Streator Township High School - Hardscrabble Yearbook (Streator, IL)

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xgw Nj. K' A 1 STREATOR TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL IQO2 1923 Qtudents enroll1ng 1n the fall of 1902 found adequate room for new act1v1t1es A large assembly hall well equlpped sclence laboratorles lec ture room and several class rooms made up the new add1t1on The cur r1culum was enlarged cooklng and manual tralnmg classes belng formed at th1s tlme and the school was placed on the accredlted l1st of colleges and un1vers1t1es In 1917 howexer the enrollment hax mg steadlly lncreased It was necessary to find more room so the house across the street was purchased converted lnto class rooms and was known as the Annex These quarters were soon filled to overflowlng so ln 1921 after heated dlscusslon the bonds were woted for the constructlon of a new school In May 1923 the ground was nrst bloken and constructlon started The orlglnal bulldlng was dlsmantled and for the next two years classes convened in the Annex and the addltlon of 1902 Dlflicultles arose and constructlon proceeded slowly Qometlmes It seemed as lf the bulldmg would never be completed but ln September of thls year over SIX hundred students attended classes ln our beautxful new school and on November 16 lt was dedlcated wlth flttlng ex 91 C1395 The class of 1926 has had the benefit of one year 1n the completed school durlng whlch tlme lt has been able to uphold the standards set by precedmg classes and to advance lll manv llnes Wxth our graduatlon approxlmately elghteen hundred students w1ll haxe recelv ed dlplomas from our school Almost ex e1v professmn clalms the gladuates The practlce of med1c1ne dentlstry and law the drama muslc and art the mlnlstry government SGFVICG farmmg teachmg buslness manufacturlng IH all these our graduates ale successful and they mav be found 1n almost all of the states of the umon and many forelgn countrles VT fx ,, !,f ' 1 L . . . 7 7 . . . - ' v s 1 1 Y l ' L L f n - 7 ' . 1 Y Y. . Y . I . 7 ! 9 r 4 1 , Y . . 9 9 r ' Y . . . . , . v J ' - v h . V . . I . . W . s. f l , , ., L , ' v , - l . Y . . . . . Y , K 1 . - , Y 7 7 V 7 1 . ' 0 ' . Q - . . . . V . . r r ' 1 l 1 9 v 1 f 9 's 9 - y ' L K ' u, .e wclve

