SCC celebrates 100 years
The Hawk Eye WEST BURLINGTON — Southeastern Community College opened 100 years ago as Burlington Junior College in the Apollo High School building. Forty-four students enrolled with 12 graduating in 1922. They include Edith Hamm, a librarian at Horace Mann Middle School, who after retiring at age 65, became a peace activist who found time to protest the Vietnam War. Helen Fehse competed in a beauty pageant sponsored by the Chicago Tribune, and taught English and mathematics. Carl Siegel, the class president, found his way to the executive suite at Atlantic Refining Co. in Philadelphia, ...
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