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1934-1935-Grade faculty: Harold Pat- terson (Supt.), Grace Pfiel, Vera Rhone, Ruth Berry, Jane Wingard, Oma Abuhl, Ealy Grobe, Jean Lindberg, Evelyn Blom- quist.
High School faculty: I. R. Hendrickson (Supt.), Paul J. Yoe, Mary M. McColl, J. Leslie Pierce, Marian Sympson, Edna Coulson, Wendall Schrader, Marian Dean, E. R. Henricks, Beth Hower.
Graduates: William Asp, Elbert Barbee, Margaret Beard, Ralph Blake, Helen Blecker, Lois Bruner, Clarence Chambers, Richard Dierdorf, Evonne Few, Ralph Fry, Dorothy Garkey, Mary E. Hanes, Merle Henricks, Donald Horst, Clyde James, Lou Cartha Jones, Gordon Kim-
mel, Earl King, Eunice Long, Robert Marshall, Tom Martin, Marian McNett, Hubert Moats, Wayne Mumma, George Myers, Irene Priller, George Ray, Ethel Reiken, Roy Rowe, Elnora Suter, William Unger, Bernice Van Arsdale, John Wal- lace.
1935-1936-Grade faculty: Harold Pat- terson (Supt.), Alice Lambert, Kathleen Peugh, Ruth Berry, Jane Wingard, Jane Locke, Thelma Mott, Virgil Turner, Merle Hawbecker, J. Leslie Pierce, Beth Hower.
High School faculty: I. R. Hendrickson (Supt.), Paul J. Yoe, Mary M. McColl, J. Leslie Pierce, Marian Sympson, Edna Coulson, Wendall Schrader, E. R. Hen- ricks, Nellie Bishop, Beth Hower.
Graduates: Carmen Baker, Robert Binkley, Harlan Blake, Harold Blake, Lola Blake, Lawrence Chambers, Olive Conrad, Louise Curley, Myron Davis, Lester Deets, Fred Drexler, Jeanne Dun- can, Audrey Estes, Esther Fossler, Frank Graf, Blanche Hammer, Stanley James, Esther Kretsinger, Emmert McCune, Raymond Moody, Keithra Palmer, C. Mae Pieper, Gordon Pittenger, Joe Rit- son, Josephine Rock, Nellie Shoemaker,
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MOUNT MORRIS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING CLASS of 1924. Back row, standing, left to right, Fred Fulton, Richard Woy, Winfield Colvin, Theodore Thomas, Chas. Ross; second row, standing, Gladys Nalley, Jennie Bush, Lillian Lookabaugh, Grace Ritson, Edna Rohns, Elizabeth Dickson, Jeanette Watts; girls
sitting, Ethel Sanford, June Middlekauff, Josephine Sprecher, Myrtice Snodgrass, Grace Eykamp, Mary McCready, Mildred Wishard, Marjorie Davison, Mary Thomas; sitting in front, Frank Yoder, Emmert Samsel, Russell Brown.
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HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING CLASS OF 1925. Front row, left to right, Blanche Miller, Florine Slaughter, Ada Keplinger, Bessie Vetrovec, Phyllis Hanson, Kathryn Snowberger, Helen Moore, Ethyle McNett (insert); second row, Emma White, Alice
Ritson, Edna Nalley, Charlotte Unger, Lois Miller, Edna Satter- field; back row, Harold Tracy, Erwin Hough, Maurice Buser, Melvin Glotfelty, Forrest Kable.
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MOUNT MORRIS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING CLASS OF 1926. Back row, left to right, Ollie James, Alice Keedy, Jesse Fridley, D. L. Butler, Evelyn Kitzmiller, Leta Ballard, Ivan Clapper, Elmer Paul, Nelson Rittenhouse, Wilbur Wyckoff; center
row, Mary Freeman, Velda Windle, Helen Blair, Kitty Prugh, Mary Sanford, Marie Emmert, Opal Diehl, Pauline Davis; front row, Alice Dunn, Nina Messer, Nellie Avey, Evelyn Stage, Laura Ocken, Glorynne Hill, Florence Dunn.
