Litchfield High School - Licohi Yearbook (Litchfield, IL)

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Clan' of 1909 STANIDINKL: left to Rigln: Margaret llloollij lirown, lfva 4NVilliamsj Taylor, lfrma Qlliarcrofrj llt'Will. Russell XYurixlt'!'. Ncla fllaxisj St-lietfel, Ola lOllerj Maddox, Mural Winifreil Qllirkerj Waikim. Sl'.'X'lil 13: ,'Xxn.inil.i Wliiluliousc. l'reil.i gSrli.ilkJ Denton, Superintendent A. S. Anclerson. Myrtle lewis Gladys lflliamberlinj Telfcr, Havel Qflliristyj Larson. a part of the city schools there were but three teachers in the high school, and previous to that there were but two teachers. The following year C1897j, the ques- tion of discontinuing the township high school again arose and was voted down by a majority of 130 votes. The Litch- field Monitor relates that it would be necessary that the directors make a move to erect a building as the city schools were crowded and the rooms which were this year rented to the township will be needed next year by the city. In April, 1897, school directors were elected for the Hrst time, two of whom were Colonel Dclos Van D-:usen and A. Neuber. Previous to this time members of the city council were ex-oHicio mem- bers of the school board. In 1879 a spe- cial act was passed in the state legislature which provided that the school board P-l4W'CI1fy-SCVCTI

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Clan of 1908 BACK ROW: Left to Right: Edward Gooch, Lester Shumucker, Ira Stiefcl, Chester Weber, Leon Logan, Alva Pricket, William Halford. MIDDLE ROXV: Bernice QRobcrtsj McNamara, Grace fCrattyJ XVheat, Mildred Davis, Catherine fllavisj W'hitlock, Lorraine Weigriffe, Lillian Qzinimcrnianj Weber. FRONT ROW: Frncst Kitcli, Della Litchfield Buel, Lona Machler, Alfred Gregg, The problem of establishing and re- taining a high school in Litchfield has always been one which has caused dissen- sion. Even after the high school had been in operation for a number of years an election was held April 8, 1893 to deter- mine whether the high school should con- tinue. A vote of 887 for and 256 against showed that Litchfield favored contin- uing the school. The North Litchfield Township High School which was organized in June of 1896, opened September 7, 1896 in the rooms on the third floor of the Third Ward school building Qlda Russell Schoolj. In this new type of high school there were four teachers. In the pre- ceding year when the high school was Twenty-six

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sw., Clan' of 1911 'RN SYN 5 fYs',. l Maw Q 'N ' t 5 T . if . 'IQ'- Q X Q i is gl? -X icy ti ,,,,,,.V ,. . x R,-M X I., , V W' -P QE N 'M TOP ROXY: Left to Right: Roland Duncan, john Chamberlain, jennic Hughes, George Telfer, Hazel 1'Burgej Miller, Roscoe Barlow SECOND ROXV: Paul Kelley, lfarl Fcllers, Superi ' QNathanj Barton, , Blanche CRJl1lllCJ Scott, nrendent Anderson, Principal laul Smith, Edna Earl Brokaw. THIRD ROXV: Clara qiiannonj Boosinger, Rosalie fKnieryj Wand, Roy Barringer, Florence Qllossbackl Dennis, Dan Taylor, Blossom Clniyj Brown. BOTTOM ROVV: Kenneth Lane, George King, Effie Creighton, Robert jordan, Florence Howard, Irene Albert Keese. QChristiej Fletcher, should be appointed by the mayor with the consent and approval of the city council. In this year of 1897 the Hrst annual commencement of the North Litchheld Twenty- township high school was held at the Rhodes Opera House. In 1899 the school was accredited by the University of Illinois and has since remained on the approved list of the eight