Mattoon High School - Riddle Yearbook (Mattoon, IL)

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remained two years. She was succeeded by Miss Kate Carman who served six years. During her term, many additions and improvements were made in the form of musical, literary and athletic clubs. Miss Carman was followed by Mr. Seldon F. Smyser who served two years or until 1900. He was succeeded by Mr. Will A. Marlowe who. together with all the members of the faculty except two, resigned in the spring of 1902. ln 1902 a new building had become necessary and the present structure was erected. It is a modern fourteen room structure with both a boys' and girls' gymnasium and with well equipped biological, physical and chemical laboratories. lt was completed early in 1905 and the High School moved into its present quarters in the latter part of January 1905. Q In the fall of 1902 Mr. Gilbert and an almost entirely new faculty took charge of the High School. During the erection of the new building the lower classes were sent to the Longfellow school while the upper classes held school in the old building. Mr. Gilbert resigned after one year's work and was succeeded by Mr. Wm. Wallis, the present principal. The names of the faculty are as follows:- Wm. Wallis, Principal. History. Mrs. Angie Ritter, Assistant Principal, Science. Miss Winifred Schmalhausen, Mathematics. J. F. Wiley, German. W. W. Skaggs, English. Miss Mary Slocum, Science. Miss Winifred Taylor, English. Miss Luella McWhirter, Latin. Since its establishment the Mattoon High School has grown wonderfully and is second to none in the state. It is on the accredited list of the leading colleges and universities in the Middle West. It numbers among its alumni member of all the professions and lines of business in life. 9 THE RIVALS-Ray McCormick and Will King.

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f -,,.f-1 my .'51:11f. g , . .4 fjfiii . , ' A ' ' lieg e 1 . ll ee lHrcT Ll 'Q A' HE hrst public school in Mattoon was held in 1856, the directors at that time .V being Jas. S, Cunningham, R. H. McFadden and John 1... Allison. ln 1864- the school district was divided by a petition ofthe vpters, the dividing line be- ing the illinois Central railroad. For twenty-two years Mattoon had two 4 . districts with their separate schools, boards of education and superintendents. ln 1836, through a second petition, the two districts were united and W6 placed under the direction of one superintendent. Mr. B. F. Armitage. Under A ' , i. i his direction the schools were much advanced and improved. Near the close of his term two new modern fourteen room buildings were erected. Mr. Armitage resigned in 1900 and was succeeded by Mr. J. J. Wilkinson: Mr. Wilkinson served two years and was succeeded in 1902 by Mr. G P. Randle, the present superintendent. The Board of Education is as follows: eDr. W. H. Wallace, President. A. 1. Rhue, Secretary. Isaac Craig, Thomas Donnell, Norman McLeod, Marx Thode, W. N. McKamv. From what can be learned, the High School proper was not established at any definite time, but was built up from the grammar schools by the addition of different courses from year to year until in 1886, when the two districts were united and the High School was set apart from the other schools. The school was conducted in the Unitarian church and at hrst only two teachers were necessary for the work. The hrst principal, Miss Lola Bridges, was succeeded by Mr. Seldon F. Sinyser and he by Miss Lucy B, Taylor. ln 1889 a new building was deemed necessary to accommodate the High School. An appropriation for a new building was voted and in January 1890 the High School moved into the building which is the annex ofthe present structure. After three years, Miss Taylor resigned and was succeeded by Miss Mary A. Porter who 8 MR. WA1.L1SffTruKh is mighty, mighty scarce 5 mp.: T I we ' ul' 4- 1

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l 2 5 4 5 6 'Z 8 9 10 ll 12 15 141 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 'D Alumni f aitit con High School' SINCE UNION OF' SCHOOLS IN 1886 I il-.l ,-iii CLASS OF 1882 Sarah Bennett I Mrs. John Erwin li Chicago Mae Candy I Mrs. Roy Wright 1 Urbana Ellen Cleaves Chicago Mary Heffernan Denver, Col. Chester Jenningsi' Stella Reilly I A Mrs. Currans I Chicago 1888 Cora. Alshuler Waukegan Neff Henley Mattoon Anna L, Irwin Indianapolis, Ind. Nettie M. Jennings f Mrs. Frank Oates 1 Evanston Annie Johnson Mattoon Lorenz Mclntyre Chicago Frances N. Orland I - Mrs. Albert Church 1 Danville Charles I-I. Tillotson Mattoon John F. Voigt Mattoon Alice M. Ward I Mrs. William MGI-Ienry I Mattoon 1889 Edward Craig Mattoon Kate Keeley Mattoon Katrine Morgan Mattoon Gertrude Perry I Cairo Mrs. Dr. Dickersoni Elisha Puliston Oklahoma City, Ok. eceased. 1890 Sara Barr Mabel Barry Mrs. Robert Phelan Charles G, Bennetti' Ida M. Brooks Mrs. James Murray Mary B. Carr In Mrs. John'Kenny S Sarah E. Chuse I Mrs. J. C. White 1 Louise Coddington I Mrs. Walter Fye 1 N f ,5 Mattoon E Chicago 2 Albany, Ga. Mattoon Decatur M attoon Raymond A. Jennings Springiield Bertha M. Kern! William C. Lumpkin Mattoon Henrietta Thornberry J Mrs. W. N. McKamy Y Mattoon Mary Turner 2 Mrs- Grant Y Buffalo, N. Y. 1891 'Ida Barrett . Mrs. Will Thomas Calm Bertha Busch Hot Springs, Ark, Grace Chapman Mattoon Rena Cleaves Chicago Ida Garrett Mrs. Will Sumerlin i Mattoon George Gould Mattoon Stella Guilfoil , Mrs. Alvin Reed ii chica-80 Alice Heermans Mrs. Bert McCormick i ' Mattoon IO MARGUERITE HOLIDAY- Much ado about nothing