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3it Jflniuuiam Edward Levings A member of the Board of Education of Paris Union School District for twenty-one years, 1910-1931; President during the school years of 1915-’16 and 1929-’30. After his resignation in 1931 he was appointed Treasurer for the district in 1932, which position he held until his death, January 31, 1935. Burnie McClain A member of the Board of Education of Paris Union School District for seventeen years, from 1917 until his death June 4, 1934. He was President of the Board from 1923 until 1926.
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HISTORY OF PARIS HIGH SCHOOL In presenting the following pages of history we are indebted to the Class of ’10 for having recorded many of the facts in the first edition of THE ARENA. In the year 1842 the old Methodist Seminary was founded by public subscription by the people of Paris upon the grounds where the old High School building (now Mayo) stands today. The ground was donated for school purposes by Colonel Jonathan Mayo, one of the wealthiest land owners in this vicinity. Eventually, as the result of a growing demand, the old Seminary was turned into a public high school, laying the foundation for the splendid institution we have today. Miss Sophia Watson was the first principal.” It was from this old building that the first six classes were graduated. In 1881 a three-story brick building was erected, after the former seminary had burned. OLD HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING This building afforded space for the primary grades on the first floor; the grammar grades on second; and high school on third. After twenty-eight years the high school had grown to such proportions that it became necessary to erect the new building on South Main Street in 1908. The name of the old building was then changed to Mayo.” It continued to be occupied by the elementary grades until it burned January 20, 1927. Now the new Mayo building occupies the site. The new building, which is shown in the frontispiece, was dedicated February 8, 1909. The principal addresses were delivered by Mr. Francis G. Blair, State Superintendent of Schools, and Mr. H. A. Hollister, of the University of Illinois. This building was adequate for a short time only, and in 1921 the citizens of Paris voted to build and equip two additional wings so as to provide ample space for the ever-growing student body. FACULTY, 1910 Reading from right to left we find the following members in the 1910 Faculty: Mr. O. R. Jones, mathematics; Miss Ella Slemmons, history; Miss Ethel Howell, Latin; Miss Carolyn Wenz, English; Mr. E. B. Brooks, Superintendent; Miss Bertha Miller, principal, history; Miss Cora Jacobs, science; Miss Helen Miller, German and English; and Mr. Wallace, physics.
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