Clarion High School - Lasso Yearbook (Clarion, IA)

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fav ,L rl , ,. M and O. P. Morton served as principals. The janitor at this 3 time received the princely sum of 33.75 per month. if P In 1885 a new building was erected. It was a four roomed brick structure, situated in the middle of the block facing the south and it has served as a neucleus about which the present building has grown. The two north rooms were added in the summer of '91 and the last addition, consisting of six new rooms on the south, in the summer of '98, when the entire school building was generally remodeled. ' In this neuclens Professor G. T. Eldridge administered the rod to many of our fathers and mothers' for six years. Under him the first class was graduated in 1889. Those who started the list of renowned alumni were Hon. J. D. Denison, Mrs. Florence Gates Morris, and Miss Ava Curry. Mr. Eldridge was succeeded by Professor J. R. McCallum with Mrs. Burt Harwood, nee Ella YVells, as assistant. ' Three years later Professor G. Sabin, with the same assistant, zealously wielded the birch. Professor S. T. May followed, assisted first by Miss WVeldy, then by Miss Phillips, then in the present building by Miss Annette Anderson and Miss Ethel Randall, later by Mis Ball and Miss Davis. Then came Mr. E. W. Fellows, with Miss Davis and Miss Browne as assistants. Later, when a department of English was added, Miss Burns was elected to fill the new position. Before going further we must say something of this most eventful year in the dearold C. H. S., for it was during this year the mighty 'O8's entered High School and thus began what has turned out to be a most energetic and ambitious class. We do not know whether this event was the cause or not, but that year three of the faculty resigned and the next year we had as our superintendent, Mr. W. H. Blakely, as principal, Miss N. V..Maughlin, and as assistants, Miss Ruth Browne, Latin, Miss Mary Cruikshank, English. 1907 finds the following corps of teachers: W. H. Blakely, Superintendentg Miss Maughlin, Principalg Miss E Q.- .a 11 K, 'Y I 'xx . Q i so ff'

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A P .f-1-. x lf! lfswf' Ns HISTORY OF SCHOOL CLARION SCHOOL BUILDING 1907 On May Oth, 1882, an V election was held at the court house in Clarion to decide the question of forming an inde- pendent school district of the town of Clarion and contiguous territory. There were thirty-two votes cast, thirty-one for and one against. The first school hoard was composed of W. W. Gates, president. N. F. WFb9l', S. B. Hamilton, A, J. Lamni, H. Sini- mons, M. Loughlin, secretary, and P. Davis, treasurer. With the exception of a few years, Uncle Le1n has served in this position until the present day. School was tirst held in what was called the lVoodman building. Mr. YV. B. Callendar was principal, Miss Mary E. Hills QMrs. J. A. Elliott,j primary, and Miss Maggie Hock, intermediate teacher. Later it was decided to huild a frame school house 18x26 and 10 feet high. In this building Messrs. B. YV. Brintnall

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Mary Cruikshank, English and German, Miss Lura C. Eldridge, '99, Latin and English, and Miss Margaret Bowes, music and geometry. During these years many changes have occurred both in curriculum and equipment. During Mr. Fellows' superin- tenclency the athletic element was enthusiastically developed and aroused much interest and High School spirit. During the past two years, under Mr. Blakely, a strong department of Manual Training has been estahlished. Thus we have hastily traced the development of the Clar- ion High School through its career of twenty-five years, show- ing its growth from a common country school to a fully ac- credited High School ranking high among the High Schools of Iowa. May its future be even brighter than its past has been! 5 I sl fs ip ' it ,. , A' 4 HY? .577 1I.!J.u-4 .7 5 Eu ,ip 3 --hifi Z W it 'W 3 iii,-E 521 5 4 151? ,I -1' 'zf 'AlfT L'f 151 2 ?'+f1 Q ,f I I 1 N f f S E R ssegi 7 QJ' af :s?f?'3e l-211 - f 1- -if' Y -:zf :'55?E5:EFr ,Ar .mfr '--,W ,,,,, ' V V . - sl -s -- -ff f f CLARION'S FIRST SCHOCL BUILDING