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HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA OF 1928: Front row, left to right, Cleo Stimax, Alice Emmert, Harriet Rees, Helma Horst, Helen Pearce, Robert Gloss; back row, Roderick Kelsey, Cecil Armbruster, Floyd Barbee, Forrest Young, Miss Marjorie Babbitt (direc- tor), Chas. Finch, Lloyd Pearce, Leslie Watt, Robert Middlekauff, Merrill Meeker.
Gilbert Silvius, La Verne Stauffer, Donald Stonebraker, Harry Suter, Helen Thomas, Samuel Thomas, Harriet Thompson, John Tice, Martha Wright.
1936-1937-Grade faculty: Harold Pat- terson (Supt.), Alice Lambert, Kathleen Peugh, Ruth Berry, Jane Wingard, Jane Locke, Thelma Mott, Virgil Turner, Merle Hawbecker, J. Leslie Pierce, Beth Hower.
High School faculty: I. R. Hendrickson (Supt.), Paul J. Yoe, Mary M. McColl, J. Leslie Pierce, Marian Sympson, Edna Coulson, Wendall Schrader, E. R. Hen- ricks, Nellie Bishop, L. N. Patton, Beth Hower.
Graduates: Mark Asp, Donald Avey, Harvey Billsborough, Joyce Brewer, Rob- ert Clapper, Leo Crocker, Burton Davis, Lorene Davis, Murray DeArvil, Jane De- vine, Minnie Diehl, Doris Doyle, Mariorie Ford, Fay Forman, Elsie Heinhorst, Dale Henricks, Francine Hilger, Helen Holsing- er, Phyllis Hoover, Florence Huthansel, Mathias Huthansel, Elmer Keller, Harriet Kreider, Oscar Leekley, Lois Lingle, Doris Marsh, Floyd McChesney, Robert Merri- man, Ronald Miller, Leone Nalley, Ray- mond Newcomer, Adelaide Noble, Ruth Parkinson, Preston Pittenger, Melvin Priller, Dixie Rick, Margaret Rowe, Ar- thur Sander, Delbert Schell, Albert Schlagenhaufen, Dorothy Silvius, Loraine
Stull, Sara Jane Tice, Clarence Tracy, Betty Yerkey, Marjorie Yerkey, Archie Zellers, Doris Zimmerman.
1937-1938-Grade faculty: Harold Pat- terson (Supt.), Alice Lambert, Kathleen Peugh, Ruth Berry, Jane Wingard, Jane Locke, Thelma Mott, Virgil Turner, Merle Hawbecker, Elizabeth McDanels, Beth Hower.
High School faculty: I. R. Hendrickson (Supt.), Paul J. Yoe, Mary M. McColl, Marian Sympson, Edna Coulson, Wendall Schrader, E. R. Henricks, Nellie Bishop, L. N. Patton, Beth Hower, Irene Sweet.
Graduates: George Finch, Lee Loomis, Francis Baker, Charlotte Avey, Ethel Bal- luff, Helen Barnhizer, Arlene Binkley, Eugene Blake, Robert Brewer, James Bruner, Talmage Castle, Willis Castle, Robert Cratty, Bonnie Croft, Warren Davidson, Mildred Dierdorff, Mildred Estes, Christine Freedlund, Evelyn Graf, Marian Guiles, Jeanette Hammann, Nor- ma Hammer, Roger Haney, Harlan Herz- feldt, Marian Hilger, Paul Johnson, Carl Kirtz, Raymond Link, Rebecca McNett, Bette Martin, Ruth Meeker, Alvin Mes- ser, Leland Messer, Earl Muller, Delbert Newcomer, Richard Park, Velma Paul, Donald Personnette, Morris Pieper, Ruby Pieper, Marilyn Ransone, Joe Robbins, Glenn Rock, June Rowe, Frances Sawyer,
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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM of 1925, which won district championship over 16 com- peting teams. Front row, left to right, Royal Johnson, Melvin Glotfelty, Harold Alter, Forrest Kable, Warren Shook; back row, Coach Mearns, Robert McNett, Harold Tracy, Elmer Paul, Robert Dean, Allen Yoder.
