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A lirirt ffiir.tnnj uf SLuimiugUm Sigli SPrluwl .mingtnu lit»-:- ......... J | . '• . -n ft ... 'll! Iii-umtii i lit li'-if) .1' hi.loom, |M writer will draw uptwi tradition inti memory (nr math til th. raitt.r here ptorntrd. There undoubtedly w» t time when Bloomington did out have i |tuMie lugh «ehnot Although th trm o( free ateboed and public edneaUon wn yi nictitated 10 the chlMrm of Indian by tbi (amnii Ofiltiiaoee «( 171 7, it «wvetlhrit . required lim and rixritr twin to avoir thr li«li tchool Si it M»m« tale to »w«n that Bloomington dill uot lux' I high tthnol until tom tint «lttring |hr tialie til thr Ini «nlury. At thr cornrr ol College Avenue »d Seventh Strret, «lan.lt • brick rcUdtne ot»cc known »• Thr Young L» lw Seminary. Tht In.tituiie.n war untiet thr imtugrment ol l rof »«Or Eliphoiel Cole. Hr KU a tuccr-tlul and pri-grt» lte teacher. It wtwtlil rertit that under hi direction anti with thr weution ami .nppntl .( thr cittern «•I thr rity, tbit Srmmtiy underarm a tianxfnrmation It Itccumc a high tchool ami both the «iri» and the hoy. of llk.oiaium.iu enjoyed it privilege IW. Cole followed I») IVof, litoree W. l.er, who continued the evolutio Of the high c b«d tuttd l 7Z A tecuud traniformtlk.il ocrurred in ISJ74 At thl tune the t»cHtit «it tilled Central Sch,-il «at a new building, and what wa. It on wit a I ha l,rr| »rate.rj Department ot the Cmvrrvtty ami the Bk nungtoii High School »» «tganiicd. under the direction ti Walter R. Houghton. Tht intlitutioo tea ninqur. It hvd a courae two year in length It Mr t eomtneneemriit wa tirhl in Ih74. It work wa «trcnuoti A ipkat many middle-aged men nml wrtmru now live in tlti community, who could tell the yottng trr uf luti») that graduation from “Prep’ wa ait bonur »n« only alter nod) and gmiUltl rllott. Tht »t«n ran along nntil l«S. when the I'rcpiratnry Depart «lent of ihe Univereity wa wparattd Irom the Bloomington High School Thr Ingli ch.»l rontlrraed it work in the Central Budding under thr management ol John W Carr. Tllr twit jvart- Courw wai Itlll in Wte It hail to compete with the Prcjiariuur tchot.l ol thr L'nfrecalty and in on.«i»cnee wa. tmall It nr l Principe! wat Xwingli McCanghau Hr wa followed hj Mu liner Woodbutn About tbi time tllKO), the IVvpatatcrcy School of th Uaivemt» wa dncpnftuucd and the cvntra ..f the high Mimed wa Wtipthcned a year Three yrura wa thought a long tiro to pcnd tat high «hixil In the rear ,,l IMM. j K, lUvl bream Principal ol tht school. Durutg fail ttma atwilhtr year wa added to th comim. Thr old Col lege till tiding wat bought nd tbr tr lined Wat Irantlmtd Itom th t rnttal llutldtng to it prevent bom . In May, Iff», the building wa burned. The tchool continued it w. rW in thr College Amcimr M. t Church. S« time wat loti Th Me i,coined on I'rvday miitmng ml on Monday morning wf th liret wvek Ihe wbool wa going iw with It regular work, in the ehnrell. Ity autumn th boilding wa re« n ttucted aut| th tcbtxd wat again in it prewml quarter Peed II. II dark became pricwti'M Sept.rabef. Idrii Hr wit uKc rd d m 1907 by Prof Eatl E. Ktutuey. tht prc nt mtumbmi. 8 Tbr eh.wd ha had a not hlirory. It ha a grratrr fnturr'
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