Newman Township High School - Talisman Yearbook (Newman, IL)

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H1SlOIY Of Our Hlgh School man Townshlp Hlgh School Nexx educatlonal requnemtnt plus a teellnf of the need fo1 mom adequate tacllltxes prompted the Boald ot Educatlon to ottex bonds fo1 an 3ddltlOI'l to the bulldlng ID 1944 The vote xx as a dec1s1xe xe: and thls add1t1on xx as tompltted ln 1946 Alxxaxs sens1t1xe to the best Jn educatmon for 1ts xouth the ptoplt of th1 alea VK616 among the tlrst to take advantage ot the nexx Communnx Ullll school laxx The nexx Commumtx Lllll 303 xx as 101 med m 10-lb The old Toxx nsh1p H1 h bchool vxas dlssolved a nexx sextn man Bond ot EdLlLZ1llOD xxa eluted md l'I t1lX kxkebauel chosen as the fnst Supexmtendt nt ol thls nevx Lnlt He xlso suxed as Plllltlpdl ol tht Nexxman Cornmunnx H1 h School as xt xxa noxx L alltd Thls nexx umt COIlT.dlIled about ughtx squut nnles G1 xdt one lu txxtlxe xele all txanspolted ln bx i1xt bu 0 md tal Fox I L Inst tune 1 bus xx as a Novx the band and xocal muslc 1D5I1UttO1'Q au Ill change ol IHUNIL 111 both elementaxx and hlgh schools Befoxe the and ot the xea1 the Boald xoted to put m a hot lunch plogram and a COUIS6 IU vndu tual alts 101 the next te1m We lllllllx the aboxe t1ulx 1cp1esent he spult of oul school nevu spectac ula1 but alxxax DIOQIGSSIVC Ou1 Boards of Edutatlon and othel Adnum tratlxe OfflCl8lb have ever been sensltlxe to the educatlonal nteds ot our COININLIDIIX and ou1 people have alwavs lesponded enthlslastlcallx Those lesponslblr for the pollcles ot ou1 school haxe alxx axs had then teet on the glound and then heads ln the an Vxlllill lb the propel attltude fo b1peds to assume Thex haxe alxx axs been 81611 and 1espons1xe to changes xxh1ch have pxoxed themselxes ox at lmst eem sound and pI'OID1S1f'l of nnpmxtment At the same t1me thex h xxc 1ctu ed to betolne fadlsts and haxe alxx axs lI'lS1Stf'd that the best part ot tht Edutauonal Cucus vxas to be tound under the blg tent xathex than ID the sxde shoxxs We lnoxx that all l1x1ng Alumm fIOIN 1880 to 1949 melusxve appleclate vxhat thex have 1ece1x ed from our school . . V ' 'V x S - ' A ' Q, , V . , L v v- ' ' v ' ' . ' . V A , , 'S V , V V ' V T ' V. A ' . ' - V . A 'U . I . . , C, ' V . '1- ' -8- V1 - C. ' . ' Us ,,.,'L LN, A . . ., K . K .' , ' , V 1 4' ii, t,,.V . .' .' . , V . 4 ' .V . K, ' V. S V .L , ' '- 1 V ' 1 f' fs. I 1' l- sf L 'x ' up-A Z x5 x -A ' x' ' ' ' ' Q 'H s s L zz -' '. ' h- 1 ' it 5 'ai signed to accommodate the students ot the Broadlands area. V V . .', ' . V . V . , ' . 3 -' . ' . V ' . 3 . W ' V V V V ' - . V V: ' Q S .' . H ' . V . I ' V V . V . A . - Q f , ' -' . - -6 , . . , V - V V VS - V ' l . . . x ' V ' 'S -f 'V ' , , - 1' ' 7 5 1 xl ' . ' v 1 r - w HM.: A bv. 1 3 1 ' ,' ' . , V V . Va . 'V ' K - ' V M ' ' . , ', ' . V ' , 1, ' , . :K ' V K , K V LV-- . . . 1 ' V 4 V . - V M v xs. - 1 ucv' Q . . ' ' 0 ' . V , X 1 ' V 1 r . - x ' 5 5 CJ ' ' . ' . . 'V V V. V: ' ' V L x K - ' 1 -' ' ., , ' ,. A ' .. . V ' ' X, P1 -1- V i ' ' V' ' - ' ' -' - ' v y k 1 ' v-

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Hrstory Of Our H1gh School The hrgh school from whrch wc are soon to graduate has a cornparatrvely long and rnterestrng, hrstorx It was organrzed rn the early 80 s of the last centurv under the name of New man Hrgh School located on the srte of the present grade school burldrng w 1th Elrjah S Smrth as 1ts frrst Pr rncrpal Srnce that time rt has gone throu h varrous rccrrganrzatrrrrrs and hrs been known by drfferent names but 1ts lrfe has been contrnuous The new born rnstrtutron gave to the cornmunrty 1ts frrst graduatrng class rn 1885 Thrs clas consrsted of two members Samantha Anderson Casebeer and Luther Hughey both now deceased Mrs Hattre Sutton Crarg Fansler of Newman who has the drstrnctron of berng the oldest lrvrng alumnus rs a member of the class of 1886 Because of a need for expansron of educatronal facrlrtres rn the communrty a progressrve Board of Educatron took adxantage of a new school organrzatron law p sed early rn the present century and or ganrzed the Townshrp Unrt rn Aprrl 1909 The old Newman Hrgh School was drssolved and the new unlt embracrng Hlgh School Forced out of rt old locatron the new organrzatron took refuge rn an abandoned Presbx terrrn Church burldrng on the corner now occupred as the home of A M Johnson O C Barley was Prrncrpal durrng thrs reorganrzatron perrod and served as Prrncrpal of the new or ganrzatron durrng rts frrst school year 1910 11 At thrs stage of development the hr h school hrd but four teachers and less than erghty students Thc course ot studx embraced only the mrnrmum requrrement of srxteen unrts and rll were requrred or graduatron There were no electrve courses and no vocatronal courses J H Trrnklc became P rncrpal rn 1911 and served rn that capacrty unt11 1948 The new burldrng, w as completed rn 1913 and rts frrst graduatrng class was that of 1914 In 1937 the hrgh school area w as 'rcreased by the addrtlon of some forty frve sectrons lyrng w cst of the crtv of New man and rncludrng the town of Murdock The new organrzatron strll retarned the name and Board of Educatron of the New ' . , . , ' . , , . . Y - . , ' ' ' f ' . . , , . . ' ' . '- . , . .f g , .' . . , . ,- ' ' . Z . ' 1 V Y W ' ' ' as V V . I 1 . , . . . a congressional township ot thirty-six sections was called the Newman Township Q - ly -'Z V , ' ' , ' ', Z 1 w ' ' Y , ' ' ' 4 ' 1 v

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