Centerville High School - Black Diamond Yearbook (Centerville, IA)

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THE ALUMNI' .-go,-. The Centerville High School Alumni Association was organized years ago. All graduates of regular courses of the High School are members. The first gradu- ate was Mrs. Jennie Drake-Sawycrs, in the year 1875. Since that time there have been 1357 graduates, the largest class being in 1925 with 99 members. The Alumni have always been loyal and enthusiastic supporters of all the activities of the High School, and the School is always glad to welcome them to the auditorium, gymnasium or athletic field. In the fall the Alumn-i furnish the chapel program for the annual Home Coming Day. This year we had interesting speeches by Mr. H. C. Haynes '89, Mrs. Celia Mishler '97, Helen Schenck '10, Hugh Guernsey '12, Henry Dukes '13. On the Monday following Commencement the Alumni annually give a ban- quent at which the members of the graduating class are guests of honor. The officers of the Alumni for the present year are: Louis Ritchell '13, President, Claude Henaman '99, Treasurer, and Hugh Winter '25, Secretary. 1925 COMMENCEMENT HONORS Honor Students- FANNlE ALEXANDER, CLARA SHALLCROSS. Winners of the Gold C- FANNIE ALEXANDER, CLARA SHALLCROSS, WARREN SMITH, MARY EATOCK, HELEN HORNE, WANNETTA LISETOR, NAOMI JONES. Winner: of the Sawyer: Prize- : MARGARET HOWE, OPAL VAN DORN. Winners of the Frankel Prize- MARY EATOCK, LOIS DAVISON.

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THE CENTERVILLE SCHOOLS -OOO- Centerville has always taken great interest and pride in the success of her schools. From an humble beginning the system has kept pace with the growth of the city and has even surpassed it, for the growth in the school population is much greater than the growth in the population of the city for the corresponding time. In the decade which was marked by the beginning of the World War, the enroll'- ment in our schools has increased one hundred per cent. This rapid growth is further shown by the fact that the High School Building which was completed in 1910 had been completely outgrown long before 'the fine new building was com- pleted in the year 1919. At the present time our school occupies six buildings: the new High School Building, which is a very commodious structure, equipped with all the modern improvements in the way of a fine gymnasium, and an auditorium, as well as ample class rooms and laboratories, Central Building, which until the year 1919 accom- modated the High School, now housing the departmentalized sixth grade and the five lower grades of the Central or second ward, Lincoln Building, which serves the North ward for the First five grades, Garfield Building, which does the same for the Third ward, McKinley Building, which was built last of all to relieve the congestion of the Third ward. The old buildings have been modernized as far as possible, and the newer buildings are completely equipped with the best educa- tional facilities. Approximately twenty-live hundred children are enrolled annually, and a stall' of seventy-three teachers, supervisors, and administrators are employed. Our system of schools is approved by the State Department of Public Instruc- tion and by the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges. Throughout the length and breadth of the land Centerville School students have gone out to make a mark in all line of endeavor.