Marshall High School - Marshallonian Yearbook (Marshall, IL)

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.lyk When a new village, town or city was laid out history records that a part of the land was set aside for homes, churches and schools. So it is true of Marshall. Col. Wm. B. Archer, who laid out the town of Marshall, reserved several blocks for the use of schools and an academy. ln 1835 in the plat of the original town of Marshall. square number five, on which the North Elementary school now stands, was donated for education whereon to erect a col- lege. On the southwest corner of this block the following winter a man by the name of Thomas Handy taught a term of school there. IN REVIEW . Y V W ' v f' A I if V E Mg! .Hi ' :if 1 ,Vi 1 -iff The orgmtal high school building on North bixth Street was first occupied in 1903 German, Latin, French and Creek were taught in the classical department. Commerce and Agriculture were also taught. Mrs. Eliza Whitlock was the teacher of in- strumental music and pupils had use of the piano for 320 extra. Pencil Drawing was 356 ex- tra. Dr. Wm. Edison was vocal music instructor. giving three lessons a week of one hour each. for 34 per session. The year was divided into two sessions of twenty-two weeks each. Summer session com- menced the last Monday in May and the winter session the second Monday in November..A vacation of six weeks after the winter session and two weeks at the end of the summer term was given. In April, 1853. at the close Of the winter session 133 males and 76 females were enrolled. After the purchase in 1871 of the college building for public school purposes, Mr- LS' Kilbourn became principal of schools- as the . . erin nine. W The class of 1881, numb g rshau High first class to graduate from MH School. aff On 1 nad0 S1 of Mal was not it been, hav6 bf towers structul tive fe? were bl The done 1 building roof W moved, in, wai damagi propert southwi was als third beyonc reamint and ha agricult under also ha closing it neces the libr dinarily Classes incluo Genera and all The gy study

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Noxembef- A .inter SCSSIOH summer term 9 close Of the fernaI6S were Df the college ses. Mr- LS' aol he nine- Wasi h Iarshau Hlg Marshall H. S. Carries On On April 5, 1947, a tor- nado swept through the town of Marshall. Fortunately, it was not a school day, for had it been, there would probably have been a loss of lives. The towers and other ornamental structures which were distinc- tive features of the building were blown down. The heaviest damage was done to the rear of the building. The assembly room roof was completely re- moved, and the rain poured in, warping the floors and damaging desks and other properties. The roof over the southwest corner of the gym was also torn off. The entire third floor was damaged beyond repair for the reaminder of the school term and had to be closed. The agriculture room, directly under the assembly room, also had to be closed. The closing of these rooms made it necessary to put classes in the library and in rooms or- dinarily used only for storage. Classes which were affected included Agriculture, General Science, Biology, and all commmercial classes. The gym was turned into a study hall, and physical -gli r--4'7 1 X uf..-JQ-D. ,lv '4 fi x-- Vi' education classes were held outdoors, weather permitting. The busts of Washington Irving and William Shakespeare, which adorned the front of the assebmly room for many years, were not damaged by the tornado. Neither were the fossisls and other biological specimens that have been colleted over a long period of years. But the old oak tree that stood near the left front entrance walk was broken off at the trunk. The loss of it was like the loss of an old friend, for on nlany a hot noon hour students have sat in its shade and on some extremely hot days classes were held beneath its branches. Text taken from 1947 Marshallonian page eighty- three. NORMA KINSEL AND LISA FREEMAN still find the front of the high school building a good place to relax even though the old oak tree has been gone for many years. A PILE OF BRICKS and roofing materials is all that remains ofthe castle-like ornamental brickwork that the 1947 tor- nado destroyed. gg ff 1 '5-- 'i i .': .,C,v'-' -' iii- -.'- i , ' Q 'wi ?.g,.,,1- . xx gQ.'g.yg:i, l- 4. . fr .. V, 41 , 'J ' ,.- V,-, . m - A ' gg, ,Q f ng 'f96..:fs 'aft -,,.fQ'n's ' .4 .. n 4.K',.as.Ausug- ' Jill.. -g.',- .js n IN REVIEW

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950 sent i as -.Mgt .'1.,Qj1,, ,4'1 ' nfl. ,-,qw -' 'x '11- te , .g -1 Faculty and staff have changed in many ways throughout the years. One objectixe that has remained constant has been the desire to educate the students of Marshall in the most professional manner possible. A new chapter in lVlarshall's history was written when the first teachers' strike oc- cured October 23, 1985. After negotiations failed between the Board of Education and the Marshall Association of Classroom Teachers classes were cancelled for thirteen days as teachers walked the picket lines. as , 4 no ' ' 4 , f 4 is AS 'll1lr'.lll'N Nl Xlir Km' .- gr' Emwiiwg . w :.1 f': ' .A g' .i.. g vi.-: -1 nm at 'NlX7lli i .ll lla lil'lllKllF .tv lr .2 lilllr' ' -f 'ir' sg ' is .ts s'ir x.s!r'.' 'rua sltzkmg -t il.. 1. f- 5lNlttlili'tNlW lil li '.s ti - up Z'ir 2r,1.'1r's' vw Xlflil VX 1 ' lr f ll.,.zr t.'tliNllil Vw 'A RN .'i'N'NEl ttlimtllikl .ur ..nV .vm ' t lf' LF, 'rfiurrs lkl Q0 ii 50 , IW lil X