Waterloo High School - Wahischo Yearbook (Waterloo, IL)

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Hclmmlstratlon Monroe County Court House 1851

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e'11cely 111 the curriculum of the pioneer school box Among the earlx school History of Earlv Schools The bcneral tha11ete11 tics of English taught ehools of this countx xxa tnrlv reprcsentnixe ot those in the Qtate The old time school master could not be termed '1 profiuent tc ieher but was usuallx elected because he had A t11r smattering, of the eommon brftnches and at the same time knew the dl ciplinary xwlue of the hazel switch IVIOIHOL Countx had the tirst English ehool t1u,s,ht within the boundaries ot Illinois The tirst Americin school m ister 111 Illinois was John Seelx who t ught in 1113 111 the New Design settlement The school house was an abwn cloned squitters cabin within which iound poles were placed for seating pui poses NVhat little desk IHCIIIULH were furnished weie muelx small logs made hx a few stlokes of the ax Ind placed with the hcwed side up A log wa ut out ot one side of the building for lightind purposes In these eallv time ture were no LllllfO1I'll tuitbooks For reading the New Testament historx and biographies of men werc used In arithmetie one had xirtually completed In 1806 the town contained teachers of the first settlement everal xea1s taught school in an educated man taught west Vbalkev Lerox Pigzgott Edward countv between 1804 'Ind 1817 was an Irishman named Halfpennx who fo1 various sections A little later John Clark of Waterloo near Fountain Creek Charle Humphrey 'md N11 Foid also taught in thi not more than tw entx buildings On the ea t side of Mam Street was a storv and a half log house with two rooms below used 'is a school hou L James Rogers brothe1 of Dr John Rogers taught school in this building for ex eral xears In 1811 a la1ge brick publie sehoo1 Juilding was erected on East Fouith Street At present this building IS the ite of the Rice Stix factory In ordei that sorne idea ot the progres ot chool Ill Nlonxoe Countx max he noted we quote from The History of Randolph Monroe and Perry Counties The Countx Supeuntendents ieport in 1851 showed that S6 420 had been pcnt tor public schools the report in 1882 howeo that S34 020 had been spent In 1876 the Teachers Association was established 1nder the auspices or Su per1ntendentW H Hilvard In 1938 a l'11ge modern well equipped building was e1ected on Belle tontilne Drixe to house both the grade and high schools Today approximately -100 students attend this school A xaried curriculum IS presented the facult consists of twentx teachers and a superintendent all of xx hom haxe had at least two xears of eolleee tra1n1ng and several of 1 hom haxe attained their Master degrees 1 rr 1 1 , , . .2 1 Us ' ,s. T ' 1 Y 1 S 1 1 -1 'N 51 1 'r ' 11 ' ' ' ' N ' H 1 . ' H C A 1. C - NJ ' -. 1 C 11- - 'ex 5 A' s 1- . 1 2' K. 1 ' y 1 . 1 - 15' 2 1 K-K 1 ' 1 'gh h' ' , YC C kv 1' . . X . K B. 1 ' - 5 g 1' 1' ' 1 ' 1A- 3 ' ' Al' 1 1 1,-' x 1 1 . 1 B Lf 1 1 K C - , 1. C 'S . ' ,' ' ' - 5 1 1 K V pf 1 ' 1- . , ' - ' 1' ' ' 1 1 1 1 'ir 1 1 - 1 1 1 5 . If 1 : 1 1 .11 ' .' . 1 's ' .' 1 1 ' ' ' ' , . 1 1 t ' ' I 1 1 , ' ' 1. Q. 1' ' , 1 -' ' , f , 'S 4 ' ' M 1 1 Q 1 I ' I ' 1 C 1' ' 1 . his education when he had arrived at the rule of three. Grammar was 1 '1 ' 1 ' , A ' ' 1 5' 3. 1 . j . A.. 4 1 V T X x I' 1 '., C ', I t Q . , L , ,A . ' ' ' 1 ' Y . 1 1 . 1 S . C' . s ' , ' ' . ' '. Q 1 ' T ' 's 1 1 1 . 55' 1 ' ' '.. . , ' , 1 . - . .. s 1. . J -. ' . . K ,M . . . . 1 S y V, :U - Q Q , .I A , E . . V 1 E A A . . . , 1 ' Y ' s 2 ' ' .1 -2 f ' s ' ' 1 .' L , 1 ' - ' ' 'e 1 1 s ' ' - . . ,, c ' . 1 ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' k. . , M . L I . ' .5 5 Y 7 N V ' ' V 5 1 P1 M K ' ' Y 1 ' ' -. F1