Grant City High School - Tiger Yearbook (Grant City, MO)

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1019 OITO GRANT 1010 I1IbTORY OP FRAINT CITY QLHOOL I+1om the foundmg of Cjldllt Clty to the present tlme the de N9l01JITl6lltOf1tS1JUbl1L school has of all matters of a pubhc nature held and malntalned the most thoughtful cons1de1at1on as wcll as thc most Glltllllldbtlt support of a gl eat mayorlty f 1ts people We are told that the dlstrlct school then located one half m1le west of the square was moved to Grant C1ty 1n the sum ner of 1867 and that M1bS Nan Dew1tt aftelwards Mrs W H Campbell who has recently passed away taught a summer term thereln that durmg the w1nte1 IJFIOI' thereto W J Glbson who dled 111 Grant C1tV dL1I'1l10 the autumn of 1916 taught a term of chool 111 Grant Cltx In 1860 a f1ame school bu1ld1ng vt as Q1 ected southeast of the square and two teachcls employ ed In 1816 a four loom brlck bulldlng was bu1lt on the present S1tE In 1883 th1s bulldmg w as enlarged 1tS capaclty was doubled Twenty y ears later the present bu1ld1ng was erected at a cost of S26 000 Now after slxteen years the votels of the d1str1ct have by cons1derably more than neces sary two thlrds mayorlty S3.1'lCtI0119d a 1JI'01J081t1OI1 fo1 a new bu1ld1ng on the present s1te to cost when completed along w1th necessary repalrs to the present bulldlng S35 500 The superlntendents for years past haye str1y en vuth all thelr power and have made the utmost use of the means at thelr d1s nosal to ralse the standard of the hlgh school Hlgh School studles haye been added at varlous tlmes untll 111 1906 undel the super mtend ncv of C F McK1nney the Grant Clty school could boast of a f1rst class h1gh school a POSIUOII It has smce mamtamed There also have been added other courses 1l1ClL1dlHg agucultural commerc1al and t achers lllallllllg Smce then the school has pro v1ded a four year hlgh school course and IS approved by the state un1vers1tV We fecl that we hate a splendld school 1n Grant C1ty We hold deep 1n our aff ctlons and esteem the men and women of th1s eommumty l1v1ng and dead who have watched over and cared for 1tS development f1 om the l1ttle log school house of front1e1 days emblematlc of a rude 611N1I'01'lII19llt and plnchmg poverty and of an ldeal lmplanted 1n the hearts and lT11l1dS of the devoted fathers and mothers of those fa1 off half forgotten days to them as dlstant and unatta1nable as the stars 1n heay en to 1tS present btalldlflg and attalnments W1th equal legard vue hold those who now stand ready by th lr courage and sacr1f1ce to make the dreams of the past the promlse of the present the l1y 1ng fact of the future Oul school the equal of any and the 1nfer1or of none 1 v ' u . - A A . . N 1 , Y 1 I ' k 1 ' 1 1 1 1 , . 1, 1 1 - J U K 9 lr ' - 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 I 1 18, - 1. 1 , , 1 1 1 1 1 1 - fu V3 , , I I , , 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 - 4 1 1 I L1 1 I K Y I 0 . 1 1 1 1 1 s. 1 7 , 1 1 f , ' Y ' - 7 1 - I . 1 ' 1 1 Y 1 , , 1 1 1 y v v - 1 1 1 1 1 1 . , 1 , . ,Q 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' I . I lf Q7 Q1 v 1, 1 1 1 1 - 11 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 y 4 1 J 1 y F' ' 1 . 1. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . ' 7 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Y , 1 . 11 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 , ' A 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 , . 7 ' 7 Y T 1 1 1 1 - 1 I . ' 1 1 tl 1 1 1 . 1 7 ' ' ,, - 1 1 1 1 TJ w I 1 V .V T1 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 Y I . O I 1. . 7 1 1 1 101 7 1 .V . .1 1 1 . K 0 1, 1 1 . -Q v 1 1 1 . 1 3 V ' . 1 1 I ' 7 Y 1 1 . . , , xv' L 1 1 . 1 I 7 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 , . 7 - 1 1 C 5 l Y - 1 1 1 1 11 ' . , y Y 1 1 1 413 X1 1 1 1 1. 7 1 1 7 I ' U