Comstock High School - Annual Yearbook (Comstock, MN)

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HISTORY OE THE SCHOOL When the early settlers of the present Comstock Community homesteaded on the banks of the Red in the 1870's their first community concern was to estab- lish a place to worship, and a place to educate their children. Not much was done in the line of educating the first winter because one of the parties came over too late in the fall to build a house before winter set in so 14 people shared a one room log cabin. As additional settlers arrived they organized and a school was begun. There was no school house as yet, so the children met at the different homes. The first school house was erected the following summer, and it was located somewhere in the vicinity of the present Dahlstrom farm, as at that time Com- stock dld not exist. As the population increased another school was added. This school house was located east of S. A. Roen's. Comstock began to grow, and school was moved to a one room school in Comstock. This school was located a little west of the present Shellito Garage. This school soon became too small so a larger and better one was built south of the present grade building and to the west of the Swedish Church. This also proved to be inadequate, so in 1909 the present brick grade building was built. At one time three years of high school credit was offered. Space was at a premium so it was reduced to two. Courses in Home Economics and Industrial Arts were also offered. The teacher who taught the Domestic Science class when Miss Strand was in the first grade, later became her home economics instructor in college. ln 1929 the high school building was erected. The thought of being able to move into a new building must have been the only thing that kept some people from going crazy while trying to study with all the noise of trucks hammers, electric drills, and workmen. Q r K 4 I I F' e r 5 N A -,fr-'til .SEL