Johnston City High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Johnston City, IL)

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'tiene itiauainmaut History of C. T. H. S. All great things have humble beginnings-so it is with Johnston' High. On a pleasant spring evening, some two decades past, the setting sun sought rest beneath the western horizon, casting its last flickering glow on a little white school house, sixteen years later, that selfsame sun rose again, seeking in vain for that little white school house. However, it did burst forth in all its splendor on that palatial, gorgf eous masterpiece of architectural intellect, better known as the Johnston City Town' ship High School. Such has been the remarkable expansion of our dear Alma Mater. So has it prospered and grown. u That little white school house with a three year course, a student body of twelve, and a faculty of one, was dissolved in 1904, it yielded to the age of civic improvef ment. Our high school at that time was transferred to the new Jefferson School building, where it occupied one room in 1905f1906, but it soon outgrew this alloted space, so the number of rooms increased to three: an assembly hall, a class room, and a science room. There was a single graduate in 1909. The following year the number had inf creased tenffold. As the enrollment increased, more rooms were added and more activities undertaken. The faculty had increased to three members by 1917. At the close of the 1919 term, it was obvious that the child had outgrown its surroundings-a new high school was absolutely necessary. The question of deciding the fate of the proposed new school was evidenced in the spring elections. After a very close election, the issue was passed. Our new school cost approximately H5175,000.00. By October, 1920, the new building was ready for occupancy. The 1921 enrollment totaled one hundred and twentyfseven. Five very efficient instructors constituted the faculty. The new surroundings seemed to inspire the students to greater things-the first edition of the Cardinal was published, and a winning basketball team aided much in raising our prestige. 1922 found one hundred and fifty students and seven teachers comprising our school. A football team which won half of its games was instituted during the term. Two very important achievements are recorded for 1923: a new Commercial Department was added to the school curriculum, and J. C. T. H. S. received rec' ognition by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. The graduating class of 1924 consisted of twentyffour members, the largest class to be graduated up to that time. They were the first class to complete an entire four year's course at the new high school. In 1925 Mr. H. E. Reynolds was made high school principal. Our greatest achievement for the year was the winning of the Little Ten and Southern Illinois football championship, under the coaching of Mr. L. M. Patton. 1926 is undoubtedly the brightest year in the calendar of'-Iohnston City High. Winitiiig teams in both football and basketball were produced. Such new activities as student government and debating have been instituted. The enrollment of two hundred and seventy students and seventeen instructors is unparalleled and the graduating class of over forty is almost double that of any previous class. We justly point to J. C. T. H. S. with pride, for does she not have the highest possible scholastic standing, does she not turn out winning athletes, does not her curriculum contain a very wide variety of subjects, does she not have the most beautiful campus in Illinois, and does she not prepare for the world real men and real women? From simplicity, to mediocrity, and then to the heights of supremacy, that is the history of Johnston High. 7

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