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href=\"https:\/\/uhighhistory.com\/index.php\/school-history-2020-present\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">2020-Present<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background:radial-gradient(rgb(202,248,128) 0%,rgb(131,205,159) 88%,rgb(113,206,126) 100%)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"aioseo-1895\"><strong>World War 1<\/strong><br>1917-1918<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">During World War 1, 29 U-High graduates servied with the armed forces; 3 women graduates served with the Red Cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/irma.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"351\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/irma.jpg?resize=351%2C478&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/irma.jpg?w=351&amp;ssl=1 351w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/irma.jpg?resize=220%2C300&amp;ssl=1 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alice Orme Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Alice Orme Smith<\/strong><br>1917<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Alice Orme Smith, class of 1907, served as a nurse with the American, British, and French forces during World War I from May 1917 until February 1919.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ww1hospital.jpg?resize=576%2C384&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ww1hospital.jpg?w=576&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ww1hospital.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">WW1 hospital<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Recounting details of her service at the Battle of Ch\u00e2teau Thierry (June 3-4, 2018), Smith said that \u201cWounded from \u2026were being sent to Paris with only their first aid dressings. Everybody was put to work, American Red Cross workers, even American civilians lent a hand. There were two or three air raids every night, and the screams of the sirens and the noise of the anti-aircraft guns added to the confusion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Smith died in Fairfield, CT on April 4, 1980 at the age of 91. She is buried in the Orme-Smith family plot at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery in Bloomington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">-McLean County History Museum<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Lieutenant Louis Eddy Davis<\/strong><br>1917<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Lieutenant Louis Eddy Davis<br>attended U-High in 1909-1910. He joined the aviation corps in 1917 and later died in an aeroplane accident at Ellington Field. His great-grandfather was Jesse Fell, ISNU&#8217;s founder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/louisdavis.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/louisdavis.jpg?resize=219%2C326&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-800\" width=\"219\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/louisdavis.jpg?w=251&amp;ssl=1 251w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/louisdavis.jpg?resize=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Louis E. Davis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>ISSCS students begin attending<\/strong><br>1918<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Students from the Illinois Soldiers&#8217; and Sailors&#8217; Children&#8217;s School (ISSCS) would attend U-High through 1979.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"aioseo-1861-1865\"><strong>Girls athletics<\/strong><br>1919-1920<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">By 1919, the Girls Athletic Association, supervised by a teacher, was responsible for organizing girls athletic opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">During the 1919-1920 school year, girls participated in a number of sports including boxing, tennis, hockey, gymnastics, basketball and baseball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1919girlsboxing.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"449\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1919girlsboxing.jpg?resize=449%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1919girlsboxing.jpg?w=449&amp;ssl=1 449w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1919girlsboxing.jpg?resize=269%2C300&amp;ssl=1 269w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Girls boxing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1919girlshockey.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1919girlshockey.jpg?resize=800%2C419&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1919girlshockey.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1919girlshockey.jpg?resize=300%2C157&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1919girlshockey.jpg?resize=768%2C402&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>1919 girls hockey<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">In hockey (pictured above), the upper classmen defeated the freshman, then went on to defeat the Wrights, a university team, 1-0. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">In basketball, the upperclassmen defeated the freshman, but later lost the ISNU championship, losing to the Wrightonians 11-8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Girls were given points for practices and efforts and if they accrued enough points they received a &#8220;U&#8221;. Additionally, 600 points earned them a green and gold chenille numberal; 1600 points gained them a blue and white Chenille with the letters G.A.A.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/girlsathleticawards.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"109\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/girlsathleticawards-109x300.jpg?resize=109%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/girlsathleticawards.jpg?resize=109%2C300&amp;ssl=1 109w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/girlsathleticawards.jpg?w=182&amp;ssl=1 182w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 109px) 100vw, 109px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Girls athletic awards, 1919<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Boxing planned at U-High<\/strong><br>March 12, 1920<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>U-High plans to afford the male student body an opportunity to study boxing under the same teaching methods used in the army, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/boxing1920.jpg\" title=\"\">The Daily Pantagraph<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Private battling has already taught a number of the students some good points, and a boxing team of no small ability could be developed in the Green and Gold school without a great deal of difficulty.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>First annual cross country meet<br><\/strong>1920<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Sponsored by the Daily Pantagraph; won by U-High.