Dunbar High School - Liber Anni Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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Graduates from Academic Courses pre Selentiric Mid-Year Summer School Year ure June ie p= y {|Total | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male ; Female| Male | Female oe el j 1877 1878 : 1879 0 1880 4 1581 Bs] 1882 3 1883 0 1884 0 | 1885 2 | 1886 4 1887 4 1888 10 | 1889 10 1890 rr | 1891 6 | 1892 8 | 1893 7 ibe 17 895, 2 1897 | 41 1 9 | 1898 7 8 33 1899 | 5 13 36 1900 19 3 of 1901 10 3 SI Tae 16 5 19 | BeOS 19 saad 29 1904 24 lems x 1905 9 | 9 3 1906 B g 1907 19 | 1908 25 «| | 1909 33. «| | | 1910 3B 1911 31 | 1912 33 | | 1913 36 | 1914 | 33 | | 1915 38 } | 1916 39 | } | 1917 ro) 1918 41 1919 41 x 2 2 1920 63 3 | 7 2 1 1921 60 | 3 9 12 1 zoo ee 15 28 31 27 | 3292

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brick, stone-trimmed building of Elizabethan architecture with a frontag e of 401 feet, and cost $610,000 including ground and equipment. The course of study includes all the academic and business subjects taught in similar schools of accredited standing, including domestic science, physical training, and military science. In 1923 the total enrollment in all departments was 1,659 of which 535 were males and 1,124 females. The faculty numbers 69 instructors, 32 male and 37 female, many of whom are graduates from the leading colleges and uni- versities of the country; and Dr. Georgiana R. Simpson and Dr. Eva B. Dykes, Dunbar, ‘10, have been awarded the Ph.D. degree by the University of Chicago and Radcliffe College, respectively, and Mr. John W. Cromwell, Jr., of the department of business Practice is a certified public accountant. Dr. Sadie Tanner Morsell, Dunbar, '15, and Ph.D., from the University of Pennsylvania in ’21, is also one of the four outstanding colored women of America honored with the Ph.D. degree and closely associated with Dunbar High School. : In September, 1886, Business Subjects were first included in the High School Course of Study, and the following year the Business Department was organized as a part of the High School at Miner building, under Prof. Francis L,. Cardozo. In 1891 the Business Department was also moved to M Street High School, and in 1896 it was moved to Garnet building. Two years later, in 1898, the Business Depart- ment was moved to Douglass building, where it was made a part of Armstrong Man- ual Training School in 1900, and in 19C2 was moved into the new Armstrong School building. In 1909 the Business Department was moved to the old Mott School, and in September, 1911, was moved to the Phelps building. From 1887 to 1900 the Business Department was under the Supervision of the Principal of the Academic High School, and from 1900 to 1912 was under the supervision of the Principal of Armstrong Manual Training School. In 1912 its designation was changed to “Departmeent of Business practice” of the M Street High School, and Mr. William T. S. Jackson made Head Teacher. October 2, 1916, the Business Department was moved to Dunbar High School, and November 1, 1919, Mr. G. David Houston was appointed Head Teacher. When the High School was established a classical and a general course were provided, both four years and elective. The demand for teachers being greater than the supply, from 1877 to 1894, the course of study was shortened to three years, but in 1894 the fourth year was restored. In 1895, academic, scientific, English-history normal preparatory, and a business course were provided; in 1923, academic and business courses only are offered. When the Department of Business Practice was established only a two-year course was provided, but in 1907 a four-year business course was added, from which graduates are regularly admitted without prejudice to the Miner Normal School and to other institutions of college grade. Among the provisions and innovations Dunbar High School offers are an auditorium with 1,500 seating capacity, a large stage, and moving picture facilities; a pipe organ; five pianos; a large swimming pool; two large gymnasiums with up-to-date equip- ment and dressing rooms with showers for boys and girls, respectively; modern laboratories and lecture rooms for teaching zoology, chemistry, and physics; spacious and well-appointed library with accommodations for 4,350 volumes; armory and rifle range for target practice; wireless outfit; drawing rooms; 35 class rooms; greenhouse; retiring and emergency rooms; locker rooms with accommodations for 1,500; a lunch +c in with modern kitchen and seats for 350; and $185,000 has been appropriated to purchase ground adjacent to the school on which to erect a commodious stadium. The following tables show the number of graduates from the Academic High School and the Department of Business Practice, respectively, male and female, from the organization of the High School to June 30, 1922:

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Graduates from’ Department of Business Practice Two Year Four Year Mid- mane Fines id-Year Summer School Total Male | Female Male | Female Male |Female | Male | Female a5co ear oan ey SOR WINS IPN AIROSNS ReroostebanaHsTsS tome e a 24 SUMMARY . Academic Departm’t of | | High School Bus. Practice | TOTAL | = | Male | Female | Male | Female Academic Course 848 2109 | 2957 Scientific Course 45 | 189 234 Two Year Course 52 3 Four Year Course Mid-Year Summer School Total