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MOUNT MORRIS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING CLASS OF 1928. First row, left to right, Carolyn Bachman, Robert Lingel, Ditha Oxley, Willard Shively, Dora Davis, Curtis Long, Dorothy Samsel, Merrill Meeker; second row, Evelyn Avey, Ralph Snodgrass, Robert Middle- kauff, Raymond Young, David Miller, Helen Green; third row, John Thomas, Helen Pearce, Maurice McNett, Alice Emmert, Leland Potter, Clara Bucher.
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HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY, 1928-1929: Upper row, left to right, Freda Schmidt, Mar- jorie Babbitt, Esther Carlson, Vivian Ellis; lower row, Wilbur Ogden, Ira R. Hen- drickson (superintendent), Paul Yoe.
BASKETBALL SQUAD of 1928-29 of Mount Morris High School. Front row, left to right, Harold Longman, Kenneth Zellers, Harold Ridenour, Roy Allen; second row, William Selby, Leland Rittenhouse, Chas. Finch, Robert Allen; standing, William Price (manager), George Carr, Lloyd Pearce, Chas. Muller, Nelson Potter, Marlin Carr, Coach Paul Yoe.
JUNIOR CLASS OF 1929, most of whom graduated in 1930. Front row, left to right, Lucille Jacobs, Harriet Van Arsdale, Rosalie Crocker, Velma Butterbaugh, Ada Pieper, Beatrice Hor- ton, Dorothy Anderson, Pearl Keedy, Cleo Stimax; second row, Helma Horst, Florence Newcomer, Ruth Wine, Harriet Rees, Louise Taylor, Erma Stengel, Bernice Hightower, Miriam Culler,
Ruth Niman; third row, John Selby, Nelson Potter, Lloyd Pearce, Charles Muller, Howard Corbett, William Price, Harold Riden- our, Merville Horst; top row, Ira Davis, William Selby, Kenneth Pittenger, Leonard Eykamp, Cecil Armbruster, Paul Oxley, Leland Rittenhouse.
GRADUATING CLASS OF 1929, Mount Morris High School. First row, left to right, Keller Hightower, Justin Kable, Myrtle Allen, Joyce Longman, Velda Stengel, Edward Balluff, Forrest Young, Marlin Carr; second row, Leslie Watt, Harry Conrad, Pauline Schnulle, Martha Bush, Anna Watts, Eugene Carr, Clark
Smith: third row, Frank Carr, Irma Armbruster, Joe Vetrovec, Harry Keller, Robert Allen, Eva Miller, Harold Rodeffer; back row, Cleo Windle, Frances Schaar, Gladys Rodeffer, Ruth Beard, Mary Thomas.
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Eldon Smith, Merle Snodgrass, La Verne Sprecher, Pauline Sprecher, Louise Stiger, Lois Stonebraker, Ruth Taylor, Ferne Thomas, Edward Webster, Wilbur Whet- zel, Velma Zellers.
Since the opening of the school year in 1926 the upper three grades of the grade school have been operating under a departmental organization whereby each of the teachers, in grades six, seven and eight, teach special subjects to all pupils in these grades. During the pres- ent school year (1937-1938) the local grade school became the first city ele- mentary school in Ogle County to re- ceive a "Superior" rating from the State Department of Public Instruction. The
achievement of this rating is the result of a carefully-planned program of im- provement, carried on by the Board of Education over a period of years. Brief sketches of the grade school teachers follow:
Miss Alice Lambert, DeKalb, Ill. Graduate normal training course at Northern Illinois State Teachers Col- lege with additional work at Colorado University and the University of Wash- ington. Teaches first grade and conducts the summer kindergarten. Came here in 1935 from the DeKalb County schools.