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background:radial-gradient(rgb(202,248,128) 0%,rgb(131,205,159) 88%,rgb(113,206,126) 100%)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"aioseo-1861-1865\"><strong>Girls Debate forms<\/strong><br>1922<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"675\" height=\"286\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1922thalian.jpg?resize=675%2C286&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1922thalian.jpg?w=675&amp;ssl=1 675w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1922thalian.jpg?resize=300%2C127&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Thalian, 1922<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Eager to prove they could out-argue the boys, U-High girls finally established their own debate team, Thalian, in 1922, under the direction of teacher Thomas Barger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1926ad%40.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"910\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1926ad%40.jpg?resize=910%2C630&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"advertisement\" class=\"wp-image-910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1926ad%40.jpg?w=910&amp;ssl=1 910w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1926ad%40.jpg?resize=300%2C208&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1926ad%40.jpg?resize=768%2C532&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"aioseo-1861-1865\"><strong>Battle for the McCormick Cup begins<\/strong><br>1923<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/thaliandebate.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"502\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/thaliandebate.jpg?resize=502%2C724&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/thaliandebate.jpg?w=502&amp;ssl=1 502w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/thaliandebate.jpg?resize=208%2C300&amp;ssl=1 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Thalian debate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">From 1923-1956, the two groups of debaters competed for the Cup, battling over questions such as &#8220;whether the voting age should be raised from 21 to 24&#8221;, and &#8220;the U.S. government should provide a complete system of medical care to all&#8221; (1946). Thalian won the cup a majority of the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>First Awards Day<\/strong><br>1925<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The first Awards Day was held to celebrate achievements in sports. Since then, many other awards have been established.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"aioseo-1861-1865\"><strong>The first One-Acts<\/strong><br>1925-26<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1926oneacts.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1926oneacts.jpg?resize=736%2C428&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1926oneacts.jpg?w=736&amp;ssl=1 736w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1926oneacts.jpg?resize=300%2C174&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">One Acts, 1925<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The first mention of &#8220;One Act Plays&#8221; was in 1925-26. During that year, students put on three one acts: The Trysting Place, a comedy, Two Crooks and a Lady, a melodrama, and The Birthday of Infante, a tragedy. The plays were directed by Miss Louise Stephens, a drama teacher at ISU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/smithdrugstore29.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/smithdrugstore29.jpg?resize=496%2C622&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/smithdrugstore29.jpg?w=496&amp;ssl=1 496w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/smithdrugstore29.jpg?resize=239%2C300&amp;ssl=1 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"aioseo-1861-1865\"><strong>The first Orchestra<\/strong><br>1927<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/orchestra1927.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/orchestra1927-1024x537.jpg?resize=1024%2C537&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/orchestra1927.jpg?resize=1024%2C537&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/orchestra1927.jpg?resize=300%2C157&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/orchestra1927.jpg?resize=768%2C402&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/orchestra1927.jpg?w=1084&amp;ssl=1 1084w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">1927 Orchestra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">That fall, several freshman who had played in the lower grade orchestra re-organized as a freshman orchestra. In the spring of 1928, they opened up the organization to the whole school and the U-High Orchestra was underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>U-High crest adopted<\/strong><br>1929<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/crest.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"342\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/crest.jpg?resize=342%2C534&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"crest\" class=\"wp-image-1912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/crest.jpg?w=342&amp;ssl=1 342w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/crest.jpg?resize=192%2C300&amp;ssl=1 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With its shield, cog wheel and lamp of knowledge, the crest was adopted in a school-wide vote. The cog wheel is meant to symbolize cooperation, while the lamp represents the continual quest for knowledge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"aioseo-1861-1865\"><strong>The Clarion Yearbook<\/strong><br>1929<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/clarion.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"396\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/clarion.jpg?resize=396%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/clarion.jpg?w=396&amp;ssl=1 396w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/clarion.jpg?resize=220%2C300&amp;ssl=1 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Clarion, 1929<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Prior to getting its own yearbook, U-High had some mention- and at times, sections- in the ISNU yearbook, The Index, as far back as 1892.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/clarionstaff.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/clarionstaff.jpg?resize=500%2C282&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/clarionstaff.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/clarionstaff.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The first Clarion staff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;It is June, 1939. A typical University graduation day program is in progress [including] a UHS reunion of the class of &#8217;29. Who should we see alighting from his air-flivver than that old heart-breaker, Kenneth Stephens! By his side, as of old, trips the star of the outfit, Fern Basting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<cite>Reflections from the Magic Mirror, 1929 Clarion<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/uhighhistory.com\/index.php\/school-history-1930-1939\/\">Next<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World War 11917-1918 During World War 1, 29 U-High graduates servied with the armed forces; 3 women graduates served with the Red Cross. Alice Orme Smith1917 Alice Orme Smith, class of 1907, served as a nurse with the American, British, and French forces during World War I from May 1917 until February 1919. 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