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

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Add1tlOHS to the Horace Mann School made durmg 1915 and 1916 estabhshed our school much as It IS today Classes were held for the flrst tlme 1n the new blllldlflg ln Sep tember 191C Mr Alvls was succeeded by Mr H A Kanzler ln 1924 followed 111 turn ln 1928 by Mr Frank Eversull In 1933 'Vlr XV L Baughman sue ceeded Mr Eversull Mr Walter Iohnson vocatxonal counselor and program dlrector jomed the staff Mr B1ug,hman aftex twenty two years as prmcnpal retlred 1n 1955 and was succeeded by our present prxncxpal Mr W. W Dowmng former assnstant prlnclpal and foot ball coach A new and more modern hlgh school bulldlng IS now under construct1on at Flfty flrst and State Street and the student body and faculty hope to be occupymg nt by September 1957 May we 1n all probablllty the last graduatmg classes of the present s1te extend best wnshes for success to the classes of the future' . . 1 I . C 1 0 ' a . . . , L 1 - n ' . 3 - , . xn 1947. . 1 S 7 , A - 7 L I. V a ' - 1 ' 1 7 c . .. V ' 1 9

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Hlstory of the East St Louls Senlor Hugh School The flrst East St LOUIS Senlor Hrgh School a small two room frame bu1ld1ng was burlt 1n 1874 and was located on Flfrh Street between St Lou1s and MIS sour1 avenues It had an enrollment of about twenty students The three year course was taught by Mr C A Slngletary the prmclpal and only faculty mem ber The enght members of the fxrst graduatmg class recelved thelr drplomas m 1877 Followmg Mr Slngletarys reslgnatxon 1n 1878 Mr R W Rafter was appomted pr1nc1pal Because of a d1spute over a successor to f11l the vacancy when Mr Raf ter res1gned ln 1880 the school was closed 1ndef1n1tely In 1884 East St Lou1s H1gh School re opened wlth Mr Charles L Manners as pr1nc1pal The course was extended to four years and because a larger enroll ment requlred far more space the th1rd floor of the T-lowe Inst1tute on Tenth Street and Ohlo Avenue was ut1l1zed ln 1890 Then from 1895 untll 1905 the hrgh school was housed nn what IS now Rock Jumor H1gh School In 1905 the hngh school was moved mto the Horace Mann School whrch ls the north wmg of the present bulldmg At thrs t1me mld year graduat1on was begun Mr D Walter Potts who became pr1nc1pal ln 1910 and later became Supermtendent of Schools was succeeded by Mr. H J Alv1s1n 1912

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