Peoria High School - Crest Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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of P. H. S. In its one hundred years of service to the people of Peoria, Reoria High School has had many fine prin- cipals. In 1856 when a public high school was organ- ized by the authority of an act of the State Legislature, Mr. C. E. Hovey was called upon to organize and act as its Hrst principal. VVe want to pay tribute to the high ideals of all the principals of Peoria High School who have played such an important part in developing and enlarging the fine curriculum an igh standards Sis-. rfb . as 3939? X X fit . Qt zlgajigii f ? a1 iii gif . aa. fieaiiisis W. T. Van Buskirk 1916-1923 R. R. Cromwell 1923-1928 John Brewer 1928-1942 - Howard A. Hunter 1942- . Page 13 3.4 si

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Principals As a youth Nlr. Hovey was a villager in Vermont. He must have been precocious or he would not have begun teaching at the age of fifteen. He was graduated from Dartmouth College in l852 and resumed teaching in New England. Then he heard and heeded a call to come to Peoria, Illinois, and take charge of a private school for boys. Wheii the first public high school was organized in l856 Mr. Hovey was asked to organize it and become its first principal. Mr. Hovey had a great interest in teacher training and became a leader in establishing a State Normal School. ln a Bill creating a State Normal School Board Mr. Hovey became a member. The Normal School began in 1857 and Mr. Hovey was made its first president. After four years of organization Mr. Hovey was called to the colors and became a Colonel in the Northern Army. He reached the rank of brigadier general. imfggbj a saggy X 6 - i Rfk . kxfjyjw. Rae il , Ai? xgixgkiiizjgk igflagiiy Kg! R iii? M . Edi:Q2.i-.fri 0 REM fi iii'f J Page 12

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Miss Colby Taught English, Latin, and Rhetoric from 1873 to 1892, earned a Ph.D. degree in English Mr. Beasley Taught Science, History, Latin, and Greek from 1878 to 1889, became Principal in 1889 Early Faculty Members In the one hundred years of our existence, the excellence of our achievement in the fields of schol- arship and academic progress has rested on the qual- ity of the Peoria High faculty. That quality, which we know existed is difficult to feel by the mere list- ing of faculty names. However, through some valu- able old photographs of a few of the outstanding teachers of our early years, we are immediately able to sense that quality of scholastic greatness that has marked our history. Miss Minor Taught English, History, and Latin from 1875 to 1900 Mr. Frost Mr. Waite Taught Latin, Greek and English from 1868 to 1875, became Principal in 1875 Miss Stewart Taught Latin, Greek, and English from 1897 to 1944 lVliss Quinn Taught English from 1892 to 1909 Page 14 Taught English and Rhetoric from 1883 to 1903, earned a Ph.D. degree and became a professor at the Univer- sity of lklichigan Miss Benbrook Taught Algebra and Latin from 1877 to 1907