Elgin Academy - Hilltop Yearbook (Elgin, IL)

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'HIE ILLTDP TRUSTEES OF LONG SERVICE Top row left to r1ght Wll1lCm C Kxmball 32 years 18431875 Benlamm W Raymond 29 years 18541883 MOTFIS C Town 38 years 1854 1892 Mxddle row Dr Ioseph Teil! 45 years 1843 1888 hrst mayor of Elgm presrdent of He boa d 1854 1888 Henry Sherman 38 years 1855 1893 General lohn Shuler Wilcox 39 years 1872 1911 presldent 1890 1894 Bottom row Orlando Dav1dson 45 years 1854 1899 secretary and 're-asurer Wlllxam Grote 22 years 18981920 presldent 1907 1920 Iudge Sylvanus Wllcox 25 years 1865 1890 George P Lord 22 years 1885 1907 pres1den 1894 1907 9 4 I. , 9 3 7' , 7 H Af Iudge Edvslard Coultas Lovell, 26 years,A 1876-1902.

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THE HILLTCJP PRINCIPALS OF LONG TENURE Amos G Sears A M ftop leftl principal 1870 1881 During his administration came the issuing of the lrst diplomas and a sharp increase in enrollment 1875 being a peak year with 247 students for the winter term Alfred Gardner Welch A M ftop rtghtl principal 1891 1897 An exceptionally strong execu tive who rescued the Academy from imminent dissolution Hts administration was marked by a strong interest in manual tralning domestic science printing commercial subtects George Newton Sleight A B B Pd flower left? dean 18981911 He procured the much desired affiliation with the University of Chicago and later with Northwestern UHIVSISITY During his term the students cooperated with him in securing lmperative financial gifts to the Academy Dr Sleight is now a professor at Lake Forest College Karl I Stouffer B S A M flower rightl dean 10201936 He inaugurated the boarding department and greatly enlarged the physical equipment of the Academy At his sugges tion Iudge Sears supplied for the school the unparalleled athletic field and much additional real estate The Laura Davidson Sears art building was added also during his admimstra tion Mr Stouffer IS now head of 'he Roosevelt Military School at Aledo Illinois 8 x A ' Q ai athletics, glee club, literary societies, and other extra-curricular activities, . , , ., . ., ' V ' . I 4

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THE HILLTOP TEACHERS OF LONG SERVICE Top row left to rrght Laura R Davxdson mathematrcs ntne years 18771884 18851887 Mrss Davrdson later became Mrs Nathan1elC Sears Mrs 1. K Becker Englrsh and hrstory seventeen years 18771894 Mtddle row Pearl E Foltz A B German and Latm hfteen years 1910 1925 Mrss Foltz 1S now an attor ney at law rn Chrcago Sarah A Pratt A B Englrsh ftlteen years 18941909 Harrtett Kendall Burr A B A M Enghsh hfteen years 19091917 19201927 Mrss Burr IS now teachmg rn Callforma Bottom row Florence S Raymond B S mathemattcs th1rty seven years 18941931 She xs now Mrs Charles 1. Morgan of Drxon lllmots Walter A Heath A B A M mathematrcs eleven years 19261937 Mr Heath IS now teachtng ln the Elgm Hrgh School Mary Searles Penrose lMrs O I Penrosel publrc speakrng and dramatrcs erghteen years 19101913 19161931 Recently deceased 10 A, . fl 1. 4 ' . ' Q h si xr.-' V mn., C .xy km ,., gt A ' 15 E.. .' V4 . Mrs. Amos G. Sears, preceptress, eleven years, 1870'1881. Mother of luclge N. C. Sears.