Central High School - Red and Black Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Twmty-two W. S. BRYAN, Ass't Supt. of Instruction Principal of Central High School, IB95-l908

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561.1 V111 rf-L1 V 31 1 rYl1 V 11 ril rilg ' THE RED AND BLACK N spacious new structure on Grand Avenue was ready to receive the High School and also classes in training for teachers, and for several years thereafter the school in this new location was known as the Normal and High School. The development in both of these lines of education-normal and high school- was so rapid, however, that it became necessary, soon after 1900 to provide two additional new buildings for high schools as well as a separate building to be used exclusively for the training of teachers. ln consequence, the years between l903 and 1906 saw the opening of the McKinley High School, the Yeatman High School, and the Harris Teachers College. It was then that the name Central High School was officially adopted as a designation for the parent school of the system of public secondary education which has today assumed great proportions in the metropolis of the Mississippi Valley. Twenty-one -

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- THE RED. AND BLACK 3: r 'il '7' WNVAW4' gil: ffl! 75 175 11 rilwr ilm uilm uilg t 1 4 n A EARLY HISTORY OF THE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL By W. S. BRYAN, Former Principal ,Kali HE early records of the Board of Education of the St. A Louis public schools are very significant because they i n 2 N reveal the truly democratic attitude of the citizens on the : Lx subject of free public education for all the children of the V community and the intention to provide the best and Q ' 'Q' ' completest system of education to be had. This purpose is stated again and again and is embodied in the various legislative measures enacted. As early as June 9, IB43, the Board, on motion of Dr. B. B. Brown, adopted these resolutions: Whereas the number of public schools in this city is so small as to afford the means of instruction to comparatively a small part of the number of appli- cants, and whereas the funds at the disposal of this Board cannot fail in a short period to be so much augmented as to enable it to extend the sphere of its usefulness, and whereas this Board is satisfied that some modification in the system of organization of our public schools is indispensable to their highest efliciency, therefore: Resolved that a committee be appointed to consist of three members of this Board, whose duty it shall be to report to this Board at the earliest possible date such plan for increasing the number of our schools and such modification in the preesnt system as by them shall be deemed of greatest utility. Resolved that in the opinion of this Board, no system of arrangement that does not embrace at least two grades of schools can be to a high degree efficient. The chair appointed Messrs. A. Renard, B. B. Brown, and Edward Jones said committee and, on motion, the President, Mr. Elijah l-layden. june 27, IS43, this committee made its memorable report to establish four public schools, one in each ward, and that a High School should also be estab- lished in some central part of the city. On motion of Dr. B. B. Brown, it was resolved that the system recom- mended in this report be adhered to strictly and that its purport be carried out from time to time as the funds justified. On September 5, l843, on motion of Dr. B. B. Brown, a committee of three was appointed to report a plan for the establishment of a high school and, on March IZ, l844, Dr. B. B. Brown made the desired report, which was accepted. ln August, 1848, Dr. E. G. Eliot, member of the Board, offered a resolu- tion that a memorial and petition be sent to the General Assembly for the Twenty-lhrce