Algona High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Algona, IA)

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-a-i - The Senior Magazine ss High School Faculty wb l Ihrulr Ifnu' .N'Iumlfnff,- Miss IhrnstvlIi'I'. Miss XYilsm1, MY. 'l'l1llis. Miss Millvv. Miss i'l'll1'll1ll'1l, Miss KVIIIIIIH' Miss Ucnauti-,' Mr. lionhzun Nwvuml Ifnu' Nillinff: Miss lljvllv, Miss Mvluy, Miss SI:l1'lrll4'k, Miss l'l:u-lm. Miss Gmurlwiil Miss Phillips. Miss Mvssi-V, Mr. Ux'f'l'ln51'l' I rm1I Hull' Nliffliilgli Mr, Iluiit, Miss Mvltzvr, Miss lillllllfgf, Mr, Wzuril School Board Mrs. V. li, 5illl'lilL1'il, Mrs, Gi-ol':v SI. John, A. IC, Mil-Iwi, 'l'. l'. 1lIlI'I'llI,!Ql1!ll, G. S. lini- -i ee-if 1929 ililllilll up-f Page Eleven

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- The Senior Magazine ------- besides scholarship. Usually the Primer class and McGuffey's First and Second Reader pupils were in the Primary room, Third and Fourth McGuHey's Reader class in the Intermediate, and the Fifth and Sixth, Up-stairs. I remember the pride with which, at about eleven, I left Miss Reed's room and went Upstairs where Mr. A. M. Horton taught. I donned my shoes in honor of the event, as bare feet were not fashionable in thc Fifth Reader class- among the girls at least. Gingham sun-bonnets with pasteboard slats were all the rage that summer. School athletics consisted of ball games and fighting matches among the boys and jumping-the-rope among the girls. In 1872 Algona became an Independent School District, with Mr. Horton as Principal. Then followed a long line of men in succession, the building being enlarged at times and the overflow sometimes being housed in the Baptist Church. Mr. Clayton B. Hutchins was Principal for a time and the order he was able to establish among the big boys was almost phenomenal. Mr. J. H. Saunders served for several years. He was a musician as well as an educator and played the cornet with skill. C. P. Dorland was a very popular teacher, well liked by everyone, as was Mrs. Dorland. A. S. Benedict was considered rather odd. He later went on the stage. In the fall of 1882, Gardner Cowles came to Algona as Principal, he was just out of college himself. He graded the schools and made out a course of study which the school board adopted. Before this time, a pupil attended school as long as he liked. After 1882, the regular course of study was strictly followed, and in 1884 the first student graduated from Algona High School. Commencement exercises were held in the Court House Hall so all Algona might attend. The class of 0116 appropriately adopted as its class motto, ' 'A Grain of Mustard-seed, ' ' and Miss Jessie Smith, sister of Mrs. A. L. Rist, received the first diploma ever issued in Algona, graduating with all the honors of the class. Following Mr. Cowles came Mr. F. M. Shippey, whose wife and children were drowned while boating on the river above the dam. Mr. Shippey was succeeded by Mr. F. L. Coombs. Mr. W. H. Dixon, who was next to be called, died while teaching in Algona. Mr. N. Spencer was a very popular Superintendent. He was succeeded by Mr. Ralph E. Towle, who escorted a party of Algonians to Europe during one summer 's vacation. Mr. Towle was succeeded by the present Superintendent, Mr. J. F. Overmeyer. When I was a child trying to learn the Kings and Queens of England, we sang a little rhyme which ended with God sent us Victoria-may she long be the last! So will we say of Mr. Overmeyer, who has conducted our schools almost more years than all the others together. He and Miss Minnie J. Coate as High School Principal have probably more successfully shaped the careers of young Algeria than all other influences combined. This you know as well as I. Had space permitted I should have named' others who have taught at the Depot School. Miss Blair and Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Colby, parents of Mrs. Mabel Colby, are those I remember most vividly in the long ago. The constantly growing population of Algona has necessitated the enlarging of the old and the building of new schoolhouses since the first modest frame building of '67, The present Central building was the first of Algona's brick schoolhouses, built in 1886. Ten years later the Third Ward building was completed and in 1899 the beautiful Bryant building, which has since been enlarged, was completed. Algona has always been proud of her schools alld has ever insisted on the best both as to teachers and equipment. For forty-five years Algona has been sending her High School graduates out into the world, and many prominent citizens owe their success in life to the principles instilled while attending Algona High. Among those attending the High School during the two years of Mr. Cowles ' administration were Jessie Smith, Julia Burnard, Ernest Gilbert, Edith Clark, Bertha Call, Mary Smith, Stella Call, James Paine, George Ingham, Grant Ramsey, Eddie Burnard, Vesta Call, Cora Hibbard, Cornie Ingham, Ida Jolmson, Leota Lamberson, Fred Palmer, Clark Rice, Lora Rice, Stella Wilbur, Cora Walker, Ben Haggard, Gene Shadle, Guy Dalton, Marion Spencer, Louise McCoy, Lida Watson, Josie McCoy, Nettie Durant, Albert Edmonds, Grant Heckart, Dr. Etta McCall, Hardy Buell, Harry Wilson, Lutie Wallace, May Comstock, Carrie Colburn, Lura Watson, Ed Mantor, Edith Wheelock, Guy Grove, Jo Hudson, Haswell Ramsey, Stella Wilbur, Charlie Waldo, Stella Cleary, Will Haggard, Minnie Morse, Cora Marvin, Dick Rist, Maud Smith, Josie Comstock, Birdie Jones, Vira Lamb, May Weaver, Ellen Parker, Flora Crandall, Louise Yager, Belle Purvis, and scores of others. --all 1929 ll-- Paaa Ten

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