Danville High School - Medley Yearbook (Danville, IL)

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THE MEDLEY HISTORY OF DANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL HE HISTORY of Danville High School as shown on records is somewhat vague. Many records are lost, and those remaining, for the most part, were found discarded in the basement. In 1870, the determination of one man made it possible to start here a high school, which has held its own, and made a history worth recording. Mr. Spellman saw the need of higher education, so he arranged to conduct a school on the second floor of the building now occupied by the Yeomans and Shedd Hardware Store. The people had no slmice in forming this department of education, as Mr. Spellman was entirely independent. It was after sev- eral classes had been graduated, that this school had anything to do with the high school. There was one teacher and an assistant to instruct the twenty-one en- rolled pupils. Their course of study is surprising, as they had such subjects as, Mental Philosophy, Science of Wealth, Greek, Analysis and Astronomy. The school year was divided into three terms. The first one ended about December, and the second one in March, with a week's vacation between terms. In 1872, three girls were graduated, their two year course being ac- counted for, by the fact that they had a good preparation in the grades. Six of the class of twenty-one were graduated the next year, and seven completed the course in the customary four years. For two years, the school was maintained on Main Street, but on the com- pletion of the old Washington building, the high school department occupied some rooms on the north side of the third floor. Upon the death of her husband, Mrs. Spellman took his place, and helped to build up interest, enthusiasm and a name for D. H. S. Miss Cornelia Branch was principal from 1874-1876. In four years, such advancement had been made, that there were 152 members enrolled, and four teachers employed. It was in 1875 that the Alumni Association was formed. This played an important part in high school affairs, until it quietly disappeared about three years ago. In the same year, the courses of study were changed to General and Classical. Miss Annie Hoff had the principalship from 1876-1878, during which time the course of study was changed for convenience sake into Q11 Practical Science, two years with four studies each term, C23 Latin and Natural Science, three years with four and five studies each term, f3l Classical, four years with three studies each term. During the principalship of M. A. Lapham, 1878-1879, and for some years thereafter, unaccountably, the attendance waned, falling from 152 to 80. In the eighties, Silas Y. Gillan, now a noted educator and editor of a school paper in Milwaukee, inaugurated the morning exercises which, strange to say, were spelling lessons. Throughout his entire high school career, a student was required to take spelling until efficient, no one being allowed to graduate who could not spell correctly. 10