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The 1908 LHS Catalog

A remarkable glimpse of school life in Lyons more than a century ago

In 1908, Lyons High School published an annual catalogue that served as much more than a school handbook. It introduced the school and its faculty, set out rules for students and teachers, described the curriculum, listed tuition and expenses, and even carried advertisements from Lyons businesses of the day.

Robert Brown, Class of ’63, preserved a copy of this remarkable booklet and shared it with the LHS Alumni Association. Thanks to Robert, we can still turn its pages today.

Inside the Catalog

Within these pages you’ll find the Board of Education and faculty, rules for pupils and teachers, the course of study from First through Tenth Grade, information about the library, music and expression, tuition and expenses, and advertisements from the Lyons businesses that supported the publication.

Taken together, they provide a wonderfully personal glimpse of what it was like to attend school, and to live in Lyons, in 1907–1908.