Newton High School - Railroader Yearbook (Newton, KS)

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iv . mf VW senior Class. Lincoln- 118861 The first school that had a formal commencement for thi NICKir1Iey-11887-18883 lThere is no available picture of the 2nd high school 0 ff-x Q ,- l l .,-1.1 ' 15,3115 1. Cooper-11889-1913i The third school was dedicated to Superin- tendent J.W, Cooper. 10125 l 'I if me A . l ' my-i .-v-w-rf-':'xf x1- mf-,-.,,.. . .- . ., Awww j it f- vs' an-' - f ' . ...au ' f - fr Y ' N w- ' ,, Y ' -i 'i ffl 5 A air-K - Q.- .,.-.,t,,. .em -if ie NHS-H914-19733 The school now known as Santa Fe Middle School is pictured here when It was newly built. During the times it was NHS it was added on to four times.

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Tilt augllt Although Newton High School is celebrating its 100th birthday, isn't celebrating all the years it has been in the building that the ass of '85 will know as its alma mater. ln fact most students ink that there were only two high school buildings, the present ie and the school which is now known as Santa Fe Middle School. tis belief may be attributed to the fact that of the five NHS high hool buildings Santa Fe and the present high school are the only io buildings still in existence. The other three schools were known as Lincoln, lVlcKinley and ioper. The first commencement ceremony was in 1886 in Lincoln hool at 4th and Ash Streets. There were only eight graduates tich were all female. ln 1887-88 the seniors graduated from lVlcKinley School located College Block and Pine Street. lt was built in 1887 by Hanna d Koch Construction for 34,000 There is no known photograph this building which was used as the high school. In 1888 two new schools were built for 330,000 each. A new :Kinley was built and the unsafe clapboard building known as irfield was torn down and in its place the new school dedicated IHS- C1974-19851 he present NHS building where the 100tl'1 birthday Will be Celebrated. llll BELTS Cooper for Superintendent J.W. Cooper was built and used for the graduating classes from 1889 to 1913. ln early 1913 a bond for 385,000 was approved for a new high school which included a two-story building with a gym and audi- torium. This is where Santa Fe Middle School now is. This was the first building that went by the name Newton High School. The class of 1914 was the first class to graduate from this building. A new high school was proposed in 1925 but was rejected by the community. An extra building was built on Broadway for S40,000. This building was known as the Annex and was put to use in the fall of 1926. In 1934 Lindley Hall was proposed. ln 1935 Lindley Hall was dedicated and used. ln 1938 Lindley Hall was expanded and the High School moved into the Broadway building as the old high school was used for the middle school. The class of 1974 was the first senior class to graduate from the present high school. lt is here that the school will celebrate its birthday and alumni will reminisce on the memories of the last 100 years that have been made in NHS, in all five locations. .L