Austin High School - Austinian Yearbook (Austin, MN)

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i II I I I I I II 'I I I I I I I 'I EVIEWING the fact that there are over 3000 students attending the Austin Public Schools at pres- ent one is reminded that in 1855 no 'specific school building having been constructed as yet classes were held in various places wherever convenient. The coming of the Civil War brought hard timesg public schools failed of support and there remained only a parish school taught by Reverend Peak. The era of formal educatoin in Austin began with the building of the first real school in l865 on the spot where the Carnegie Library now stands. It was a one- story, two-room brick structure which cost 82750, a tre- mendous sum for the struggling prairie village. On Sun- days the building was used for a church. In 1869 the town had grown beyond the bounds of a two-room school and a three-story brick building was erected on the block now occupied by the Franklin School. After twenty years of service this building burned only to be replaced by the Franklin School in l89l. For thirty years it served as high school-until the beautiful new building opened its doors on September l2, 1921. II I I I I I I I I I. IDI I III I Ibi In III II'

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