Miss Kathleen Peugh, Coleta, Ill. Graduate of the normal training course
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JUNIOR CLASS OF 1931, all of whom graduated in 1932: Top row, left to right, Roy Allen, Lavonne Armbruster, Walter Blake, Doris Buser, Russell Colburn, Mildred Davis, Harold Eykamp, Marie Fossler, Margaret Fridley, Bernice Fry; second row, Paul Fry, Virginia Gloss, Belva Hammer, Helen Hanes, Opal Herzfeldt, Dorothy Horton, Ina James, Robert Kable, Kathryn Keller, Elsie Klepfer; third row, Vivian Koontz, Glenn Kretsinger, Roberta Long, Harold Longman, Lyle Meeker, Georgia Messer, Lloyd Nalley, Clarine Pearce, Ruth Pieper, Elaine Rothermel; fourth row, Merlin Shook, Edna Sizemore, Anna Stengel, Grace Stengel, Myron Stengel, Forrest Stevens, Marian Stonebraker, Frances Stull, Helen Tice; bottom row, Robert Thomas, Lois Unger, Margaret Weller, Howard Wells, Lillie Womack, Martha Wright, Irene Zellers, Kenneth Zellers.
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BOYS' GLEE CLUB, 1937: Front row, Bryant Zimmerman, Gene Nunn, Conroy Baker, Wilbur Whetzel, Martin Deets, John Yoe, J. Leslie Pierce (director); second row, Eugene Stull, Richard Park, Dale Henricks, Eldon Smith, Robert Robinson, Richard Steffen; third row, Eugene Marshall, Mark Asp, Fay Forman, Lee Loomis, Robert Newcomer, Matthias Huthansel; back row, Clarence Tracy, Delbert Schell, Wallace Smith, Robert Kump, James Bruner, Harold Ross.
GIRLS' GLEE CLUB, 1937: Front row, left to right, Doris Zimmerman, Lorene Davis, Betty Martin, Dorothy Silvius, Ethel Balluff, Doris Marsh, J. Leslie Pierce (director) ; second row, Maryalice Olsen, Evelyn Graf, Charlotte Avey, Pauline Stengel, Harriet Kreider, Francine Hilger; third row, Jennette Hammann, Rebecca McNett, Darlene Duckworth, Adelaide Noble, Evone Cain, Phyllis Hoover, Doris Hoover; back row, Helen Barnhizer, Jane Devine, Isabel Kelsey, Mildred Dierdorff, Ruth Meeker, Velma Paul.
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at Northern Illinois State Teachers Col- lege with additional work at Colorado University. Teaches second grade and came here in 1934 from the Genoa, Ill., public schools.
Miss Ruth Berry, Lee Center, Ill. Graduate of the normal training course at the Illinois State Normal University with additional work at National Col- lege of Education at Evanston, Ill., and the State Teachers College at White- water, Wis. Teaches the third grade and came here in 1926 from the public schools of Portland, Ore.
Miss Jane Wingard, Mount Morris, Ill. A.B. degree from Mount Morris College with additional work at the University of Chicago and Montana University. Teaches the fourth grade and came here in 1925 from South Da- kota to take charge of the practice teaching of Mount Morris College.
Miss Jane Locke, Rockford, Ill. Grad- uate of the normal training course at the Northern Illinois State Teachers Col- lege with additional work at the Uni-
versity of Wisconsin and the University of Washington. Came here in 1934 from the Teachers College.
Miss Thelma Mott, Pontiac, Ill. A.B. degree from Eureka College with addi- tional work at the Illinois State Normal University and the University of Colo- rado. Teaches English, reading and spelling in the junior high school and is the home room advisor for the sixth grade. Came here in 1934 from the Winnebago County schools.
Miss Virgil Turner, Ridott, Ill. Gradu- ate from the normal training course at the Northern Illinois State Teachers College with additional work at the University of Wisconsin and the Uni- versity of Washington. Teaches physical education, home economics and general science in the junior high school and acts as home room advisor for the sev- enth grade. Came here in 1934 from the public schools of Ridott, Ill.
