Rockford High School - RHS Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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FACULTY. -Z' R. R. WALKER ROQKLYN, CT., is Where P. R. Walker was born and lived, and where he prepared to teach in the district schools. He came to Illinois in the spring of 1856, and taught in Lynnville and Byron. He finished the course of study at the Normal Univer- sity, graduating in '61, and entered the army in '62. After three years of active service he returned to the position he left as Principal of the Creston school. He accepted a position at Rochelle in '72, and remained there till elected Superintendent of Rockford schools in july, 1884. ru BERTRAND D. PARKER Our present Principal, is a native of the U Green Mountain State. He graduated from the Illinois State Normal University at Normal, Illinois, representing his class as salutatorian. After spending several years teaching in village schools of the state, and two years as Prin- cipal of the Springfield schools, he entered the junior class of the University of Pennsylvania. Here he distinguished himself as a debator and orator, and graduated in the class of ,QS with the degree Ph. B. -He now teaches branches relating to Political Science. V W Q-JENNIE E. WALDO ' Miss VValdo, teacher of Biology and Geology, has taught in the R.. H. S. since 1883. After graduating here, she attended the Marine Biological Labratory at Wood's Hall, Massachusetts, and Wellesley College. For the last two summers Miss Waldo has studied at Chi- cago University.

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8 THE ANNUAL. HICXRRIET E. MORSE Miss Harriet E. Morse, instructor in Algebra, Geometry and Trigonometry, is a graduate of the Illinois State Normal University. She was born at Sandusky, Ohio. For seven years she was Principal of the Oregon High School, and has been a member of the Rockford High School faculty since 1887. W CLf'tRfX F. RAN DfXLL In September, '89, Miss Clara F. Randall came to teach English Literature in the Rockford High School--a position which she still holds. She was born at Claremont, New Hampshire, a beautiful country town on the Connecticut river, half way between the 11101111- tains and the sea. She was educated at Meriden, N. H., and Boston, Mass., graduating from Boston University in 1879. W FFNNNY K. BINRTLETT Miss Fanny K. Bartlett was born in this city, and is a graduate of the Rockford High School and also of Wellesley College, Welles- ley, Mass., where she was a member of the class of ,Q3. For two years she taught in the High School at Waripaca, Wis., but since 1895 has taught English in the Rockford High School. W AGNES BROWN Miss Agnes Brown was born in Illinois. Since 1895 she has taught the Sciences in the R. H. S., and is now instructor in Botany and Physical Geography. Before entering upon her duties at Rockford, Miss Brown finished a course of study at Lake Forest University, where she received the degree B. S., and also taught at Racine Acad- emy. For the last two summers she has studied at Chicago Univer- sity. '