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44 Historical Souvenir of Greenville, Illinois. was erected in 1S94. The building was proposed by the Board of Education that was elected in the spring of 1893. The proposition was submitted to a vote of the legal voters of the district with the result that the proposition to issue the necessary bonds carried by thirty majority. The members of the Board of Education at that time were Col. J. B. Reid, president: W. E. Robinson. C. E. Cook. T. P. Morey, .1. Seaman, E. B. Wise and Dr. W. T. Easley. In the following spring Col Reid and T. P. Morey retired and Dr. E. P. Poindexter was elected president and H, B. Henninger a member instead of T. P. Morey. The initiatory steps to secure the new building were taken by the circulation of a petition by Ward Reid and R. C. Morris, asking for a special election. The election was Prof. C. N. Peak, iuperlntendent of the Greenville ] schools, 1905, succeeding E.;.B. Brooks resigned. Faculty of the Greenville Piulic Schools. 1904-5. held on February 23, 1S94. The vote stood 315 for and 285 against. The bull ling cost $19,600, the bonds being taken by Holies and Sons at their face value. The contract was awarded to W. B. Bradsby and Chas. Stewart, of Greenville. The corner stone was laid by the Masonic fraternity Friday, August 10, 1894. The building was ready for occupancy about the first of the year 1895. For the school year 19 5-6 the following teachers were employed: Superintendent, C. N. Peak; Principal, Miss Mame Graft: Assistant Principal, J. C. Hemphill; Latin, Miss Louise McCord: Grade teachers, Misses Emma Streuber, Pearl Sanderson, Lillie Apple, Mary Lewis, Mrs. Ida Travis, Misses Neva Young, Mary Mulford, Anna Leppard, Anna Mulford and Esther Chapman. Reading from left to right, top row—Miss Pearl Sanderson, J. C. Hemphill, Miss Marv Lewis, Miss Esther Chapman, Prof. E. B. Brooks, Miss Marae Graff, Miss Louise McCord. Second Row— Miss Lillie Apple, Miss Neva Young, Miss Mary Mulford, Miss Emma Streuber, Miss Anna Mulford, Miss Anna Leppard, Mrs. Ida Travis.
Prof. John B. White, Deceased, President of Almira College 23 years and one of its largest supporters. Almira College T^HE conception of the work of ' building up this institution for the higher education of women had its origin in the minds of two young New Hampshire lads, Stephen Morse Historical Souvenir of Greenville, Illinois. Almira Blancharu Morse, Dcc'd. Who gave $6,000 to Almira College and for whom it was named. and John B. White, between whom a strong and lite-long friendship began while preparing for college at New Hampton, N. H. They were each the eldest son of a large family with sisters whose educational advantages were in their day very limited. It must be Greenvilli; 45 Stephen Morse, Deceased, A successful merchant and large benefactor of Greenville College. remembered that while colleges and universities opened their doors unwittingly to young men, they were closed against young women. Girls must be content with an education which only prepared their brothers for college. This injustice these young men keenly felt and deter- Built as Almira College in 1855, now owned by the Central Illinois conference of the Free Methodist Church.
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