Princeton High School - Tiger Yearbook (Princeton, IL)

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It wasn't until 1886 that a year book was pub- lished by a senior class. The first few years the annual was called the Princetonian and was later changed to Tiger . This year the Tiger staff is publishing the 50th edition of the year book. The building was remodeled twice previous to the fire on December 15, 1924, which completely destroyed it. However, the school was insured for 380,000, the board had a surplus of 330,000 in its treasury, a bond issue for 35171000 was floated and the taxes were high enough to amply cover the cost of a new P. T. H. S. The new building which is the present day Princeton Township High School took eighteen months to complete. lt was finished and ready for classes by September 1926. i page eight

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of the 23.55 '.3:l:1.1:l V W wiki At a special election a site was chosen and three directors elected, J. H. Bryant, F. Bascom, and Chritzman, who were authorized to bor- row the money, erect a building and inaugurate a school. The building that was begun in 1866 was finished by june 1867, and dedicated on August 27, 1867 by Rev. F. Bascom, Q Before the Institution was in complete run- ning order 3560,000 was spent. This included the ll lil 3 ll' building, site, fencing, grading, stone walks, heat- ing apparatus for the building, inside blinds, fur- nishings for various rooms, musical instruments, library, maps, and general school equipment. The school district of Princeton Township High School was drawn up to include Princeton Town- ship, Dover Township and one-third of Selby Township, a total of 85 square miles and has re- mained unchanged to the present day. page seven 2, E ? 'E

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