Georgetown High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Georgetown, IL)

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BOARD OF EDUCATION First Row: W. L. Richie, secretary; O. P. Rees, president; Andy Collom. Second Row: Henry Martin, Herschel Sheets, George Lenhart, Orlea Hubbard. Third Row: William Woodruff, janitor; Paris Herren, bus driver.

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GEORGETOWN TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL In 1898, when Mr. O. P. Rees, president of our Board of Education, became associated with our schools as teacher and principal, twenty-four students made up our eighth grade and high school. Mr. Rees and another made up the faculty. One room was study hall, class room, and gymnasium. On February 22, 1914, our High School was moved into this building. By 1929 we had grown until it was necessary to add a new gymnasium, study hall, and three class rooms. At the present time our enrollment is two hundred seventy, with a teaching staff of fourteen. Tw

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FACULTY GEORGIA HENDERSON, B.S., M.S., Mathematics. Earlhani College, University of Illinois. As erect as a moral principle.” GLENN A. DeLAND, B.Ed., M.A., Principal. Illinois State Normal University, University of Illinois. Where all think alike, no one thinks very much” ALICE E. REES, A.B., M.A., Latin. Earlham College, Columbia University. All is not error, nor is life without accomplishment.” MARY CLARK, A.B., Commerce. Earlham College, Illinois State Normal University. Silence with some is wisdom most profound.” IVAN C. BURCH, B.S., Science and Assistant Coach. Missouri University, South Dakota Technical School, Indiana University. 1 would hare been fearfully bored if I hadn't been there myself.” CATHARINE MYERS, B.S., English and Physical Education. Stephens Woman’s College, University of Illinois. Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.” H. DON SWEELEY, B.S., History and Coach. Susquehanna. He does a whole lot of his thinking in quotation marks.” PAUL G. GORMAN, B.Ed., Science and History. Knox College, Illinois State Normal University. I have nothing to declare but my genius.” ANEITA E. HILL, A.B., M.A., English and Music. Illinois Wesleyan University, University of Illinois. Music hath charms.” FRED S. SNYDER, B.S., Science. University of Illinois. Nobody loves a fact man.” LORREE M. MARANVILLE, A.B., M.A., French and English. Knox College, Uni-versity of Wisconsin V oil loir e’est pouvoir.” RUTH THOMAS, B.S., Commerce. MacMurray College, University of Illinois. Manners —the final and perfect flower of noble character.” JOSEPH C. MURPHY, B.S., Agriculture. University of Illinois. One thing about baldness—it's neat.” JUNFL SHEF'TS, Secretary. Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow ye diet.” E. L. PIERCE, Music (Orchestra and Band). American Conservatory of Music, Illinois State Normal University, University of Illinois. The happy people are those who are producing something.” Your