Mr. Merle Hawbecker, Lanark, Ill. Graduate with A.B. degree from Mount Morris College with advanced work at
A COMBINATION grade and high school band has been in existence for several years. Miss Beth Hower is the present instructor and director, and the organization has made a very creditable showing. The above picture was taken in 1937 and the members are as follows: Top row, J. Q. Davis, Lee Loomis, Delbert Schell, Ronald Miller, James Bruner, Burton Davis, Edward Webster, Clarence Tracy, Richard McNett; third row, Richard Steffen, Richard Park, Matthias Huthansel, Dale Henricks, Evone Cain, Doro- thy Silvius, Velma Paul, Robert Knodle, Robert Kump, Marshal Woodworth; second row, Donald Marsh, Harriet Kreider, Jeanette Hammann, Kenneth Muller, Mary Edson, Tena Suter, Claremont Michael, Thomas Ivins, Edward Miller; front row, Lorene Da- vis, Maryalice Olsen, Robert Johnson, Richard Fry, Arnold Blecker, Andrew Bolinger, John Yoe, Ronald Lizer, William Chaffee, Doris Zimmerman, Beth Hower.
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MOUNT MORRIS GRADE SCHOOL TEACHERS, 1938: Back row, left to right: Harold Patter- son (Superintendent), Jane Wingard (Fourth Grade), Betty McDanels (Music and Art), Jane Locke (Fifth Grade), Ruth Berry (Third Grade), Merle Hawbecker (Eighth Grade) ; Front row, Kathleen Peugh (Second Grade), Alice Lambert (First Grade), Virgil Turner (Seventh Grade), Thelma Mott (Sixth Grade).
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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL SQUAD of 1937: Front row, left to right, Melvin Priller, Archie Zellers, James Bruner, Ronald Miller, Dale Henricks; back row, Coach Shrader, Edward Miller, Murray DeArvil, Lee Loomis (manager).
FRESHMAN HIGH SCHOOL CLASS, 1938: Top row, Mary Libby Allen, Eugene Baker, Helen Baker, Robert Burke, Duane Claussen, Jim Coffman, Dorothy Corbett, Lois Corbett, Warren Eatinger, Galen Fry; second row, Marjorie Horst, Darrell Hurdle, Pearl Jiracek. Raymond Kinzie, Marjorie Kirtz, Tom Leonard, Clara Manny, Russell Merri- man, Claremont Michael; third row, Mary Miller, Robert Miller, Charles Noffsinger, Flossie Norris, Leona Palmer, Doris Pieper, Betty Rausch, Mary Rose, William Ross, Merlin Rothermel; fourth row, Alma Rouse, Leroy Saunders, Peggy Sawyer, Jeanne Smith, Lois Sprecher, Mary Louise Stiger, Dale Strohecher, Dan Stoub, Tena Mae Suter, Charles Spiker; bottom row, Ferne Waddelow, Betty Williams, Winfred Wragg, Audrey Wynne, Lawrence Zumdahl.
SOPHOMORE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS, 1938: Top row, Conroy Baker, Harlan Baker, Opal Bal- lard, Charles Beard, Leroy Bearman, Lorraine Brautignan, Gerald Brinker, Marian Brinker, Myrtle Burke, Jean Davison; second row, Max Diehl, Robert Diehl, Roderick Drexler, Lawrence Eatinger, Mary Bea Edson, Pauline Estes, Shirley Frey, John Graf, Helen Grove, Jeanette Hil- ger; third row, Darlene Horst, Leo Horst, Robert Knodle, Robert Kump, Richard Leekly, Ruth Leekly, Pauline McHenry, Howard McKim, Richard McNett, Dorothy Meader; fourth row, Donald Miller, Odelia Mongan, Charlotte Palmer, Carol Pittenger, Robert Robinson, Harold Ross, Charles Schmucker, Bernice Schrieber, Jean Smith, Margaret Snodgrass; bottom row, Ruth Snodgrass, Dorothy Spiker, Richard Steffen, Eugene Stuff, Lillian Summers, Charles Towns, Harriet Weller, Emma Wittge, John Yoe, Bryant Zimmerman, Phyllis Zumdahl.
