Wheaton Community High School - Wecomi Yearbook (Wheaton, IL)

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JVIZJJ mme fBelle miner We are pleased to dedicate this book to our friend and teacher, Miss Jennie Belle Miner. For many years she has worked with us, costuming our plays, directing our activities and developing our talents. Always of a sunny disposition, in spite of che amount of Work she has done, she has come to mean a great deal to all members of the school. In recognition of her long service to us and to former high school students, We express our appreciation and gratitude through this dedication of the 1938 WECOMI. ' 1 i I if N QR

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,ll QW 5, Q Foreword THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY The one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the found- ing of the Old Northwest Territory, which included our own state, has been celebrated this past spring and will be the reason for continued celebration throughout the coming summer. The spirit of the pioneer and the explorer who preceded him, led the staff of this 1938 Wecomi to consider taking a part in this memorable event by using this material as a theme for the book. As old maps and accounts were studied the past history of our state began to live and have meaning. We have attempted to give, through our division pages, some stages in the development of this territory which later became the state of Illinois. In the years after the Revolutionary War, a band of sol- diers obtained permission to settle and explore the far West. They ultimately obtained land grants in exchange for worth- less certificates issued by Congress. On December 3, 1787, the Ohio Company of Associates, organized by General Rufus Putnam, General S. H. Parsons, Dr. Manasseh Cutler, and others, set out from Ipswich, Massachusetts, for the far West. xxivpil