United Township High School - Skyline Yearbook (East Moline, IL)

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GROWTH OF OUR SCHOOL It is with a great deal of pleasure that we note the progress of the East Moline High School. The older residents of East Moline will readily recall that before the year of 1916, the high school, and the grade school were located in one building—the present Lincoln school. Many are the students who have graduated from that high school, but those days have vanished forever. For the proud citizens of East Moline, it was a great day, when they learned that a new high school was to be erected on the crest of Thirteenth Street Hill. This school, which is part of the present building was built in 1915, and for several years had adequate room to accommodate all the students who enrolled. But, then, because of the rapid growth of the city, an annex was necessary in order to provide room for a manual arts department, which was greatly needed. However, in a few years this too was insufficient for our needs; consequently in 1924 another addition, containing history, printing and commercial departments, was built. Although these additions are fairly large, they are humbled by the vast new addition erected last year. This new part with all its wonderful equipment, and costing over $200,000, supplies adequate room for our rapidly growing school, and makes our high school one of the finest in this vicinity. Along with this new structure we added more help and many new courses. Each year we have added several new teachers to our staff. This year we have one new teacher, and several others who left to seek new fields were replaced. Because we have twice as much room this year the janitorial staff had to be increased; and our cafeteria, being much larger this year, commanded additional help in the form of a new cook. These helpers have proved themselves capable and efficient in their work. In the preceding years there has been a great demand for new courses. This year we have six new courses from which to choose. All of them are in great demand. We have added to our list of courses, Biology, French, Community Civics, Vocational Civics and World History. We feel that our school is modern in every respect, vying with the other schools in our community for leading honors. Tirrlvr

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Pratt Searle Shoemaker Smith Millard Pratt Chewistry and General Seienee. Sophomore ('lass Adviser. Illinois Wesleyan University. B. S.; Illinois State Normal University. He in little hut mighty knot ex a heap about chemistry and is everyone's friend.” Blanche Searle Algebra and Geometry. Dean of Girls; Assistant to Superintendent; Chairman of Hoard of Advisers. Augustana College, B. A. : University of Colorado. “ I kind and ever ready helper in fart, h.'. M. . S. trould indeed he a strange jdaei without her.” Reba Shoemaker Latin; Freshman Class Adviser. Hedding College: Iowa Wedeyan, University of Iowa, A. B. : University of Iowa. “Her Seasin dis tosition has won her many a true friend.” Emma Mae Smith Algebra, Geometry, and Physical Education. Northwestern University. B. A.: University of Chicago. She itossesxes that personal charm that makes her everybody's friend.” John Stevens English; Debate Coach; Operetta Coach; Senior Class Adviser. Culver-Stoekton College. B. A. “.I well be out of the world us out of fashion. Fern Trulock Hiology; General Seienee. Sophomore Class Adviser. Western Illinois State Teacher’s College. Though she has been here but a year she has iron the luarts of all her students.” Gladys Washburn Home Economies. Illinois Wesleyan University. B. S. “She trains the girls to be good housekeepers, with their rooking and sewing.” David Willming Harmony; Director of Hands, Orchestra, and Glee ('lubs. Commercial Imw and Salesman-ship. Manager of Hoys' Athletics. Missouri Valley. Ph. B. : Northwestern College. The faculty personification of pep and enthusiasm.” Stevens Truloek Washburn Willming

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