Centennial High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Pueblo, CO)

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it A . it . CENTENNIAL 18 7 6 Latin test. The first winner was Ralph Hankins. A yearly award has been given since 1919 to the two girls who excelled in Domestic Science Department. Jennie Pingatore and Lorraine Chivington were the first winners. In 1921 'David Davis offered a prize to the student making the highest grades in Junior and Senior English. Lois Hobson was the first victor. Vlhen the Work Medal for gir1's reading was dropped, Mrs. Harlan .I. Smith offered one. Virginia Abbott was the first girl to win the Smith Reading medal. To an ambitious Freshman there is the reward offered by the Shakespeare Literary Society. This reward was first given in 1925 to Thelma Lorimar and Richard Ikleman for leading their class in scholarship. In 1913 the Auto Repair Shops were installed in'the basement of Centennial and were moved to the Annex in 1931. The same year the Aeronautics Department was created. In 1920 the Printing Department was organized. Part of the students' activities lay in productions of their own making. The first Vodevil was given in 1913. Often a play was presented, and The Crisis, the first Senior play to be given in the Centennial Auditorium was produced in 1909. The first musical event to be given in the new auditorium, was Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance. The gym class came into the limelight with the presentation of the first annual Circus in 1915. Lenore Murry was the reigning queen. With the organization of the band and orchestra in 1922-23 the Minstrel made its first appearance. Since 1926 the Commencement Exercises have been held in the City Hall because the graduating classes became so large. Football was initiated in the early days of Centennial. and the first State Championship was won in 1904. The thrilling event of any season was the game between Centennial and her rivals across the river. However. feeling ran so high on these occasions that football was abolished in 1907. Thirteen years later athletic contests between the two schools were re- sumed. ln 1923 the Centennial Athletic Field was purchased, and by 1927 a fine new stadium had been erected. In 1933 a quarter mile standard cinder track was built for the track teams. Basket ball was established in 1909, when the gym was completed. Since 1914 it has been the tradition of each Senior Class to raise the American Flag every morning. The pole was a gift from the Class of 1914, Centennial started with a faculty of three in 1876 and less than one hundred students, and now there are forty-one faculty members and about eleven hundred students. For many years Centennial High School has been rated very highly by accrediting agencies. It was placed upon the accredited list of the University of Wisconsin in 1893 and later upon the accredited list of the University of Chicago. Since then Centennial is to be found on the accredited list of nearly every large university and college in the country. -HELEN HULL. Seventeen

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CENTENNIAL 1934 The History of Centennial Many years ago on the north side of the Arkansas river a little fort was established by Zebulon Pike, and from this small beginning grew the present city of Pueblo. Increasing interest in the mining, cattle, and trading industries soon swelled the number of settlers, and a school became a necessity. In 1862 the first school house was created. It had one teacher, and the attendance was optional. However, two years later, attacks by the Arapahoe and Cheyenne Indians interrupted school work, but when the power of both tribes Was completely broken, the settlers' attention was turned once more to the education of their children. Not until 1866-67 was School Dis- trict Number One organized. The first school house was a two-room adobe structure on the south-east corner of Eleventh and Court Streets. Pueblo grew, and the need for more room to accommodate the rising generation was apparent. In 1872, in an old frame building on Main Street a bond election was held which resulted in the erection of Centennial. The name was derived fromlthegfact that Colorado entered the union one hundred years after the Declaration of Independence was signed. M. G. Bradford was President of the Board of Education, and I. C. Durrett became the first principal. The position of superintendent was created in May, 1882, and Mr. J. S. McClung was given the chair. Two years later he recommended the first graduating class from Centennial High School. The members were John Wallace Collins, Ellen Jane Corkish, Ella Hart fMrs. S. C. Kingl, Lorren Minturn Hart, Genevieve Hinsdale, Rebecca Nathan CMrs. Samuel Hirch- fieldj, and Ella Shepard QMrs. E. R. ChewD. Judge Wilbur E. Stone was selected to deliver the address at the first Commencement Exercises, on May 20, 1884. The school became so crowded that in 1890 it was enlarged. Again in 1901 money was voted to build an Annex across the street from the school to house the first few grades. As time went on and classes became still larger, the main building was enlarged and was used entirely for high school purposes. The addition of the Auditorium and Gym was made in 1909, and in 1912 the west wing and the third floor were built. One of the bothersome problems with which the school authorities had to deal was secret organizations. These fraternities were discouraged but still persisted. However, in 1906 they were abolished. The present literary and debating societies took their place. and since then many organizations with special outside interests have been added. From the beginning the students were interested in outside activities. To reward those whose unusual talents or efforts won for them some recognition, medals or prizes were offered by interested citizens. In 1899 Dr. Hubert Work offered a gold medal for the best boy's oration and a like medal for the best reading given by a girl. The first winners were Dan Isaacs and Katherine Sullivan. In 1927 the girl's reading was changed to an essay contest. The winner that year was Winifred Gahagan. The Vories medal for debating, offered by H. P. Vories, was Hrst won by Loftus Ward in 1909. In 1915 S. E. Davis offered an annual prize to the highest scorer in a special Sixteen

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Eighteen Faculty Mr. W'ilbur M. Heaton Principal of Centennial High School Dickinson College-Ph. D. University of Colorado- M. A. Critic of the A. C. O. Mrs. Ida E. Brainerd Shorthand III, Shorthand IV! Advanced Typing Business University of Erie. ' Pennsylvania Centennial High School Treas- urer Mr. Roy N. Collins Vocal Music Iowa State Teachers' College Colorado State Teachers' Col- lege Operctta Coach Critic of the a Capella club Miss Veta Hopper Spanish I7 Spanish ll Stanford University!-A. B. Assistant Critic of Contcm- porary Literary Society Miss Alice Kops Hygiene University of North Dakota -A. B. University of Minnesota- Diploma in Nursing Health Supervisor for District Number One Miss Mary Cooley General Science: Commercial Geography Nebraska State Teachers' Col- lege-A. B. University of Colorado- M. A. Assistant Critic of Altiora Mr. William .lehle Assistant Principal of Cen- tennial High School American History: Civics University of Michigan-A.B. Critic of the Freshman Class Mr. Homer Bisel Early European History Hamline University--A. B. University of Minnesota- B, S. Coach for Girls' and Boys' Debate Team Mr. W. F. Bricker Mechanical Training Colorado Agricultural College -B. S. Industrial Training Supervisor for District Number One Miss Eleanor Cullen English II. Practical English Western State CollegcJPh.D. Denver University-A. B. Advertising Manager of Cen- tcnnial Paper Miss Dorothy Jackson Printing Assistant to Mr. Sloan Centennial High School Mrs. Maude Farnworth English I, English II University of Colorado-A. B. Colorado State Teachers Col- lege Critic of Senior Class