Alexander High School - Moccasin Yearbook (Nekoosa, WI)

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M1ss Mary Hale NIISS Hale, who has charge of the 5th grade 1n the Nekoosa Grade School, IS 1n her twenty slxth year of SCFVICG to the communlty, and has taught many members of the present semor class A bullder buxlded a temple I-Ie wrought It wlth grace and sk: All fashloned to work his w1ll 'Wen sand as they saw nts beauty It never shall know decay Great IS thy skull O bullder Thy fame shall endure for aye ' A teacher bullded a temple Wlth lovmg and mflmte care Plannmg each arch wlth patlence Laymg each stone wnth prayer None praised her unceaslng efforts None knew of her wondrous plan For the temple the teacher bullded Was unseen by the eyes of man Gone IS the bullder s temple Crumbled mto the dust low hes each stately pxllar Food for consuming rust But the temple the teacher buxlded Wlll last whll-e the ages roll For that beautiful unseen temple ls a chlld s immortal soul We ominate for Honors . . . The Moccasm Club feels that recogm t1on of the elementary department IS long over-due Wlthout the patlence, and kmdness of the elementary teacher, the proud Senlor of today would never have reached hlgh school We there fore, w1sh to honor two members of th1s department, M1ss Hale, and Mrs Potter Mx s Ruth Potter Vlrs Potter has taught twenty three years In thls communlty She has charge of the f1rst grade ln the Alexander Grade School bulld mg, and l1ke M1ss Hale, has also taught many of the present Se mors . , ' , I . ,man-W -urn,---+---L I. . I A . . , . . .nz Pillars and groins and arches A I . 45 . . , . : ! l . . ' 1 . - , . , , , , . . . 1 a 1 g L - . , ' i . , .

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bulldmg shown below ALEXANDER HIGH IN THE MAKING Alexander Hlgh School ln 1913 was a far cry from the school of today Whlle the school was bemg bullt that year students went to the Congregatlonal Church for assembly and study perlods Thelr recltatlons were held ln the rooms above the bulldlng whlch serves as a pr1nt1ng shop today Mr Stemfeldt was the pr1nc1pal Slx students graduated that year but the flrst class to recelve 1tS entxre hlgh school tralnmg at Alexander Hlgh grad uated ln 1917 As the years passed the en rollment grew and a new sectlon was of necessity added to the blllldlllg At a still later date a gymnaslum was added Three courses general commerc1al and college preparatory are offered Our fac1l ltles lnclude a large gymnasium a modern home economlcs kltchen and hlgh-quahty muslcal mstruments Extra-currlcular act1v1t1es are partlclpated nn by many students Among these are ath WY? letlcs forens1cs dramat1cs and varlous club act1v1t1es The class offlcers are chosen by fellow classmates each year and the Student Coun sen by fellow classmates Regular meetmgs of the Student Councll are held at whlch school problems are brought forth dlscus sed and solved In th1s year of 1952 1953 there are 350 boys and glrls 1n the publlc grade schools and 343 1n the hlgh school wh1ch lncludes grades 7 through 12 Our faculty IS composed of elghteen hlgh school teachers and twelve grade teachers several of whom have been w1th us many years To them we glve our slncere thanks for thelr understandlng and guldance We the students of Alexander Hlgh are proud of our school Alexander Hlgh School Today ' Hier-f.--1 , . . ' A 7' 4' Mg 53' ,, , I fg . . n .u 3. . , . , . , . . . . . , , v l ' . - n . l c1l 1S composed of representatlves also cho- ' . . . . 1 . ' . 'H . . . v - - - ' v . , - . . . ' ! , . . . . . . . . , , . 3 Y l 7 . - . , n 5 Q , a l 1 Q ,a n Q I . , . . . 0 . o u 0 Q s 7 . , 41-'A Thxs IS a plcture of the old school bulldmg wh1ch was taken down ln 1913 to make way for the new

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