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

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1902 1923 In 1902 an addltxon was constructed whlch prowlded adequate room for new act1v1t1es A large assemblw hall well equlp ped SCIENCE laboratorles a lecture room and several class rooms made up the new addl tlon Later a gvmnaslum was equlpped whlch made athletlc compet1t1on posslble at the school Class dances were now held IH the school but the Jumor sen1o1 prom was st1ll held 1n the old Armory ln 1917 however crowded condltxons agaln made xt necessarx to find more room The house across the street Wh1ch was known as the Annex was purchased and made ,...-:di 1nto classrooms These accommodatlons soon proved lnadequate therefore 1n 1921 after much d1scuss10n bonds were voted for the COl1Stl'LlCtlOl1 of a new school xr 1 l Ill ,. 1.1 A l V -- ' t mv-A Af 4 -.--Y Y..-,.. 1 . 1 1 ' - A. . I ,f- In xx '. .1 ,JY f' 5 --,-- . ' . - t 1 -L L , -l H if ,. ix .' 1 1 1 K ' ' 1 - Q ., ' , s I N V .. tl I , , ,, 1 - - N l , 1 . 1, ' .li-. . . v . . U . . . , . . .. V I Y- ' v v v I , 1 . .. . ' ' ' 1 v v ' - 1 ' ' 1 ' - 1 1. ss V , A 'l 1 . . Y . . 7 , , . . V . a L Y n V v 7 7 ' . . Y 1 1 ca ur , . , 1 . I . X , , , 1. . 1 A 1 . I . ' h , 1 J -, - xx 1 ' 1 ' ' N 1 ' v .- ls G

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SCHOOL HISTORY Hlgh school educatlon was llmxted 1n the earlx dax s to a few classes held 1n the grade school bulldlngs In the fall of 1840 Colonel Plumb took adxantage of a new state law and estabhshed the new Streatox Townsh1p Hlgh School the thlrd one 1n the state establlshed under the townshlp ss stem The school occupled xar1ous locat1ons such as a blllldlllg on South Bloomlngton Street where Garfield School now stands Mr Samuel Plumbs bank bulldmg and the 'Vlethodxst In 1881 Colonel Plumb had plans drawn for a permanent school buxldlng Th1s buxld mg was Colonel Plumb s glft to Streator The s1te the present locatlon was purchased bs the cltlzens of the communxtx The day of dedlcatlon September 1 1882 was a memorable one Colonel Plumb sald ln hls presentaton speech It IS mx cheerful contrlbutlon to the a1d of that svstem of popular educatlon controlled and conducted under state laws on whlch the people of the lepubllc must lalgelx depend for the per manencx of our lI1St1tlltlOI'lS Thls bulldlng was constructed to accom modate 400 students It conslsted of two storles a basement and an observatory 1n the tower It contamed an assemblv hall a llbrarw and varlous classrooms and 1n 1887 the museum was begun ln the hlgh school The students occupled th1s blllldlllg untll the late mnetxes when the enrollment lncreased to such an extent that the fac1l1t1es proved madequate and lt became necessary to add more rooms to the Oflglndl structure 1882 'I902 v vw v ylwv 1 . Q D '1 1 v Q . . ,.- t V . '. . ,, v 'w w 1.1 Y 1 1 1 7 9 1 , . . . , 1 1 1 ' 11 ! v7 ' 9 v ' v f. ' ' ,' . . l . 1 . v l ' 1 ' 1 ' church. , - -, v - ,, . . A ' . I vvl 1' 1 l ' I1 I lv V . , . , . . v A. ' v 1 ' Y l 1 I V wr. ' '1 U ' v , 7 1, .

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11 On Frldax Apnll 12 1923 not an un lucky dax a COI1t1aCt was slgned w1th 'Nlr E L Damon contractor and 1n Nlax glound was first broken fo1 the new bulldmg The old blllldlllg was dlsmantled and constructlon started The annex and the dCldltlO1'l of 1902 serxed as classrooms dur1ng the two xears the new school was under construct1on Dxfficultles lmpeded the constructlon but 111 September 1925 the new bulldlng was completed w1th fac1l1t1es for an enrollment of 600 students The new structure was dedlcated on momes What a great dax thls was ln the hlstorx of the school' Many prom1nent edu cators of the county the a1ch1tect the con tractor promlnent cltlzens and alumlll were present at the dedlcatorv ceremomes These began w 1th a luncheon at whlch Countx Super1ntendent of Schools Mr W R Foster gave the mam talk The mam add1 ess of the 1926 1937 after noon D1 ogram w ab gn en by State Super mtendent of Publlc Instructlon Nh' Francls C Blau The plmclpal speakel of the ex en 1ng was Dr Wllllam McAnd1ew superlnterd ent of the Chlcago publlc schools at that tlme Included IH the new buxldmg were a large gxmnaslum a fullx equlpped cafeteua a large swlmmlng pool and a four room model apartment There were four large studx halls a hbrarx new officea mam well l1ghted classrooms cookmg and sewlng lab oratorles an art room a crafta room a prmt shop a mechanlcal drawlng room and old addltlon of 1902 was converted 1nto a mach1ne shop and an enlarged woodshop The old assemblx hall was conxerted 1nto classrooms wh1le the sclence rooms remamed 111 thelr or1g1nal form The orlgmal plans had called for an audltorlum to be btlllt at the north end but financlal conmderatlons prevented 1ts constructlon at thlq t1me 'WT Q-aas1lA v . Q. , , , - - M . v N . , , - Y vi . , . . .' ,' , ' ' . ' ' ' v . . . . . , . . . - ' v V 1 . A .vr I I. . R. Q, . L' Q v ' v .1 L' - V ' ' . ' V -. l ' 'r Q Y, L ' A - cv 'I ! .v . I' 9 L L' Y. . , - v ' ' ' L. L- Lv , ' Lv, 1, yv v - n 1 L' n , . S V' - . 7 7 T 9 V I L1 . ' , I Y- Y November 16, 1925, with impressive cere- a well-equipped commercial department. The 1 y 4 l - 1 v va 1 v . . , , . N . 7 K, v 1 his K1 ' . K1 I D A , .... l , , I s .' , , A , .4 , ' 5. T., 4. ,.,,a,,fr'1' W Gia ff . Q