ILLINOIS HISTORY

A Magazine for Young People

Voume 52 • Number 1 • December 1998

CONTENTS

2 More Than One Hundred Years of Excellence Emily Davis Carbondale Community High School, Carbondale 4 McKendree College Laura Sudholt All Saints Academy, Breese 5 Shurtleff College Jamie Douglas Civic Memorial High School, Bethalto 6 Monticello Ladies' Seminary Kristen Brueckner Civic Memorial High School, Bethalto 8 The Development of Urbana's University Laboratory High School Nicola Bunick University Laboratory High School, Urbana 9 The Spirit of Attucks Schools Brad Pace Carbondale Community High School, Carbondale 11 Ewing-Northern: One from Many Craig Alan Cook Ewing-Northern Grade School, Ewing 12 Education Relief Programs in St. Clair County during the Depression Michelle Peterson Belleville Township High School West, Belleville 14 William Rainey Harper Lindsey Duda Brookwood Junior High School, Glenwood 15 Western Military Academy Sarah Solomon Civic Memorial High School, Bethalto On the cover: The one-room schoolhouse was a common site in early prairie settlements.

17 The Rise and Fall of Rockford Central High School Miriam C. Carlson Heritage School, Rockford 18 The Oregon-Mount Morris Consolidation: Two Towns United Michelle Ubben Oregon High School, Oregon 20 The History of Farmington Schools Crystal Nader Chapman Junior High School, Farmington Illinois Historic Preservation Agency Julie Cellini, Trustee, Chair Pamela A. Daniels, Trustee Edward M. Genson, Trustee Samuel Lilly, Trustee Carol Stein, Trustee Warren Swanson, Trustee Susan Mogerman, Director Maynard Crossland, Division Manager Public Affairs and Development Illinois History Keith A. Sculle, Editor Cynthia A. Fuener, Design Toni Clark, Editorial Assistant Illinois History (ISSN 0019-2058) is published three times during the school year, December, February, and April, by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Printed by authority of the State of Illinois. Articles may be reprinted with credit. Subscription rates: One copy is sent free on request to all schools in Illinois. Additional school-use subscriptions are $1 per volume (three issues). All other subscriptions are $6 per volume. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Illinois History, Old State Capitol, Springfield, Illinois 62701.

All photos unless otherwise credited are courtesy Illinois State Historical Library, Mary Michals, Iconographer.

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