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JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CLASS, 1938: Top row, Betty Abramson, Margaret Allen, Harriet Avey, Marian Binkley, Evone Cain, Berniece Chambers, Manley Claussen, Wilford Coblentz, Russell Corbett, Robert Dickson; second row, Lois Diehl, Russell Diehl, Darlene Duckworth, Lois Fossler, Kathryn Graf, Doris Guiles, Homer Harshbarger, Blanche Heathrington, Robert Hudson, Virginia Hyland; third row, Isabel Kelsey, Pauline Leonard, Donald Link, Clesta Mc- Coy, Leona McKee, Clara McKee, Donald Marsh, Eugene Marshall, Jeanne Merriman, Edna Mae Messer, fourth row, Russell Messer, Edward Miller, Kenneth Muller, Dorothy Nalley, Rob- ert Newcomer, Eugene Nunn, Maryalice Olsen, Norma Palmer, Joyce Parkinson, Leo Ridenour; bottom row, Frank Rose, Helen Shoemaker, Wallace Smith, Annette Towns, Donald Waddelow, Helen Wallace, Dorothy Watt.
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PROF. HAROLD A. HOFF was engaged as superintendent of the Mount Morris High School for the year 1938-1939, suc- ceeding the long term of Prof. I. R. Hend- rickson. He is a graduate of Mount Morris College, class of 1924, and of the Univer- sity of Wisconsin, class of 1932. For 14 years previous to coming to Mount Morris he was superintendent of the Milledge- ville High School where he made an en- viable record. He is the son of Ephriam J. and Elizabeth (Boyd) Hoff and was born June 14, 1899, at McPherson, Kans. Prof. Hoff married Mabel Price in 1926 and they have one daughter, Janice Mae.
Northwestern University. Teaches so- cial science and arithmetic in the junior high school and acts as home room ad- visor for the eighth grade. Came here in 1934.
In the High School, Prof. Hendrick- son is retiring after serving the school since 1915. His place as superintendent is being filled by Prof. Harold A. Hoff. The other members of the faculty for 1938-1939 will be as follows: Paul J. Yoe, Mary M. McColl, Sarah Gnagey, Edna Coulson, Wendall Schrader, E. R. Henricks, Nellie Bishop, Beth Hower, M. R. Dunk, Arnold Thomas, Mrs. Wen- dell Schrader.
The development and growth of the schools in Mount Morris have been truly remarkable. As late as 1913, the entire teaching staff of both the grades and high school consisted of only six teach- ers including the principal. In 1938, the faculty of the grade school consists of
eleven members and the high school faculty consists of a like number. The number of graduates has increased from nine that graduated in 1913 to a class of fifty-five in 1938.
Brief sketches of the high school teachers of the school year 1937-1938 follow:
Paul J. Yoe, Cleveland, Ohio. Univer- sity of Dubuque, (A.B.), Dubuque, Iowa. Graduate work at University of Wisconsin and University of Illinois. Came to Mount Morris in 1925. Teacher of Science and coach from 1925-1933.
Eldo R. Henricks, LaPlace, Ill. Mount Morris College (A.B.), Graduate work at University of Illinois. (Will receive A.M. in August, 1938). Came to Mount Morris high school in 1935. Teacher of Mathematics.
Leigh N. Patton, Mt. Carroll, Ill. Uni- versity of Illinois. Graduate work at Colorado State College, Boulder, Colo. Came to Mount Morris in 1936. Teacher of Vocational Agriculture.
Wendell H. Schrader, DesPlaines, Ill. Coe College (A.B.), Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Graduate work at Northwestern Uni- versity, Evanston, Ill. Came to Mount Morris in 1931. Teacher of Social Sci- ences and Coach of Athletics.
