Chester High School - Summit Yearbook (Chester, IL)

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THE SUMMIT treasury too much. Peter McCulloh did the plastering for one hundred and thirty-three dollars. The cost of the building was met by levying a special tax of onc-lialf of one per cent. In 1839 a committee of the Board of Trustees reported that a school of thirty pupils could be formed, and a contract was made with O. P. Baton to teach the school for two dollars and fifty cents per quarter for each pupil.” (3) The following taken from “A Directory, Business Mirror, and Historical Sketches of Randolph County” helps in interpreting this reference. “The erection by the city of large public school house in 1858 closes the leading events of her history. This building is an ornament to the place and will be a lasting monument to the intelligent spirit of her citizens.” (4) “Troublesome Times” in all likelihood refers to the problems consequent upon reconstruction and to the influence of the panic of 1873. (5) “Combined History of Randolph, Monroe, and Perry Counties” also sheds some light here. “That building (referring to the school erected in 1858) was of insignificant pretensions in coinparison until the one completed in 1882. The latter is a capacious and handsome structure of brick. Beside the city of Chester the school district includes portions of township seven, range six, and township seven, range seven. In addition to the Centra! School building there is a schoolhouse in the first ward used by the colored children, and one in the third ward used for a primary school. Bight teachers are employed to whom during the year 1882-1883 salaries were paid amounting to thirty-seven hundred dollars.” (6) The alumni records start with the year 1885. Thus it seems that in this year Chester had its first approved high school. Since no class graduated in the year 1882, it is likely that the third year of high school was added with the erection of the new school building. The hit fit school changed from a three year course to a four year course in 1904. STUDENT BOARD OF CONTROL President.....................................Harry Backer Vice President and Secretary..................Edith Smith DEPARTMENT OF ATTENDANCE Chief Commissioner..........................Lucille Beare Commissioners Albert Juergens Charles Kirk Helen Smith Ruth Bartels DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE Chief Commissioner.............................Fern Stadler Commissioners Ruth Easterly Fred Mueller June Beare Owen Easterly DEPARTMENT OF EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Chief Commissioner.............................Earl Cowell Com missioners Vivian Brooke Henry Bunselmeyer I’iigo 12 Pat Conner Reuel Allison

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 THE SUMMIT 9 'bf (X K K-qs Owen Easterly Haskctball, ’30, ’31, ’32, ’33; Football, ’30. ’31; Student Hoard, ’32, ’33; President Class, ’31, ’33; Vice President, Class, ’30; Athletic Editor, Summit. Gerald Plot. Orchestra, ’30; Track, ’30. Olga Gilster Dramatic Club, ’30, ’31, '32, '33; Rip and Dip Club, 31; Ycowlers, '31. ’32, '33. Almerta Weloe Dramatic Club, ’30, ’31, ’32, ’33; Club, ’30, ’31, 32, ’33; Rip and Club, ’30, ’31. Dean Harris Ar. Club, ’31, ‘32; Glee Club, ’32, ’33; Dramatic Club, ’33. Henry Huns el m e y e r Football, ’30, ’31; Student Hoard, ’30, ’33; Glee Club, 32. 33; Ag. Club, ’32, ’33; Vice President, Ag. Club, Ag. Club Reporter, ’32. Vivian Allison Dramatic Club, ’31, ’32; Rip and Dip Club, 31; Reporter. ’31: Vice President, Class. ’33; Snapshot Editor, Summit; Ycowlers, ’31. ’32. ’33. Helen Mueller Dramatic Club, '32, '33; Rip and Club, ’33; Student Hoard, ’31, Ycowlers, '31, ’32, ’33. Conrad Becker Evansville High School. Richard Wilson Glee Club. ’30. ’32, ’33; Ag. Club, ’32, ’33; Vice President. Ag. Club, Corn Judging Team, ’32. djLUs Cyfokyl Glee Dip ’32, '31, ’31 : Dip ’32; 31, ’33; Page 14