Caruthersville High School - Cotton Blossom Yearbook (Caruthersville, MO)

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TODAY Caruthersville High School in 1957 YESTERDAY Caruthersvillc High School from 1897-1911. The first high school graduating class in 1897 graduated from this school located at the site of the present Lee Rood Annex. The size of our present school system is made more impressive when contrasted with that of Caruthersville’s first high school, organized sixty years. ago in 1896-97. The total budget for the 1896 school which employed four teachers, including Superintendent Lee W. Rood, was $2,241. The annual budget for our 1956-57 school, with its twenty-five teachers, superintendent, principal, two secretaries, and two custodians, was $948,000. The high school enrollment in 1896 was 38: this year, it was 435. The total evaluation of property for taxation in our school district in 1896 was $300,000. Today, it is $6,500,000. Caruthersville and its schools have grown in these first one hundred years of our history. TOMORROW—The future Caruthersville High School Auditorium-Gymnasium. The class of 1958 hope to have their Commencement Program in this new building. 9

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MR. DELMAR A. COBBLE, Superintendent B.S., Southeast State College M.E., University of Missouri New Teachers and Buildings Benefit C.H.S. Under the leadership of Superintendent Delmar A. Cobble and our Board of Education, C.H.S. made marked progress in 1956-57. Our new music building, one of the finest in the state, was completed. The Southside Cafeteria was completed and opened to high school students. Four additional teachers were added to the teaching staff, making possible the offering of more subjects to our stu- dents. A music instructor for choral work, and courses in general music, physics, and metal work, a woman physical education instructor for C.H.S. girls, and additional teachers for English, social studies, and mathematics were added to fill long-felt needs and absorb the increased enrollment. C.H.S. maintained its AAA rating and North Central Association membership. MEMBERS OF THE CARUTHERSVILLE. BOARD OF EDUCATION discuss building plans at their regular monthly meeting. Seated: Mr. Dalton Teroy, President Willard Collins, Mrs. J. Thomas Markey, Mrs. Frances Walton, 8 Secretary. Standing: Mr. Dale Bracey, Mr. Frank Slentz, Mr. Wayman Foster, and Superintendent Delmar Cobble.

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 MR. EDWARD J. SHELTON, PrincipaI B.S., Northwest State College M.E., University of Colorado Our Teachers Are Busy J People . . . Our teachers and our principal. Mr. Edward J. Shelton, were busy people. They taught us fifty-one different subjects, worked with us in fourteen school organizations, and coached us in three varsity and seven intramural sports. MR. REDMAN DUNHAM B.C.S.. Drake University M.A., University of Missouri Teaches typing, bookkeeping, business law. business English. consumer economics . . . Sponsors a senior homeroom. MRS. MILDRED BASKIN B.S.. Southeast State College Teaches shorthand, typing, secretarial practice, general business . . . Sponsors a junior homeroom. MRS. RUTH PATTERSON B.S., Arkansas State College Teaches English II and III . . . Sponsors Honor Society and a junior homeroom. MISS PATRICIA BREWER A.B.. Lamhuth College Teaches Spanish. English II, journalism . . . Sponsors Pep Club and Tiger Rag. MRS. LOUISE PARKER B.S., Arkansas State College M.A., Memphis State College Teaches English I and speech . . . Sponsors Thespians. Drama Club, and a freshman homeroom. 10