Presque Isle High School - Ship Yearbook (Presque Isle, ME)

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' T' I I ' . I Wi? The first Presque Isle High School. This building was erected in 1893 at the location of the present Training School. ,IE STCRY OF P.I.H. . Because there has been another extensive addition to our school, We are presenting the story of Presque Isle High School in its entirety. The first Presque Isle High School, as such, was erected in 1893 with Mr. Henry Perkins as principal. The wooden structure was built on Academy Street near the present site of Training School. During this period, a school news- paper called the NORM was begun. In 1910 a larger school with Mr. E. M. Libby as principal was built on the corner of Third and Blake Streets. The courses taught were college, commer- cial', and agricultural. In October of 1914, Presque Isle High School sold its first publication of the FLYER, the only high school Weekly in Maine. An orchestra was organized by 1915, and the high school was Well on the way to its present size. However, during the Winter term of 1921 the building was destroyed by fire. Presque Isle High School in 1910 at the site of the present Cunningham School. This building burned in 1921.

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Presque Isle High School as of 1922 In 1922 a new building was constructed, and the following year Mr. Franklin S. Cunningham, a math teacher, assumed the office of principal. That year a contest was held to find an appropriate name for the yearbook which was to re- place the newspaper. Frances Lowry won the two dollar prize by reversing the high school initials and spelling Ship . A school library was opened the same year and a band was started soon afterwards, The 1930's proved to be equally eventful. Presque Isle won the state basket- ball championship in 1933, a prize coveted every year since. Interesting to note is the fact that the team had to do its traveling by train, About the same time, Westfield was included in the school district and a need for buses arose. Before 1940 a new wing was constructed, adding a larger gymnasium and more classroom space. Enriching the school's growing traditions was an official song written by Delia Houghton, Due to the labor shortage caused by World War Il, a harvest recess of three weeks was established to allow students to help with the autumn potato harvest, At this time high school football in Presque Isle was discontinued. In 1949 the original wing of the present school was constructed, and the old building was named Cunningham School in honor of Mr. Cunningham. The high , 'VIS'-A Presque Isle High School including 1939 addition.