Mount Carmel High School - Sibylline Yearbook (Mount Carmel, IL)

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1 Elkins, Hutchins, Wilhite, Campbell fPresidentj, Canedy, Stein, Hurd. Board of Education The Board of Education is that part of the school system to a great extent ref sponsible for its success. These men give of their time and energy in supervising the schools. This board meets once each month for transacting school business, and during the year has many special meetings to consider business of great importance. To these men we are indebted for supplying the facilities needed in maintain- ing an efficient educational system in our high school. School History Since its founding, the city of Mt. Carmel has manifested a great interest in the education of its youth. In 1819 the first school was established in a log building. The first high school was held on the second floor of the Seminary building located on the site of the present high school. Mr. J. W. Heninger was principal and Miss Kate Stillwell assistant principal. The first class graduated in 1882. It was composed of two students, Mrs. Addie Phillips Chipman and Mrs. Norma Redman Habberton, both of whom are still ref siding in Mt. Carmel. ln 1891, the school board decided to buy a site for a new school in the central part of the city. The corner of Eighth and Mulberry Streets was chosen and the school was named Central School. The four rooms on the upper floor were used for the high school with four teachers. The first class to graduate from this school in 1892 had seven members.