Luther High School South - Shield Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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3 rl EARNING When a Tew men oT The Concordia League came TogeTher Tor a meeTing on March II, l907, noT many oT Them realized ThaT Their decisions would be remembered more Than TiTTy years laTer. For us aT LuTher SouTh and Tor all The young people who have aTTencled LuTheran high schools in Chi- cago during The pasT halT cenTury, The meeTing was an hisToric one, Tor aT This Time iT was deTermined To begin LuTheran secondary educaTion in This area. The Tollowing Two years were Tilled wiTh end- less hours oT planning - planning which, by The grace oT God, resulTed in The opening oT LuTher lnsTiTuTe on April I4, l909. One Tloor oT FirsT Immanuel LuTheran School, ll35 S. MarshTield, was large enough Tor The sixTy-six sTudenTs and Two TaculTy members, Mr. W, C. T-lerrman and Mr. David Chase. This modesT beginning was expanded already during The TirsT summer wiTh The addiTion oT The commercial course. The populariTy oT This sTep is evidenT Trom The immediaTe opening oT an evening school, enrollmenT I8, in addiTion To The regular academic deparTmenT, The Tollowing SepTember. By I9I2 LuTher lnsTiTuTe was well esTablished wiTh Tour separaTe deparTmenTs: preparaTory, aca- demic, commercial, and shorThand and Typing. TuiTion, ranging Trom Ten To TwenTy-six dollars Tor a sixTeen week semesTer, was charged according To The deparTmenT in which The sTudenT was enrolled. Course oTTerings were noT as limiTed as The size oT The school mighT lead one To believe. l-lad you aTTended LuTher lnsTiTuTe in l9I2, you could have chosen Trom The Tollowing subiecTs: Pysiography Commercial Law Business PracTice Commercial Geography Business fXriThmeTic ManiTolding Business MeThods Geography and Correspondence Bookkeeping Rapid CalculaTion OTTice PracTice lvlimeographing Penmanship Religion NaTure STudy l-TisTory Typing LaTin MaThemaTics German AriThmeTic English Spelling Greek ShorThand Science The ChrisTian Training and The varieTy oT course oTTerings aTTracTed so many addiTional sTu- denTs in l9I3 ThaT The classroom TaciliTies became inadequaTe. The problem oT building expansion proved To be beyond The abiliTies oT The Concordia League and, on June I4, IQI3, a meeTing was held in which several congregaTions Tormecl The LuTher lnsTiTuTe AssociaTion oT Chicago and assumed The leadership in The high school movemenT. LocaTing a suiTable siTe Tor a new building, planning The sTrucTure and raising The necessary money Took a long Time, Finally, on SepTember l9, l9l5. a crowd oT almosT Tive Thousand people saw The cornersTone oT The new LuTher lnsTiTuTe laid aT IZO N. Wood STreeT. Thousands more aT- Tended The dedicaTion services on AugusT 27 oT The Tollowing year, happy To see The school com- pleTed Tor The new Term. The addiTional space available in The new