East St Louis High School - Estlian Yearbook (East St Louis, IL)

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lllST0ll1 oi' the last Sl I0lIlS Sensor Illgh School The flrst Last St LOUIS Semor Hlgh School xx as a txxo room frame blllldlllj, bunlt nn 1874 and located on Ixfth Stre t betxx een St Louls md MISSOUFI Axe nues It was a three xear hlgh school wlth an enrollment of twenty Mr C A Smgletarv was both prmclpal and faculty Nlr P XV Rafter succeeded Mr Sxngletary as prlnclpal and he ln turn Was folloxxed by Wir Charles L Manners The course xxas lengthened to four years and xn 1890 because of the lncreaslng popularlty of higher educatlon the thlrd floor of Hoxxe Instxtute on Tenth Street and Ohxo Axenue xx as conxerted to hlgh school use In 1895 the one hundred students and four faculty members moved 1nto Rock Hlgh School now Rock Iunnor Hxgh School The Horace Mann School novx the north wmg of our present hlgh school xx as buxlt 1n 1905 Mr D Walter Potts beclme prmcxpal 1n 1910 XX hen he became superxn tendent of schools he was succeeded by Wir H I Alvns In 1915 16 an addl tnon was bullt to the Horace Vlann School thus our bunldlng, became substan tmlly as If ns todax Mr Alvls reslgned 1n 1974 Mr H A Klnfler h1s successor was m turn succeeded by Mr Prank Fxersull In 1933 Mr XX L Ihughman succeeded Mr Eversull In the posltxon of assnstmt prmcxpal durme, recent xelrs haxe been fxrst Mr Bolen Carter and now Mr Wlrt Doxx nnng., In 1947 Mr XValterJo1n son XOLt1I10l1ll eounselor and pro3.,r,1m dxreetor ponneel the h13.,h sehool staff So the lust bt Louxs Sennor Hugh School has groxxn nts faeultv and students nncreasmg ln number md Its curriculum esplndme to meet the needs of pres ent day students Q V I w 1 0 x 0 0 1 x x 9 5 A . x 0 A 1 A L , . . - f- V . . y ' ' I' Q s rss ' v- t e . . . 1 - Q v 'y ' ' I 1 s . 1. . . . . . . . . , V I s t . I . . . . . ' , ff ' I . . ' . . V 7'- , ' y 9 r y 1 s a 7 V V 5 s s L ' 1 y s f x . . . ,, . A . . e . ' ' 1 ' ' V . - I- , I . . K. . 4 s . X y 1 I , A , t t . . . ,.' , r , '. ,. ,. ' . - . . . . 1 . . .. , ' l J 7 4 'Y ' I7 . . . . ,I . . . . . . . 1 , , , - s 0 e L Y 'lt Y , . , , 1 - , . , . . . . V -. , - . , ,. ,a ' ' , , ', . . , , . , , . 1 V- - ' .- y V , N . 1 . .K , 1 . V - s , ,I . .s I I'- , . . . . K , 1 If - 1 1

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