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'ssl La? Q X, -em? - 'dv -MLW' AWN .. N 11oMxt QP' ,f 65 lf N QQ 1' 1, 'td 'M T 'M' R:-51 'L -WF +-gg... yr' .wggy,,'P rg iw 552'- rsf P' NN 1 5 'U'?5t-k'1 53 557 - ming' ,ms STREATOR TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL 18821902 Respected Frlend You are cordlally 1nv1ted to be present at the Dedlcatlon of the New Hlgh School Bulldlng Frlday afternoon and evenlng September lst 1882 PROGRAMME OF EXERCISES AFTERNOON MUSIC Atklnns 4th Regt Band Prayer Rex J W Haney Address Plesentatlon Colonel Ralph Plumb Address Acceptatlon Dr Edwln Evans Mus1c Dedlcatory Address Governor Shelby M Cullom MUSIC EVENINC' MUSIC Prayer Rex W H Penhallagon Address Prof R Wllllams Countx Superlntendent MUSIC Hlgh School Remlmscences Mlss Sadle Atherton Address Rex J H Shay MUSIC Dedlcatorx Poem R A Haste MUSIC R A Haste Prm Ldxxm Exans Presldent Trustees -kboxe ls the program sent to the cxtlzens of Stxe-'atm announclng the dedlcatlon of the nexx school Thu bulldlng tontamlng an assemblx hall and ten Claws looms housed the students COlTlfOlt3blW untll about 1900 At thls time an addltlon xxas started xx hlth xxas completed ln 1902 Pave Flex en ' . -.,f?'l---- 2,545 X V' Yr, ,. ' I, . Q, , . rg . . I Eg we - tcaefehe .fagvs se . , 94,1 1 if v, A -5 - Y lift-5 Q-J - . L U 1Q,' ' A fffft ' O t'1- U S-'R I , - 1 L'-.4 f i Q 4 Y' 9-Ll-A -ig .,x,': ., r :JPL i, is-l ff-tiff' . ,1'-f:3'- 1 - ,.w1s1f? fi, , v- fig ' ' 1 27 f- Y -ig A -A J f Q ' fi .- 1 M' .tg - 1.2! 6 kg , H - 1 1 - H ,gg ,L ? H -ig,.,f1,:1-q A fs.. 8 is ' J , -.ref-We M-rsi,,n.W,ffa as-- - ref! fee gh A xfwttfufaf, I -A 25 1 'NM 1 'fx 1, A 2 tt . 1 l P ll Q V F 'l ' - . 'L ,sf if 5' 'i-on A' 1' 4 -Is.-5 f' 2 v 1 4- 3 ,g -' ' f-df-, 1 f sit, - 1 :if Lang? jg . I .Y JH' ,'i,:i,3T:'?g-r 7,717-:QL ,,j'AQ1,. W 1' ., '.. z .- 1- ' ' I1 ' 'H ., ', -'V,','- J adam' 'nm-de, tw ,S f fe-, 2 ' 5 ee -n.-4 v. Q,- N ' -' '11, f '. -1, r ff- lf: .Mi ., ' if 4 ' :Nil '. ' 25' ' , ,g,.'-,,f?,'x,--'7.Jf-tif: L I f 5 - .fr ' ,ur '-',,-,,-,'f,. 'A - 'i 9 V 1 'fwfwiji 'J wil-We. Qlszrfh f-J iilagligfllglif -. All 1 1 , 3 4 r- -44-A ,ww gg. 1: In V! ,fi ,, . 759,15 fx,-435. 2,1 I ' , 1, H' .V :?,:j,'-V' fam In .gym vii:-.ff?'?'ff.. lf? - ' I A , If -Y en- ,L gg. ., EL, , W55: 7' '- ...lb , , 1 -.' :tsftff Wig I ,hifi W v sv O., -f bi-ff? ,. 5-STS:- V, 1 :'IF5,.1':5 fait' ' 'P J -. . . V , ,. E . ' i n i t: Lx P 'L 'T ' 'J ' . -: -- F-4' ,nu ,.'g1'11 ' , M. . . v- . '- , 414- . S A at .1 to El 1jn.'1f.v - . 'G-im g ,A 'i.1.-'q51??. -'i ' A-'ww-4-'X ' , -W 'f' . f- -fu, .,ffA.,'...,I, A . J, .I . , .,s..42'-' r'fSf1'++w9-f-- 1 v gqw., .fre ,rg 253: A .. ii W H I -5: .- - 1. .V , . Y 7 Y ' . . V, V yn T A. A Y....Y,,,, .. Vfrf.. . ...,,..,,................,,..... .1. 1 Y . ' - Y r 7 ,.....,,................................, 4 n K , YY r x ....-.--------------,.------ - -A---- - --------- --.-..----.. .------VV--- 4---- ..---- ---- - - V n a n C v L uv ........, YYY. . Y..... . U.. YV..Y. .......... .............. . -...'..., .,.,. . . . . , 4 S . I 1 v' vf w' . , . . . . , . A v '- 1 1 h ' ' 1 1 L a 4. ' '

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Y Nwxnxis ,. STREATOR TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL De lC8t6d Monday November I6 IQ25 D9d1C8tlOn Luncheon, Flrst Methodlst Church Toast Master C H Wllllams So 0 George Hood G1eet1ng,s from W R FOSt9l Countx Supt of La Salle County Schools Prmupal O Y Schaefer Prlnceton Townshlp Hlgh School Prmclpal Charles H Kmgman Ottawa Townshlp Hlgh School Contractor E L Damon Ccntralla Ill1no1s M1 Edwln Roozen Assoclated wlth Archltect A L Plllsbury QDeceasedJ W C Jones Stzeatox Senxtol Thuzloxx G Esslngton A ternoon Program l l1gh School Gymnasxum R F PURCELL Plesldlng NIUSIC Streator Townshxp Hlgh School Orchestra Dr R E Hleronymus Umwerslty of Illmols MUSIC Streator Town nshlp Hlgh School Mlxed Glee Club Address Honorable Francxs G Blaxr State Supt of Publlc Instruct1on Evenmg Program Hlgh School Gymnasxum R C OSBORN Presldmg Prax Q1 Dr J E Conno1 The Women of Streatol Represented by Mrs Vlfglnla B LeRos MUSIC Streator Tow nshlp Hlgh School Orchestra Dedlcatlon Address You Xouth and the U S A Dr W 1ll1am McAndrexx Supt Clty Schools of Chlcago P geTh1t ee -S Q. ihl S x W 6 Ol' , , 1 C,..c.,,....s.......e,,.e,,....,..,..es,s...,,. ee,.,... ...r. C so ,,......,ecceeesseers The Relation ofthe School to the Commqnity ............cc.,c, 5 ,.....cc 1 ........t. .