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

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?l THE MADISONIAN pistori» of tf)t iHabtSon igf) £ cljool built and the students waited impatiently till September, 1914, when they entered the new school building. It had eighteen rooms and a gymnasium. The first six weeks, the students were frequently interrupted by the workmen, because the building was not quite completed, and they had no electric lights, black- boards, nor other conveniences. This year another addition was made to the faculty, and now there were five teachers, Miss Megowen, Miss Bostick, Mr. Baer, Mr. Janssen, and Mr. Harrison. In January 1915, Mr. Baer the superintendent died, and his death was keenly felt, both by the students and the townpeople, because he had so influenced the growth of the High School. His successor was Mr. Jackson who served in that office until his death. In 1917 Mr. Stice was appointed. There has been an increase in the faculty from two teach- ers to the present number of eight, and in the student enroll- ment from fourteen to one hundred seventy-five. As we look through the lists of Alumni, we find that our graduates have succeeded in many different fields of activity. We feel sure that at least a part of their success is directly attributed to the fundamental principles taught them in the Madison High School. This year the Annual Staff decided they would not hold the usual popularity contest as it was getting rather stale. So prizes of $10, $5, and $2.50 were offered for selling the Annuals. All the sales that were turned in at the close of the first two weeks received double votes. The contest closed two weeks after this. Virgil Phipps, Sophomore, won first prize; Mary Skender, Junior, won second; Jennie Rosenstrom, Senior, won third. When the Annual contest closed, 259 Annuals had been sold. We take this means of expressing our thanks to all the students that have help- ed us in the sale of our Annuals, either selling to others or buy- ing for themselves. (Continued from page 18) Annual Contest Senior Class. 1927 Par e twenty-two

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THE MADISONIAN Jfresftman Claste J|ts;torp The History of the Freshman Class is brief. In September 1926, we organized, choosing our class officers: Dorothy Rohe, President; Viola Franklin, Vice-President; Joe Blumenfeld, Secretary, and John Toncoff, Treasurer. This past semester we have worked and toiled to reach one step to- ward the goal of Seniorship, our “Promised Land.” We Freshmen are fortunate in having such good advisors as Mr. Sny- der and Mrs. Stice, for through their efforts, we are able to reach the height of our ambition. Miss Megowen served the first few months as class sponsor and then resigned from the M. H. S. Mrs. Stice was selected to succeed her. The ’30’s have many achievements before them in all the activities of the school, but at present, our class is too young to be represented in many of them, although in basketball, four Freshmen have distinguished themselves by making the second team. Page twenty-four