Albert Lea High School - Tiger (Albert Lea, MN)

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l'l'C2lSl'S 'I ' .' ' ' '.' New Departments Met the Needs of ln the settling ol the All g bert l.e:1 area. lornial educa- tion had to wait its llll'lt. Hornesteaclers, lighting lor inert' existence were too lJllSS' and too exhausted to even tonsitler a school. However. as contlitions improved, inotliers. coucernetl about their thildrt-n's lutures, spent long winter evenings hy the hearth as they taught their ollspring all they knt-w, 'l'ht-se lirst teacliers olten hatl the lainily ltihle or a single voltune they hatl hrought Xvest with tht-ni as the only textho lS57. Few students attendec oli. tlitv in Inatlequate as it was, the school hecaine a re: l inort than a total ol li1c tt-rms. lor there was no apparent ut-ed lor learning more than the hasic sltills. lfurther schooling was considered illsl a waste ol valuahle ti IHC. .Ks the settleinent grew, tht- ont-erooni school tried to keep pace hy adding more rooms antl teachers. In . . . 1 IMO. the institution was tlctnittl ltrge enough to require a heatl. CI. XY. l,e1'ens ht-canie tl1t lirst pr1nc1p'1l. 1 Under the new systein. education organized into tlelinite grade levels with certain subjects taught in each grade. All students lollowed the saine l'lll'I'lCll ISSAI, the l'uhlic School produced its lirst graduates, R. S. Farnsworth antl I.. A. ltrown. ltoth inen lmecaine slit'- cesslul Alhert Lea husinessinen. luin. In ln 1897. when the school population was large Ulllillgll to require a lull time atlniinistrator, XV Sclnnitz was hired as superintendent. lnstruniental in the lorniation ol' the present system, he held ollitte until lflttl. when li. M. Phillips succeedetl l1in1. 'l'eaching had its tlrawhaclts in lfttll, when laculty int-inhers were elected lor a three nionths terin. Notifi- tlllltbll ol re-election was itccivttl through the inail on post cartls which statetl the salary to he paitl lor the next three months. Salaries ranged lroni Sltl to S55 a inonth lor the 2:1 teachers ein ilovt-tl in tht l K .. muhlic scho ols. In in tt ithtis salaiits were S2.l.m per iuonth with 1 intit 1st ol S tV'm ptr 1tu rnaxiuuun ' - '.'- 1 . Manual training classes hegan ill l9tl5. llllClCl' the direction ol' M. I.. Rohhins. Open to high school Slll- dents only. the shop courses were gratlually extended to the eighth antl seventh gratles. Olten slighted when lunds ran short, this departiueut was at first lorcetl to holtl classes ill lll2lliC-Sllll-l tluarters ahovt- the hoiler rooni antl in tl1e hast-nient ol' the old school plant. ltour years ol tloinestic science was onte retluiretl ol all girls. 'l'he C'lll'l'l4'llllllll inclucled cookery antl sewing, with the etnphasis on creating a healthy hoiue aunos- phere. In lfiltt, during XVorld Xvar I, the war llUlll'S 11sed lor econoiny caused many a cake to lall. l11 that sanie year, when the Red Cross receivetl all articles se1ved. 1l1e goal ol' the clothing classes was quantity, with quality taking a hack seat. .Xlhert Lea was one ol' the live schools in Minnesota to receive aitl in hoine ecoonniics lllltltl' the Sniith Houghes ,Xct ol' lfllft. Location in a larining con1n111nity 111atle it necessary to atltl an agricultural tlepartnit-nt i11 IENP7. A. li. l.athrop, prolessor, taught practical gardening to hoth high school antl grade school stutlents. State aitl was re- ceived lroiu the lillllllllll Bill, passed in l909, which gave S2500 to schools ollering agriculture antl doniestic science courses lor credit. l11 ISJI7, the departinent operated under the Federal Vocational Act, hut, in l92tl, it changed its curriculuin to meet the requirements ol' the Sniith Houghes .Xct which gave greater aid. 'l't-aching certificates were relatively easy to obtain in the early l!l00's. 'lhe Normal llepartinent or 'I'eachers' 'I'raining llepartinent, as it. was later called, ollered a nine IllOlllllS training t'0lll'SC which enabled its grad- uates to teach in rural schools only. The seniors and high school graduates who took this course from the State Board ol' liducation received first grade certificates which were valid lor two years but which could he re- newed lor an additional live years. Students who lilllglll a year antl then went on to a state teachers' college receivetl credits lor their work. olten enough to enter with junior status. LOOKING AUSTERE as they pose for their official portrait, the class of IB97 included many names that , are now wellslcnown in the Albert Lea area. SEATED: Mary Walsh, Arthur Larson, Ray Sltinner, Elinor Han- son, Sydney Cryor and Mae Luesman. STANDING: Walter Thompson. Edna Hill, Erma Frost, Sigfred Hestbeclc, Elmer Dills. Graduation exercises were held at the Broadway Theater then. Page 8

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