Ashton High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Ashton, IL)

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X , My P Ati-:'roN f:,oMr,xUN1'rY 5, H, 'i XN '5 1-new SCHOOL. , 5' Ii iei f I f' I .ll ASHTCDN, 'ILLINOIS 1 FQREWORD To the students of A. C. H. S. we pre- sent The 19I4.2 Spotlight. We, the Senior ' Class, present the happenings of the past yearin such a way that they will bring mem- ories of school life we have experienced. May we ever be mindful of the value of good sportsmanshipandfeir play, which have made such a deep impression upon us. v Our 'theme of Letters To Boys In Camp , is presented in a manner that we hope will remind usof our acquaintanceship with them. To you we present the SPOTLIGHT.

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!'ff f',ix'-I - 'Zi Asi-fron cof,xMUrs1'rY . lf E2 C, EA1EE?hBJ!ml'v tqxiis: I ll c' 4 QB VH ...rl DCVIQOL LI L 'U' 1153-vii ASHTON, ULLINOIS January 6, l9lg.2 Dear Jim, Well, I've finally gotten around to writing to you Kas you can probably see by nowl. Did you get the box I sent about a week ago? I haven't heard from you so I don't know whether you got it and ate too much or whether you didn't get it at all. The other day while I was fooling around in the lib- rary I saw some interesting things about the High School here in Ashton and I know youlre always interested in anything about Ashton so I'll pass it on to you. The first building was two stories high but there was only one room on each floor. That building was rather small compared to the present structure but it easily accom odated the few pupils and the small teaching staff. No records have been found concerning the date of its erection so I can't tell you that, but the second build- ing was constructed in 1369 of Ashton sandstone. The building now in use was erected in 1915. Both of these buildings were neccessitated by the growing enrollment. In the early years of the Ashton High School, students did not have such a wide choice of subjects to choose from as they do today. In fact there were only a few courses besides reading, writing and arithmetic. Changes that have occurnmiin the curriculum since those days are the ' combination of the three history courses CEnglish, Anc- ient, and Modernl into World History, and another result of a combination is, Biology made up of Botany and Zoology. Courses that were added sometime later were Agriculture, Home Economics, and Commerce. The latest addition to our study curriculum was Speech which was just inaugurated this year.