Urbana High School - Rosemary Yearbook (Urbana, IL)

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HOAKI) OF EDUCATION Chester W. Richards, 305 West High Street....................1916 E. H. Renner. 201 Elm Street.................................1916 W. G. SpurciX, 910 West Green Street.........................1018 Hon. F. E. Williamson, 505 Indiana Avenue....................1017 C. E. Percival, South Lincoln Avenue.........................1017 Mrs. Minnie Swartz, 801 South Vine Street....................1018 Mr.. Luella Saffer. Oil West Oregon Street...................1016 OFFICERS OF THE HOARD C. W. Richards, 305 West High Street..................President C. H. Holmes. City Huilding...........................Secretary A. P. Johnson, 030 West Illinois Street..........Superintendent N. A. Riley. 501 West Main Street ....................Treasurer COMMITTEES Tea fliers, Tc.it Hooks, ami Coarse of Study F. E. Williamson Mrs. Swartz Mrs. Saffer W. G. Spurgin Finance ami Supplies F. E. Williamson E. II. Renner E. IT Renner Huildinys ami (1 rounds F. E. Williamson W. G. Spurgin Mrs. Swartz School 1 i si tat ion Mrs. Saffer 0. E. Percival C. E. Percival Health Mrs. Saffer F. E. Williamson Mrs. Swartz Flai aroand Mrs. Saffer E. H. Renner Mrs. SafTor Library V. F. Williamson . C. E. Pel-rival 8

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She llrhaita Hit}!] jskljool (Elicit atth ifofa Today progress is made by leaps and bounds. We are no more than settled from one leap until we are preparing for another. So it is with our educational advantages. The people of this community, inspired by the great university that lies in our midst, have b come firm believers in the utility of higher education and have given and continue to give without complaint of their means in order that their children might enjoy an education which in most cases was denied to them. The citizens of Urbana made their first leap in educational devel- opment in 1872, when they erected the first high school. The print at the top of the page opposite is an exact reproduction of a drawing made of the old Leal building six years after its completion, by a student, J. ( (Jarman. This old building may now be seen, somewhat repaired, as the central part of the present Leal building. The population of the city grew, and new demands were made of our high school with which the old institution was unable to cope. Sev- eral years of constant agitation culminated in the building of Thorn- burn, in 1897. With the erection of this school building, this city an- swered the second call of progress. For sevt nteen years the walls of Thornburn resounded the noise of classes in science, history and mathematics. In those seventeen years the at ten da nee increased from 200 to 150. Again the citizens of Urbana debated for several years—should they remodel Thornburn, should they build a new school—or should they do anything at all. At last, in 1012. after several fruitless attempts in former years, the city was bonded for sufficient money to provide for a new high school. This building was completed in the fall of 1014, and this spring the first class grad- uates from its platform. For several years the Rosemary has each year contained a plea for a new high school. The plea has been heeded. The citizens of Urbana have erected a building that should meet the requirements of this city for many years to come; but. however long it may remain useful, we look forward to the time when necessity will again touch this commu- nity with her wand of progress and produce another building, larger, more grand and more wonderful than the last. 7

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