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

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12 School History-Continued From that time the enrollment and the number of graduates increased until a new school building was needed. This need was met in September, 1914, when the present high school was formally opened. The faculty consisted of six teachers and a principal. There were sixteen members in the first class to graduate from the new school. In December, 1930, the new Junior High School and gymnasium was dedicated. This building has nine modern school rooms, a soundfproof music room, and a well equipped manual training shop. The gymnasium is one of the best. It has a hne stage, a good basketball court, and a large seating capacity. The course of study has been planned to meet the various needs of the stu' dents attending the school. In early times the only curriculum offered was academic, with the following subjects: grammar, English literature, rhetoric, Latin, algebra, plane geometry, ancient and medieval history, physiology, and Zoology. The present academic curriculum is practically the same as that first offered. This course is to prepare students for advanced work in college. The commercial curriculum now available prepares students for work in the business world. This course includes shorthand, typing, bookkeeping, commercial law, office practice, commercial arithmetic, and salesmanship. In addition to these, vocational courses are offered to both boys and girls. The girls may take cooking and sewing. Boys' courses are manual training, animal husf bandry, soils and crops, and farm mechanics. To keep up with the trend in modern education, extrafcurricular activities have been planned to give pupils a chance to gain training and experience not offered in the classroom. These include a number of clubs dealing with various interests, clraf matic and music presentations, and a publication staff. The school has a well rounded music department with a band, an orchestra, both boys' and girls' glee clubs and quartets, a mixed chorus, and various instruf mental ensembles. Mt. Carmel is also noted for its clean athletics and good sportsmanship. The regular teams in football, basketball, track, and baseball offer training for many boys. Those not on varsity teams may compete in intramural sports. During the recent years the enrollment in the school has steadily increased. This year it set a record with more than 530 students in attendance. ' The liftieth graduating class composed of 136 members will leave Mt. Carmel High School this year. This class is the largest in the history of the school. It will go forth equipped to meet the world as no other class has ever gone because with the increase in enrollment has come an improved system with improved facilities. Today Mt. Carmel High School, overlooking the Wabash and White rivers, stands as one of the best schools in the vicinity.

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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.

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RALPH S. CONDREY Superintendent Mr. Conclrey has been a member of our faculty for some time. He has been superinf tendent for three years. ALFRED B. SCALES Principal Mr. Scales has been our principal for three years and has proved himself a capable administrator.