Auburn High School - Follies Yearbook (Auburn, IN)

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The present Auburn High School building had its beginninq in 1916 when Mr. Mcintosh gave the city a $10,000 site for its construction. Although work began immediately, A. H. S. was not complet- ed until 1921 because World War I for two years made it impossible to get the needed materials and workers. The Mcintosh High School still is not complete. The original plans provide for an east wing. In this section will be fully equipped rooms for all voca- tional subjects — band, bookkeeping, typing, agri- culture, manual training, etc. Postwar plans of A. H. S. include the building of this last portion of the school. Page 8

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Although this building has stood for fifty-one long years, it has been known as the Junior High only since 1921. Students, seeing Auburn High School cut in stone over the entrance have wondered, and asked why. Even many of their parents no longer remember the fact that this little building once served as the one High School of Auburn, Indiana. Then enrollments were increased, teachers were added, new subjects were included and this high school no longer sufficed. A new high school was built, the Mcintosh High School, and the seventh and eighth graders took the old school for their very own and renamed it the Junior High School as it stands today. It has rooms especially equipped for sewing and cooking as well as regular classrooms for the various academic subjects taught there. If buildings could talk, this one would say, I do not regret having turned over my former job to the Mc- intosh High School nor do I feel envy toward it. I am just as happy supervising the training of these young students for high school, because from past experience I know what they need. I feel that it is my contribution to the progress of the community that has made me. Page 7

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The building as it now stands has special rooms for all regular subjects — history, English, math, chemistry, physics, etc., and temporary rooms for vocational subjects (temporary though they may be, they are better than many permanent ones). The first students to enter these portals of the present building in the pursuit of knowledge were thrilled by the increased space and the opportuni- ties for intellectual advancement. Needless to say, the quiet dignity imparted by the building has kin- dled many hearts to attain greater achievements and higher ideals. The Class of ' 21, the first class to graduate from this building, had 36 members. Since then a total of 1369 students have graduated here. Page 9