Mary Marlowe McColl, Beatrice, Nebr. University of Nebraska (A.B.). Gradu- ate work at University of Nebraska, University of Mexico. Came to Mount Morris in 1929. Teaches Latin, Spanish, English.
Irene Freeman Sweet (Mrs. Donald Sweet), Polo, Ill. Wheaton College, Drake University Conservatory, Sher- wood Music School, University of Wis- consin. Came to Mount Morris in 1937. Taught music and English.
Beth Hower, Lanark, Ill. Frances Shi- mer Jr. College, McPhail School of Music, National Music Camp. Came to Mount Morris in 1936. Teacher of band and or- chestra.
Edna Coulson, LaHarpe, Ill. Western Illinois State Teachers College (B.Ed.), Brown's Business College, Graduate work at University of Iowa. Came to Mount Morris in 1931. Teaches commercial de- partment.
Nellie Bishop, Fort Madison, Iowa. Uni- versity of Iowa (B.A.) Graduate work, University of Washington. Will receive A.M. in August, 1938. Came to Mount Morris in 1935. Teaches speech, journal- ism, English.
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MOUNT MORRIS HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING was erected in 1918 and was first used in Janu- ary, 1919. The building is 80 feet square and faces the east. N. E. Buser was the architect and the construction was done by the Hug Construction Company of Highland, Ill. The building was enlarged in 1937 by the addition of a two-story section on the west end of the building.
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Chapter 8
VILLAGE NEWSPAPERS
I T IS generally conceded that the printing press is one of the most potent factors in molding the des- tiny of a newly-settled territory, but it is also a fact, however, that it is among those the least appreciated by the peo- ple when called upon to sustain it. The first settlers of Mount Morris Township had no access to daily papers, and even weeklies very rarely found their way into their hands; for mails were irregu- lar and infrequent, the mode of trans- porting them being by horseback, and very often that means failed. The only papers taken by the people during the early days were possibly a few eastern journals and some religious papers.
The great esteem in which all edu- cational interests were held by the first settlers of Ogle County is evidenced by the fact that when the country was yet almost a wilderness the cornerstone of "Old Sandstone," or Rock River Semi- nary, was laid, on the fourth day of July, 1839. Consequently it was thought generally in the east that among a peo- ple so thoroughly imbued with the im- portance of educational advantages, a newspaper would find a ready support, but this estimate, as the sequel will show, proved a serious mistake to the projectors of the first newspaper ven- ture in Mount Morris. The principals in this enterprise were Jonathan and Emanuel Knodle, of Washington County, Md., the former as publisher and the latter as editor of the proposed paper. These gentlemen purchased the press and materials with which a small paper entitled The Casket was printed at Boonsboro, Md., and on the sixteenth day of July, 1841, the former, accom- panied by his family and with their household goods, including the said printing outfit, set out in wagons for Mount Morris. When they arrived
at Wheeling, W. Va., finding their loads too heavy to be drawn by the teams, the press and printing materials were shipped from there by boat around to Savanna, Illinois.
In a letter dated Peoria, Ill., October 27, 1841, Emanuel Knodle wrote to his brother, Samuel, in the east: "We found it necessary to go to St. Louis for some type, rules, composing sticks, etc. When I left Mount Morris, on the twenty-fifth, we had not yet heard of our press and type, but think that by this time they should have come around to Savanna." A later letter shows that the equipment was received from Peru, instead of Savanna. The water being low in the Mississippi, the boats could not ascend as far as Savanna. Decem- ber 8, the outfit was moved into a house built west of the Seminary property by Samuel McFarland during the spring previous. This house, of which a half- tone appears on page 208, stood until the year 1900, when it was partly torn down, and the remainder moved to the south part of town where it was used as a barn by William Domer. More is said concerning this house in the pre- vious chapter upon the public schools. The shed-like addition on the right hand is the part in which the printing- office was located.
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