Clarksdale High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Clarksdale, MS)

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Dedication A SALU TE TO PROGRESS in CLARKSDALE CITY SCHOOLS H.B. HEIDELBERG President of Southern Associarion of Colleges and Secondary Schools 1934-1935 Mr. Heidelberg is acclaimed throughout the state of Mississippi and the South as a great educator! President of the Mississippi Educational Association in 1918-1919 . . . President of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools in 1934-1935 . . . these titles bespeak his leadership and service to public education. ln the city of Clarksdale stands a living monument to Mr. Heidelberg - the Clarksdale City Schools! Into the building of this monument has gone a half-century of unselfish and consecrated devotion to the task of providing better educational opportunities for the boys and girls of Clarksdale. On behalf of the thousands who have gone before us and those who will come after us. we gratefully dedicate THE CLARKSDALE WILDCAT of 1955 to MR. H. B. HEIDELBERG Superintendent of the Clarksdale City Schools 1905-1955

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,If , 5, sagem Xi Reared against the sky As the years go by! Truly, Forward ' has ever been our watchword! Our Alma Mater as we know it today is the culmination of the efforts and the contributions, the visions and the aspirations, of those who have entered its doors as students and teachers. Many have come and gone, but one has given a half-century of service and leadership to the Clarksdale City Schools-Mr. Harvey Brown Heidelberg. Coming to Clarksdale as superintendent in 1905, Mr. Heidelberg began his career with three teachers and 65 students in a small frame building next to the site of the present Episcopal Church. Steady, well-planned growth throughout the years has resulted in a faculty of one hundred, an enrollment of 2,210, and buildings and furnishings valued at approximately 31,84-1,620, including the buildings now under construction. ln commemoration of Mr. Heidelbergis fiftieth year as superintendent, we, the Senior Class of 1955, proudly present the sixth edition of THE CLARKSDALE WILDCAT-A SALUTE to FIFTY YEARS of PROGRESS in the CLARKSDALE CITY SCHOOLS. Within its pages, we have not attempted to present a mere historical record. Rather, we have sought to portray the spirit, ideals, activities, and traditions of C.H.S. as it is today--the result of a half-century of progress. Zfreward On the city's western border Proudly stands our Alma Mater . ' ' Forward ever be our watchword

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' l5'uildings The Oakhurst School. opened in 1909. represented the most modern of school buildings in its day and became the nucleus of the present school system. Elm: Klark Oakhurst Anne! Within a few years the school had outgrown the Oakhurst building. and in 1916 two new buildings were added: Eliza Clark, an elementary school, and Oakhurst Annex, providing spaee for science laboratories. bookkeeping classes, and manual training and home economies depart- 8la?abell1 Darr I110HlS. Completed in 1919, the S100,000 Elizabeth Dorr building, used for junior and senior high school classes, was declared the most modern and best equipped in the state.