Central High School - Signal Yearbook (Columbia, TN)

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,.,. ...Y,A- . W Y-,.,.... , ,. Central High School ET us look back lnto the annals of C H S a few wears The de IQ velopment of the pubhc school system lll this town had been so l steady that by the early part of the second decade ln om present century the enrollment had outgrown the bulldmg Plans were perfected ID the fall of 1914 to erect an adequate bulldmg for a grow mg educatlonal center It was on January 22 1915 that the ground for the bunldlng wh th we are stlll occupylng was broken No ceremony or serwce marks that date The late Professor R L Harms then counts supemltendent was the only wltness The bulldlng cost approximately S10 000 Cood weather and fax orable condltlons alded the workmtn Bs Aprnl 13 1915 the second story w as practlcally completed ln appearance The fll1lShlllg vet to be done Tuesday momlng May 6 1919 at ten 0 clock thc corner stone w as lald IDFGSSIYG ceremomes were held w 1th Nlr R L Halrls presldlng Some fifteen hundred chlldren Il1OIl16I'S and fathers along Wlth several clty and county officlals were present Dr VN B RICRS gaxe the mxoca lion Nlr W C Salmon preslded and Nlr Clarence Harmon lepxesented the alumnl Professor John P Graham w as the guest speaker w lnle Nlr 1Page Ifnei +119 'Sl'- V , ............... O Lf' ' . . S. ' . ' - 1 . . , ' ' , I 1 , s , I v V' I L . I Y I v . i . . I . , ,. , 1 I touches such as the plastering, the hardwood floors, painting, etc., were I 1 4 .' 1 ,is , D x if u . , ,. , . . Y , g . v . V A - . A . . . , - . ' I