Beloit Memorial High School - Beloiter Yearbook (Beloit, WI)

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7 'W g De Omnibus Rebus et Quibusdam Allis Dear reader, do you wish to know What in this book resides ? There's alittle bit of everything, And something more besides.

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THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. The Board of Education of the city of Beloit, portraits of whose several members appear on the oppositeqpage, is ati present composed entirely of representative business men of the city. Messrs. Baer, McCall and Keys are the presidents of the New York Store Mercantile Company, the McCall Mercantile Company and the Keys Clothing Company, respectively, all being promi- nent business Hrms of Beloit. ' Our police judge, A. B. Cotton, is a civil war veteran and past commander of G. A. R. Post, No. 147, and formerly a prosperous farmer and liveryman ofthe county. He was elected mayor of Beloit in 1899, and filled that office with credit. The president ofthe board, Dr. E. E. Brewer, has practiced his profession successfully in this city for the past fourteen years, and has acquired extensive interests in various county enter- prises. Dr. Brewer and Mr. Jordan taught school in this county for several years and both served as members ofthe county board of examiners. All ofthe members ofthe present board are old settlers except the youngest member, Mr. J ordan, who, however, was born in Mitchell county and is at present a practicing attorney at law in our city. ' , The record of this board is certainly worthy of comment. The etlicient management of the schools during the years 1905-O6 is evidence of their work. In the last year the city has been saved 3270 by the refunding of certain of its school bonds, whereby a reduction of interest on the same from 6 per cent. to 4:34 per cent. was saved. Over 351500 of school bonds have been paid off, thereby reducing the school bond indebted ness to its lowest point in years and placing the city's public schools in the best condition financially in their history. Besides reducing the bonds, several substantial and permanent improvements have been made, and by a timely levy sufficient funds are now in the treasury to completely re-roof the central building and make other improvements now in contemplation. '1

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Department I . THE FACULTY. Here's Nelson, Matthews, Downs, Montgomery, Adams, H The fiercest proposition ever faced by man, And plots we've heard by them sometimes preplex us ally all, The things that they can't do there's nobody who can. Whatever we may do, that bunch we cannot fool, They watch us in our class, they watch us on the stair N o matter where we go about that old high school, At morning, noon or night we'll tind a teacher there. But now if anything comes up which we don't know, Or if we want advice about the trials of life, Why, there's the place for every one of us .to go- They're willing to assist and aid in every strife. 7