Murphysboro High School - Crimson and Corn Yearbook (Murphysboro, IL)

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0 :asap S k ...... S I BRIEF Hlsronv oF M. T. H. s. . QB! Omar Jonesj The Mllfphysb H' - . , , . . a second slorl' rgdni ing1:h2cgtt3l1l:1llT'?llJ1Sn?-lc? lg gzfjrda Southern Illinois' with this enlarged building' beautiful ,bg gas the principal, and Six students were in attendance Campus, and.1arge athletic field. The school, with an en. NX The school moved to a room over the Western Umoli rollinent of .five hundred ten, had many trophies to attest XX lelegfapll Office and then to the newly completed west to Ile effielellcy in physical and intellectual education. X side school tLoganJ. Charles Ritter, the only one of the Then came me .tornado nf 19251 Wnlnn wrecked a large l J 5 :IX Orlglnal students to finish the course, graduated in Dart of the building and took the lives of three students. X, 8331 .as this girtsit graduate of the school. , ThghZyzigggguglazrfgcigewitlldfgle Ifanllfnof reconstruction- .f p ls sc oo ad at 0 V . . , ml e ul ng were restored X3 D I, three year course frgm y1cS2:,I:1c2J5lriZ9gro151n588a5 E:JJu1'89jgai 3233 aaudh from other schools and a contribution from the . course from 1899 to 1901 ' l - 6 gymnasium was enlarged, and the middle sec- Y, Q. . - ' l Q , tion of the building was rebuilt o h ff ' X-IX in 'Egg geulglhysboro 'lfownehl ' School Waguqeated Dlall, with a number of additionall glalglioollrnzre e ectwe ,N C 1011 Of Apr11 14, 0. The land for the sch Durin 1934 th ' - - . ' X , wa donated b M ,, ool S e entire building was enovated and re. tl I . 4-was completegqh A . Clarke and Logan. The building decvratcd by the C. W. A. Muchfneeded repairs were gopened in S ,t b llgllst f1901, and the school was made over the entire plant, and thd'auditorium corrid rs X .faculty of fill em er with an enrollment of 200 and g and class rooms were beautifully iledecorated ,The build: ,f X Rogers. fl l' Undef the Dr111C1DalSl1iD of Mr. Ellis ll. glgcgs ngweviery impfressive, and thu auditorium especially lx. f nsl er one th b ' .xx mag 1918 we building was beautifully redecoratedy and State. N o e most eautlful anywhere ln the :qw to aicgm 3532611128 made. The assembly was enlarged 0 3 N, ool enrollment, which fell off after the tornado, Vx' tories .wer ' e growing en.'0n'nenff the Old labora- 'mtl' ll-inns down to four hundred in 1929, has grown X no . S am? repaired and re-equipped, and 3 Home Eco. duhflngb-iillelast few years until it is now five hundred ' TWO memb ex Was added t0 the south side of the building. fl'111'ty, the largest in the history of the school. The present 'l - . ers were added to the faculty to teach Art- and frcshmannclass is by far the largest e'ver to enroll, with Q Tele- two huidredq fx members. he athletic field was acquired in 1920 and was - ' All fhrcuehw 'see years the sch 1 11 b - - . , equlpped . I l oo as een faithfully gills' ibtfack, and bleachers for one thousand spectators. Servedjrby a'?o'.f'd of Educatlfm composed of Pnblle Spirited See all WaS Played in an old building in Logan ,Park men Wlth ls: me angforesight. The Murphysboro Town. X known as the Basketball Barn, - Sn? 'High gui: -1. is ully accredited with ,the State De. lj The east and west wings to th b 'ld' . .435 al' men 0 ,il f-cation: the Univers'ty of Il ois, and the A , lgzllllrllc west wing included a learglg ggllinzslltfmaifegttlillgl gslegescent Association 0 4 condary Schools and ,MT ' one ousand, shower rooms f b th b ' l ' . Be mass momslfor .commercial asa neanuailygarfglldngirzllzsggsi haglfagherseglors of '35, are extremelyigr . ful to have ful The, cast wing included a cafeteria, and an auditorium l h ' D W age of attending Such an lnsmnllen- lf We ' Seauqg nine hundred. The stage was Wen equipped with ave been able to add to its prestige on influence in any curtains, drops, and Scenery, ' Way' We are nlnlferely glad, and Shall always cherish the M. T' H. S. was now one of the best high schools in glsrnvoiysof association and fellowships We enjoyed within 1 ' 592 av. Q .1 ,Ruff JM Y' vs V' A-...ml ' ' f

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