Madison High School - Trojan / Madisonian Yearbook (Madison, IL)

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Where the faculty reigns supreme.

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THE NINETEEN M. H. S. LAUGH “Build for yourself a strong box, Fashion each part with care; Fit it up with hasp and padlock, Put all your troubles there. Hide therein all your failures And each bitter cup you quaff; Lock all your heartaches within it, Then—sit on the lid and laugh. “Tell no one of its contents. Never its secrets share; Drop in your cares and your worries, Keep them forever there. Hide them from sight so completely, The world will never dream half; Fasten the top down securely. Then—sit on the lid and laugh.”

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THE NINETEEN M. H. S. Our M. H. S. HISTORY OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL WAY back in 1893, when Madison was a mere cluster of houses in the midst of a few scattered farms, the Madison school district was mapped off to itself, having been a part of the Venice district. Soon after the separate or- ganization an election was held at which three school directors were chosen and ten thousand dollars was voted to build a schoolhouse. During the entire summer and fall of 1893 the new building was un- dergoing construction. When completed the result was an imposing six-room structure located in what is now the center of the town. During the first school year the enrollment reached one hundred pupils; but it is not my purpose to tell of the trials and hardships of these early teachers and pupils, excepting as these formed stepping- stcnes to our high school. The grade school was continued until 1903, progressing rapidly all the while, as did the town; about this time there was felt a great need for a high school. Lone, lean and lanky—never angry or cranky.—Mr. Janssen. Seven