HIGH SCHOOL-1923— SHOWING IH I-: K ( )I.l ' rii X ( IF THH joi.ii-r ' i( i xsHii ' hi ;h school win t.luti W li 111 It Chaiie Dar- , and the oiil ' ru.iscni lir iliiln ' l rnnsidrr llu ' miraculous ivoluiion i)f iinr .ureal sysUiii in- lcad of sonic of ih( c fossilized Icpidoptera or iclineuiii- onnUu was because the poor fellow gave up till slruy-gle for existence in 1882, jnsl when llial sy-.teiii was cnierginsf from its earliest pri)li pla mic state Perhaps you had never thought that in its varied stages of development and improvement our own high school might be compared to some great and magnificint example of tiie Iilaiil or animal kingdom, but it is thoroughly feasilile To compare il In some stately pine or liemlock would aflford a delightful display of a fertile imagination, but to satisfy the vanity of that liighly developed species of the animal kingdom, called niaii. it might be more pleasing to liken cuir iiislilntion and its growth to the structure .ind development of one of his closer relatives. Even in this enlightened age, there are some periods in the history of all prominent institutions which present a dark, somewhat hazy existence in the past and about which very little is definitely known. Such is the case witli tlie Joliet High School from 185S lo 1874 when the first class, consisting of ihrec girls, was graduated and when llie high sclioid classes were tatight, at times in the old KasUrn Avenue school and again, in rooms over tlu- old Cagwin Bank on Jefferson Street. From 1874-1879 neither graduates nor commencements are recorded, but since 1879, each year has witnessed a successfnl hi.gh school commencement in Jnliel. By 1882, the need for a high school Iniild- ing was voiced and soon met hv the erection of the old building on Chicago Street It was on the uiiper floor of lli.at Imilding that for some I en years the higli school classes were conducted. The old feeling of rivalry between the east side and the west side, still prevalent among some of our older residents, gave rise to ;i high school buildin.g west of the river in 1887, where the name West Side Hi.gh School was deeply cut in stone upon the front wall. There it still stands today, but its function as a high school long ago succtimbed to the law of the survival of the fittest and has lallen to the lowly state of a grammar school, taking on the less pretentious name of Broad- way School. F.ven as early as 1892, a proposition for a township Iiigh school was submitted, but the
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