This is a question concerning which there is a great varying of opinion. The Deople opposed to education are rapidly becoming fewer and fewer in num ber. People are beginning to see the need and to some extent understand the value of an education. Education is the production of useful changes in the lives of human beings. It is the mark of civilization. It comprehends all that is worth while in life and spurn those things which have no relation to the better things of life. John Stuart Mills has said, The most valuable thing in this world is man, and the most valuable thing in man is mind. Therefore, it seems to me, if this assertion be true, surely we are engaged in a worth- while work trying to educate people. There is a greater need for education today than ever before. Com- petition is becoming keener and forcing greater preparation in most all the avenues of business. The population of our country is steadily increasing. It is becoming congested in many parts of the country. The land area of the United States is now practically all settled. Uncle Sam has very little land to be given to one almost for the mere asking. The result of these conditions is that the opportunity for expansion has been lessened, and consequently the number of people seeking the same employment has in- creased. There are several agencies: the home, church, and school which aid in the education of our people. The one of which we are a part and with which this article has to deal is the school and particularly the high school. Equal opportunity for all the children of all people is the watchword of the modern high school. The modern high school embodies and reflects the composite spirit that dominates American life, and is at once the most ill u u u ll aria 1924 G ll u n ll u 'll ,An...4u.au