Beloit High School - Trojan Yearbook (Beloit, KS)

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School, which was built in 1910, and is modern in every way. It has a system of forced ventilation, is heated both directly and indirectly and the temperature of each room is automatically regulated by thermostat. The building is situated on a block of ground just west and across the street from the old stone building. On February 24, 1914, a bond of $25,000 was voted to increase the size of the High School building. This will materially increase the size of the building and will add a modern assembly room, that will seat 500 people, three large class rooms a library room, Principal’s office, Domestic Art rooms and a modern gymnasium. The schools of Beloit are widely and favorably known throughout the state, and the chief reason for this is the intelligent interest taken in their welfare by the citizens in general and the School Board in particular. Politics and religion have never been of any force in the School board. Teachers are elected on their merits alone, which action in itself insures good schools. Dr. E. E. Brewer, the present president of the School Board, is a vigorous, wide-awake executive officer and is ably seconded by his co-workers on the Board. Of those who have done much in the past for the upbuilding of the schools, three names must take a prominent place—those of Hon, W. H. Mitchell, ex-mayor of the city; Hon. A. T. Rodgers, and Dr. E. E. Brew-er, who is now? president of the Board of Education. Each of these gentlemen has served many years as president of the School Board, and the result or their careful, conscientious handling of educational matters can scarcely be estimated. Beloit has been particularly fortunate in her educational advance tnent in the past, and everything points to a bright, progressive future

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Professor D. K. Thomas was elected the first superintendent. Mr. Thomas served one year and the name of his successors, with their tenure of office, are as follows: J. H. Middaugh, 1880-’81. Bion S. Hutchins, 1881-’83 Miss Carrie Bauman, 1883-’85 F. H. Clark, 1885-’88. Walter M. Jay, 1888-’90. Samuel Ensminger, 1890-’92 G. M. Culver, 1892-’97 Harold Barnes. 1897-’02 C. A. Shively, 1902-’05. J. O. Hall, 1905-’09 A. P. Gregory, 1909-T2 R. L. Hamilton, 1912 The present High School or Central building was erected in 1884, at a cost of $20,000, taking the place of the old brick building which had been erected in 1873. It is a large, ten-room structure, centrally located, with wide halls and a large basement. Every room in the building, including the basement, is now used tor school purposes. The building is thoroughly furnished with modern equipment, such as steam heat, drinking fountains, liquid soap receptacles and metal fire escapes. Four courses are maintained, each of four years’ duration, the College, Normal, Industrial and Commercial Courses. In connection with the vocational work the High School offers Printing, griculture. Manual Training, Domestic Science and Domestic Art. The present enrollment in the High School is 256, including 43 Seniors, 34 Juniors, 85 Sophomores, 88 Freshman, 6 Special Students and Post-graduates. The board of Education now employs, aside from the superintendent, twenty-five teachers. Counting the superintendent and the music supervisor there are eleven teachers in the High School and fifteen in the Grades. In 1886 bonds to the extent of $9,000 were voted for the erection of a new school building to be located in the Second ward. This is the present Rodgers building. It contained four large, well furnished rooms two in each story. Since that time, however the building has been doubled in capacity, containing now eight laree, rooms equioned with all modern fixtures. Besides these two large buildings there is in the west part of the city a beautiful brick structure, of ten rooms, called the Field

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BOARD OF EDUCATION.