Litchfield High School - Licohi Yearbook (Litchfield, IL)

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Clan' of 1891 Ben Smith, Emma Krumcrcich, lwlward Davis, Simeon johnson FRONT ROW: Miss jenny Rug Edgar's third quarter commences on Monday, January 31st at her residence on Kirkham street, opposite the Presby-- terian Church. Bills collected before the close of the term. Tuition 55.00. Mr. Wellsi taught a fall term and held an exhibition which was witnessed by an audience which filled every inch of the room, occupied the stairs of the Em- pire Hall, and stood on ladders' looking through the windows .... He also taught a summer term, beginning the school April 11th. In this year of 1859, a most unusual advertisement concerning a girl's school was published. The undersigned has opened a high school for young ladies, occu- pying for the present, the pleasant Thirteen R. S. Hill, Superintendent room over Mr. Durr's dry goods store. Is prepared to receive addi- tions to the present number of stu- dents. The school, until assistant teachers are employed, will be sfriclly limited to thirty pupils. Terms: Common and High En- glish Branches, 55.00 per term. Juv- enile classes, 53.00. Drawing and Painting classes receive instructions Tuesdays and Thursdays of each week .... Draw- ing, twenty lessons 52.50. Water colors, 54.00. Oil Painting, 58.00. Having had charge of this depart- ment in Jacksonville Seminary and since in other parts of the state, the principal hopes to give entire satis- faction both in the ornamental and

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Class of 1886 FIRST ROW: Left to Right: Ella fHayesJ Bailey, August QWiegreffeJ Aldous, Charlotte fColtj Paden, Anna Whittaker, Annie QMorrellJ Brown, W. L. Holbrook. SECOND ROW: Temple 1HooglandJ Gehlman, Lula B. Tuttle, Georgia Ira Tuttle, Alice M. Irwin, Fannie Belle QSandersonJ Hutchinson, Francis QHolbrookJ Keese. REAR ROW: Charles A. Manners, William Andrew Broderick, joel M. Bowlby, Superintendent, George E. Ayers, Principal of High School, Stephen D. Canaday, Richard W. O'Bannon. One of the earliest teachers in Litch- Held was a Miss Charles whose sole re- minder of her contribution to education is the newspaperiitem that the pupils of Miss Charles' School gave a pleasant entertainment to its patrons and a select number of guests last Wednesday', Uuly 8, 18571. The next school teacher was Mr. H. A. Wells who opened a fall and winter term of the Free School . . . Mon- day next CSeptember 7, 18573 at Cum- mins Hallf' Mr. Wells taught for a num- ber of years in the village. In April, 1858, Mr. Wells advertised that he was opening a summer termg in the same month Mrs. Edgar opened a school in Whitaker's new building adjoining the Ambrotype Gallery. Parents were re- quested to send their children, without further notice, and those entrusting children to her charge were warranted satisfaction. The following notices were found con- cerning schools of the year 1859. Mrs. Twelve

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Clays of 1893 is is as-125, X M ,sxfo-. M-W W ff' ds. ,. ' 1 s 'N 1wnYf we is FRONT ROW: Left to Right: Anna Dunne, Emma Mumme, Nellie QHolbrookJ Shuhardt. SECOND ROW: Fred Blackwelder, Josephine Kane, Ella Chaney, julah Jordan, Alice fllinneganj Rutherford, Edward Appleton. BACK RONW: Mr. Bromfield, Gilbert Randle, George Goodell, George McCord, Wiiltcr Holderread, Ida I. Russell. thorough branches. September 28, 1859 Sarah Bartonv June 18th, 1860 Miss Barton's Select School opened in the pleasant room owned and formerly occupied as a print- ing oiiice of H. A. Coolidge. The school will embrace ONLY young Ladies and Missesf' In the year of 1861 Geo. C. Mack opened a select schoolg Miss Palmer moved her school into the lower floor of the Grammar Schoolg Andrew Waters also opened a school in the Grammar School during the summer in which he taught Common English Branches for 84.00 and Higher Branches for 55.00. Miss Gilham opened a private school in the Cummings Building. In 1862 H. A. Wells continued his Fourteen