Boonville High School - Entre Nous Yearbook (Boonville, IN)

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THE PIONEER Our Story The pioneer educators of Boonville failed to leave any records of their early activities in blazing a trail for learning in our community, but from some of the older residents we learn that the school teacher came to the village before the sound of the clearing axes ceased. Our story proper begins in 1X86 when a one room high school was held in the old Gum street building. Fifteen or twenty pupils studied Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Latin. Rhetoric and U. S. History, under the guidance of Prof. O. K Clarke and Prof. Emmerson. For commencement each graduate was required to write an essay on a subject of his own selection. The first class consisted of four hoys and two gills. The enrollment increased with each new year. In 1897 the school was given its commission by the State Board and the course was changed from three to four years. The year 1904 found seventy-five students occupying three rooms in the First Street building, now known as the Ella Williams School. Our present home was built in 1910 to house one hundred sixty students. We now number more than three hundred. Since 1886 there have been nine hundred ninety-six graduates, many of whom have become famous and all useful citizens Until 1906 Prof. Clarke acted as principal along with his other duties as super- visor of schools. Since that time Mr. Skinner. Mr. Lmdley Mr. Seybold Mr Kat- terjohn Mr. Robinson, and Mr. Bennett have had charge of Boonville High School. 1929 Page Three

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THE PIONEER Alfred E. Bennett To our friend and Pioneer leader, himself a graduate of B. H. S., a brave and daring defender of his country in the World War, and now our well loved principal, we dedicate this first issue of our annual bearing the name “The Pioneer. Page Two 1929

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THE PIONEER Literary Staff of The Pioneer Editor-ill-chief—Helen Lowell Assistant- Mary F. Sullenger Feature Editor—Dorothy Traylor I toys’ Sports—(’heater Werrv Dirls' Sports—Ruth Taylor Joke Kditor—Charles Ferguson Facult Advisor Ruth II Bateman January Class: Will—Ray Fuller I ‘rophecy—Bessie Csmphell I fistory—George Day May Class: Will—Doris Edwards rropheey—Lois Ritter. Bertha L Bailey History Hilda Wolfe We Change Our Name Since its foundation in 1920 our annual has borne the name “Kntre Nous.” Its meaning, “among ourselves , was good for a book that is a reflection of the school year, but Its pronunciation was more often incorrect than not. ror this, and other reasons of suitability to school and community, tin- staff and Student Council this year voted to enange the title to “The Pioneer. Our new cover is the joint production of Thomas Tichenor and Noel Baum. Page Four 1929