Central High School - Centralian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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THE ORIGINAL BUILDING Central High School JHE school was first organized as a high school in the old Washington M.J a ■ building which stood on a part of the block now occupied by the City ■1 ■ Hall and Court House. In 1873, the Board of Education requested its building committee to look up a suitable site for a new high school building. In 1874, the committee recommended the purchase of a block in Penniman’s Addition. In January, 1875, the Superintendent of Schools submitted sketches for a high school building. These sketches were placed in the hands of architects with the request that they draw plans in accordance therewith. In 1875, the site in Penniman’s Addition was decided to be unsatisfactory and the east half of Block 20, Snyder Company’s First Addition to Minneapolis was purchased. This is on 4th Ave. South and 11th St., where the present building now stands. If the Board of Education at that time had been willing to pay $1,500 more they could have purchased the whole of Block 20. They have recently paid about $80,000 for this other half. An increase in values from $1,500 to $80,000 in 37 years, illustrates how rapidly our city is advancing in its regular realty values. March 9, 1875, it was decided to accept the elevation plan of a high school building made by Long Haglin, and the ground plan made by Buffington Radcliff. May 2, 1875, at an election called for the purpose, it was voted to issue bonds to the amount of $12,000 for the erection of a high school. In —12—

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Central High Faculty John N. Greer, Principal. Maud Miller, Clerk. English: Grace A. Williams Ellen McGregor Paul C. Heard Edna Hilton Annette Brown Helen Hildrup Fannie Forester Helen Allard Ida Probett Margaret Siddal H. C. Richardson May L. Durst Latin: L. N. McWhorter Zina D. Snyder William J. Johnson Estelle Conway Carl Willis Florence Fish Clare T. Helliwell French: Mary T. Richardson Toska von Scholton German: Claude D. Siehl Helene Schirmer Lena A. Hussey Charles Pehoushek Science: Carl J. Eide Adolph Andrews Byron T. Emerson Clara K. Leavitt Harry E. Orsborn Mathematics: Ada E. White Julia Adams Julia Hendrix Thomas A. Brown C. M. Austin Anthony C. Buresh Jennie C. Phillips History: Martin W. Numbers Medora Jordan Jessie O. Brennan Annie A. Porter Charles Boardman English Grammar: Emma Crounse Drawing: Amy A. White Anna Kriedt Janet Stevens Harry W. Kavel Manual Training: W. W. Hill DuCloise Glasby John P. Granner Penmanship and Spelling: Benjamin Winkleman Stenography: Ella L. Regan Civics and Political Economy: Egbert G. Allen Bookeeping: Frank Hosmer —11—

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