Effingham High School - Signet Yearbook (Effingham, IL)

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DEDICA TION The world of Amenca has been opened to our French frrend Bngltte Gour mel' She came to Effingham from Pau a southern crty of France to learn about us and to study rn our hrgh school thrs school term Bngrtte has been busy formxng new opxnrons of our mode of lrvmg studylng our language and understandlng our thlnlung It rs our great pleasure to have her We do not know lf the honor we have recerved IS nchly deserved but we are dellghted that we have been pnvrleged to have her wxth us thrs year The shreld beanng the banner of France long waved on our temtory before HIIHOIS became a state We always remember the engagrng manners fnend llness and wlsdom of the French explorers llke La Salle Hennepin Iolret and Marquette who won the good w11l and admrratron of our lndran mbes Nor do we forget the accomphshments of Marqurs de Lafayette General Rochambeau and Admrral De Grasse when we won our freedom from Great Brrtarn We have ever been on frrendly terms wxth Bngrtte s country and her vxsrt to us has only cemented more deeply and securely our good wrll toward France We wrsh Bngrtte and her countrymen success and happlness and when we brd her farewell at the end of the term we hope her stay wrth us has been so satxsfyrng that she w1l1 sl1p a golden corn 1nto her heart s treasury U - v 1 . I I . s I v 9 I r 1 . I u . . .. , .. I 1 ., . . .. , .

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SCHOOLS OF THE AREA The Effingham area is justly proud of its schools. Students come to Effingham High School from the following schools: Central and Sacred Heart in Effingham, Watson, Mason, Edgewood and Funkhouser. CENTRAL SCHOOL ,ff 'ff'-V Y 1f -A Tl- I, , , . , f f3 H- in-,111 ,g .. V! 5 The original Central School was built in 1894 with additions being made in 1917 and 1927. SACRED HEART SCHOOL ST. ANTHONY GRADE SCHOOL Students from Sacred Heart Grade School attend Effingham High School The St. Anthony School system has and St. Anthony High School. This school was dedicated in 1956. its own high school.