Ashton High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Ashton, IL)

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W ,F Aa-from coMMuN1'rY as 11- l ' g ' ., L 'llfiiwfl elf ASHTON, :Lumens ' -f ' .T ,rwpyrggh Yldfh f5+w.N is as VHGVI JCHOO' 2 he igjzha' :grills Now the course of study includes English l,2,5,h... Speech...Latin l,2...General Science...Physics...Biology ...Geometry l,2...Algebra l,2...World History,..American History...Civics and Economics...Commercial Arithmetic , and Geography...Bookkeeping...Shorthand...Typing 1,2... Home Economics l,2,5...Agriculture l,2,5. Two valuable non-credit courses that are taught part time and are interchangedfwith two regular courses are Vocational Guidance and Man And The Motor Car. A Mr. Scudder was the firstiprincipal on record and -- he served in the l87O's. The next principal was Mr. A. W. Rosecrans who resigned in 1835. Mr. Hartwell a-nd Mr. Baldwin followed him, and the latter was followed by Mr. Streeter, Mr. Fackler, and Mr. Wallace, all of whom were able principals as the school made its steady progress to- ward its present status. The superintendent who preceded Mr. Bilderback was Mr. John Torrens whom you know. He served in that cap- acity for eleven years, resigning at the end of the school term in 1959 to fill the position of County Superintendent of Schools in Lee County. The Ashton High School became the Ashton Community High School in 1959 by vote of the citizens of the dis- trict who wished to have the taxes increased rather than have a three year high school. , That's all I can think of that would interest you very much, I guess. Be sure to write soon and tell us whether you got the box or not and more about the camp. 1 Good-bye for now, Your faithful historian A

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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.

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