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

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Qff56 TiD6?-T' CLASS OF 1876 Each class has the honor for a wear of bemg the last to be graduated but only one can be first and th1s 18 the prxvllege of the class of 76 Mrs Inez Eades Strlte of the class of 1876 wrote the above l1nes ln a short hlstory of her class whlch was publlshed IH the 1926 Hardscrabble the fiftleth anmver sary vear book The other members of the first class were Oscar B Ryon Cora Ander son fFr1esD Dorothy Baker Ida Fleshman fBar1ckmanJ Myrtle Pllcher and Carrle Ryon all of whom are deceased Thls class 1ects For recreatlon the boys played ball and the glrls play ed one old cat The Llteraxy Soclets furnlshed the other soclal 21ClflN1ty of the school The first commencement exer clses were held m the Orlental Hall whxch was later known as Armory Hall The old structure st1ll stands at the southeast col ner of Bloommgton and Mam streets The followmg year there were but five graduates but from that tlme on the enroll ment steadllx mcreased wlth the 9XC9ptl0l1 of the year 1882 IH whlch only two students were graduated Durlng the years whlch followed our school grew rapldly and 1n 1940 the school enrollment reached 1200 In that year two hundred thlrty three students were graduated A gradually expandmg currlculum a dlverslfled athletlc program clubs muslcal and dramatlc organlzatlons and publlcatlons lllustrate the opportunltles Dunng the 75 years that have elapsed smce that flrst Commencement Dax ln June 1876 approxlmately 6500 students have been graduated from our school Of these the maJor1tx have become a utal part of our own cltx and communltv while others have occupled posltxons of Importance 111 mam helds throughout the state and natlon 14 46 , ,' v V Y 1. ! lf ' Y . - 9 'Y y rs ' ' . ' Y J I , u . K . .H . Y . , . , ' . 1 ' , ' : s . , - . ' ' , y , . y . y. . y . Y . , . S, . . . . N, , V I . .Y 11 I ' . ' K1 ' . 1 of seven students studied a variety of sub- f0I' Student activity Of the DFQSGIW day- 1 ' - r ' ' Y -' . ' - . . ' . . , t , t L L' ' . Y. Y y I V W v ' L - I A' n L1 , v v v ' v ' . V ' ' ' . . v K

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li The classrooms were so arranged that, generally speaking, space on a given floor belonged to a separate department. On the top floor, for example, were located all the science rooms, including chemistry, physics, biology, and general science. All the science rooms were well equipped, the chemistry and biology divisions having large lecture rooms adjoining spacious laboratories. The second floor was the location of the social science rooms and a large typing room. Provision was made in each department for its own well-stocked library. The metal and wood shops, agriculture study room and laboratory, and the little gymnasium were located on the ground floor. The little gym, well equipped for many forms of indoor activity, played an important part in the extensive physical education program. The auditorium-ninety feet wide. one hundred ten feet deep, and fifty feet high- had a seating capacity of fourteen hundred If . , x thirty in its main floor and balcony. The accommodations included an ample orchestra pit, three dressing rooms and storage rooms under the stage, and excellent lighting facili- ties. Lighting effects and spotlights for the stage, as well as motion pictures from two modern motion picture machines, were oper- ated from a fireproof projection room. In recent years a few alterations have been made in the building. The gym balcony was enlarged: large study halls have been transformed into a library and a cafeteria, and the old cafeteria has become the sack- lunch room. The main office and old library have been combined to accommodate all the administrative oflices. The student body fully realizes how many opportunities are now available to them and gratefully appreciates the important part the citizens and taxpayers of Streator and the surrounding community have played in the development of their high school.

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In CLASS OF 1951 In the fall of 1941 211 fl6wllI'I16I1 enrolled Hlgh school llfe xxas xerx stlange to u A xxe looked xxlth awe at the upperclassmen we soon learned that thex xx ere also bemg 1n1t1 ated to one hour classes a new gradmg sxs tem and home room organlzatlon 11 hen we became famlllar w1th llfe at S H S xxe began to part1c1pate 1n school act1x1t1es and fulfill our class ob11gat1on of sponsorlng a dance The more dlthtult stud1es of our sopho to p1rt1c1pate ln athletlts mus1cal orgam fatlons and clubs Our successful class dance proxed our abxlltx to malntam our pos1t1on among the classes of Streator Hlgh As we looked xx1th prlde at our accompl1sh ments we began to reallze that half of our Journex was oxer The respons1b1l1t1es of belng Junlors were manx We took charge of concesswns at football games chose our class rmgs and sponsored our thlrd dance We began to make preparatlons for the bxg exent the Plom In honor of our semors we chose Nlemorx Lane as the theme for th1s long axxalted gala affalr -Xs the calendar donned the face of Sep tember 1990 xxe soon reallzed that the end of our xournex was near We were semors at last' Sex eral new xentures xx ere attempted bx the class Among them were a Holldax Rall and the electlon of glrls for our ofhcers Phxllls Blrtw ell presldent Margaret Motter secretary. and Jean Sabol treasurer led us suttessfullx throughout the xear Manx of us were put 1n charge of organ 1Z3.t1OI1S and pubhcatlons others took part 1n the Corn1x al Pep Parade others worked on xar1ous comm1ttees and fourteen braxe and true men played on our great football team As xxe prepared for the finale 1n S H S we wondered what the future held for us We only hoped that It would be as memorable as the past four years NIM aulc x Nlottu haw Blltxxcll Sab ml 5z2CJk QCVQ v .' . . . v 1- Y rr , , - , .. , . W . , - - ,i :', ' ' Lx'- 7 - . - v , A L - u f 7. 1 v , U , v , l l l, ' v v V 7 v 1 ' ' - .' ' .' .' - U' ' ' , 3 - more year did not bother us. We continued shaw, vice presidentg Kathryn McCauley, Z I . I ' I l ski, ki. .- A' A 1 V2 I il , 5 In , L1 74. . nt, l sq. A' nl., I xlxi S I I mls' .V tv - 5 A Ci ' v ,Y , Y v . , . y ' 1 ' . v nv. K ' ' . ., v v ni, s ns . Y, pq, Y Y l v L .l r