Rockford High School - RHS Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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Miss CLARA F. RANDALL, Instructor in Literature and Elocution. Miss Randall isagraduate of Boston Uni- versity, and has taughtin the Montpelier Female Seminary and in Peoria, and since 1889 has held her present position in the R. H. S. Miss SARAH M. FARLEY, Instructor in Latin and Greek. Miss Farley graduated from Smith College in 1890, and immediately became a teacher in the R. H. S. Miss MINNIE M. KERN, Instructor in German. Miss Kern graduated from Hillsdale tMich .5 College in 1889. After teaching in the High School at Conneat Q0 J, she studied in Hanover Seminary for two years. Miss Kern has taught one year in the R. H. S. Miss M. V. HODGMAN, Instructor in English, English History, Algebra and Physical Geography. Miss Hodg- man graduated from Princeton Township High School and attended the State Normal School for three years. She has taught three years in the R. H. S. MR. O. J. KERN, Instructor in Latin, American Literature and English. Mr. Kern attended the De Pauw Uni- versity for three years, and was a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. For four years he was principal of the Cherry Valley School, and became a member of the R. H. S. faculty in '91, MR. D. N. HOlVLAND, Instructorin Physics and Chemistry. Mr. Howland graduated from the Ottawa High School in '85, and attended the State University f mr one year. After teaching several years in La Salle, he attended the State Normal School for two years. Mr. Howland has taught one year in the R. H. S. Miss HELEN DICKEY, Instructor in Drawing and Painting. Miss Dickey studied in Boston and New York. In '91 she became Superintendent of Drawing in the Rockford public schools. Miss Dickey devotes Friday of each week to the High School. On account of the rapidly increasing number of students and consequent complications arising at the time of the yearly changes of studies in February, an increase in the number of teachers was found necessary. The services of Mn LOUIS M. REGKHOW, who graduated from Beloit College in '91, were secured for the classes in Arithmetic, and those of Miss AGNES BROWN, ofthe class of '93 of Lake Forest College, for Advanced Algebra. G. Y., '94. v

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' - FACULTY. - - 2 - PRINCIPAL. - -2 - MR. WALTER A. EDWARDS, instructor in Virgil, General History, Civil Government, Politics and Political Economy. Mr. Edwards graduated from Knox College in 1883. After teaching Latin and Greek in the Peoria High School for three years. he went abroad and studied the ancient classics in the University of Berlin and other schools. On his return in 1889 he became principal of the High School at Decatur, and since January, 1891, has held that posi- tion in the R. H. S. . . . . ASSISTANT5. . . . . Miss JENNIE E. WALDO, Instructor in Natural Sciences. Miss Waldo graduated from the R. H. S. in 1879, being the only teacher of the R. H. S. faculty who is a member of our own alumni. She attended Wellesley College, and in 1883 assumed her present position. Miss HATTIE E. Mons:-3, Instructor in Mathematics. Miss Morse graduated from the Illinois State Normal School in 1879. She has taught since 1887 in the R. H. S. c

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ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL. COLORS, YELLOW. YELL -All-i-ool All-iail All-i-oo-i-oo! Rockford High School! Don't you know! Kick-a-ba! Lick-a-bo! Kick-a-bee-heel Sumus Populusl Se-ell R. H. S. PAST. HERE are a great many people who are not personally acquainted with the R. H. S. as an institution, and the work it has done in the past. That our Work has been, and is, of the big es s ian ar , Evanston,Ann Arbor, Beloit, Madison, Illinois, Lake Forest, Cornell, North Western, Wellesley, Smith, and the effici- ency and business qualities of present Alumni. Tear-hers of the best ability are employed to install into the minds of their scholars, love and appreciation for stud and further investigation into Science, Mathematics, Literature, Language and Art. .Y The increasing number of students makes a greater number of teachers indispensable, and if kept on will soon necessitate a new High School. The High School has always had its share o some les, g tion, lt. H. S. D. C., L. L. A. 581, Literary society and many others. It has been the aim, in the past, of every student, to make his Alma Mater one of the highest of its kind, and it is safe to say that in the future the enthusiasm will be none the less and the High School will continue to grow and prosper until its fame will reach from shore to shore. s h t t d d is shown by the accredited lists of such universities as f ' t' includin R. H. S. Alumni Association, Athletic Associa-