West High School - EOS Yearbook (Aurora, IL)

Page 8 text:

STAFF 0 JOSEPH H. DETWEILER Editor-in-Chief AUDREY D. DUDGEON Associate Editor J. ROBERT GRIFFETH Business Manager MILDRED E. BANKER A dviser

Page 7 text:

0 FOIZQE A record of the school year i936- I937 featu ' rung the highlights of Aurora's cent ury of progress. . . . . ' 'O X K. A 5 N, 1. I w ' Y 'm- ' . n x U 14fff'-W.-Q,.. - W 'vj -'W 3. 4, -,rm :A ,mx R . ' ' ' fc, ' fa, 1 r nys wha. X A ,, -,rf . .:' ' , - r 4.5- 'V Hgf:.K5 J 'hae ' Q, ww x K .,' my . ,- ,E f S an , :, rv ' 1 fr: D fa Q - M , - qv, ,I If zjgiir - 'hh'-X A 'wg w' e-3 Q g f ' ww ' Uh IM? 'Um W for fy .of W ,if X . I f ' ' f '54 1295? Pig.. Q'-si. - 'vw WH' ,Vw 1 ,tg E f. TL WDIQD

Page 9 text:

ing heard glowing accounts of the then 0 INTIDDDUCTIDN S37 H AUIQUIQA S 1937 Today from an unconquered and un- developed land which echoed in turn Rx w if K :V . f- to the red-man's dance, the rattle of the Q,-w ' F V, X pioneers' musketry, the soft tug of the A: A 'fi 'ff-A Y ' low share as it cut the alluvial soil g 51-,f , f P , ' ff Bw-1 TL, j , I r the ax of the home builder, and the , -pe 925 - pl' grinding gears of the iirst mills and 4 f ,p, e23f .,tj5.l - 3 'I factories, Aurora, the city now named 3 'Q ' H 1, fgjz l f for the rosy-lingered goddess of the gig, Pr, - I' ' dawn, looks back on its first one hun- , dred years. ' .g,qfl,. g , - . , V 2 Any history of early Aurora, be it ' 'Q M ' .x I en. long or short, must necessarily be that r fl , of Samuel and joseph McCarty, who are credited with being the founders of Tvkcwy WL this community. The young men, hav- far West, decided to cast their lots in the new country. Joseph, choosing the town site, made friends with Waubonsie and his Indians and renamed the West Aurora and Bata- via region, then known as Big Woods, McCarty's Mills. These hardy, adventurous pio- neers, with character, education, and business acumen that presaged successful accomp- lishment, will have as their perpetual monument the city of Aurora. In 1837 Aurora was named, a post office secured, a new grist mill opened, the last oi the Indians were banished, new settlers received, business houses started and small fac- tories openedg the town was on its way up. It may be thought that the history of Aurora has been humble and commonplace, yet it has experienced within the life time of a few who are still with us the disappearance of the savage, the coming and passing of the pioneer, and finally the advent of a civilization not surpassed by that of the oldest communities in the world. Aurora was the first city in the world to light its streets by elec- tricity and the first municipality to own its electric lighting system. Foremost among Aurora's Firsts were Miss Angeline Atwater, who conducted a school for the west side, and Mr. Livings, who likewise opened classes on the east side. The lirst school was located on the Fox River near the foot of Spring Street. Then, due to