Concordia High School - Hurkaru Yearbook (Concordia, KS)

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1925 Student Advisory Board (SAB) forms. National Honor Society consisting of top 15 per cent organizes. 1926 Block of land is purchased for current high school site for $9.240. 1927 Cheerleaders purchase white sweaters with emblems. Scarlet fever causes some school absentism. Girls Athletic Association organizes a rifle team. CHS enjoys Circus Day (first Homecoming). 1929 Athletic program adds wrestling. New subjects include General Mechanics and Journalism. Commercial Club is organized by Shorthand II. The girls athletic program offers volleyball and lawn hockey. 1930's School rings and pins are available to stu- dents. Operator Club deals with audio-visual materials. 1936 CHS presents a play which portrays Nazis in- vading a Czechoslovakian village. 1941-45 U.S. involvement in World War II curtails many activities. Numerous alumni serve hon- orably. Some pay the supreme sacrifice. 1943 CHS band plays at POW Camp Concordia. 1944 Notre Dame Catholic High opens at East Sev- enth and Matthew (site of Concordia Business and Normal College 1922-33). 1945 CHS band goes in June to welcome General Dwight D. Eisenhower home in Abilene. 1947 CHS band in January goes to the inauguration of Governor Frank Carlson (alumnus of CHS) in Topeka. He later served as U.S. Senator from 1951 to 1968. The Work Experience Club (forerunner of C.I.T., D.E. and O.E.) organizes. 1949 CHS becomes a participant in the vocational homemaking program. Tin Panthers Den 4 1950 Guidance begins at CHS.

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Opposite page Miss Patricia Pwerlkotte participated ac lively in frontier Pay activities at CHS during the 56-57 school year Her |et beaded jacket dated back to the late 19th century. It belonged previously to a school teacher who also homesteaded a farm in Nebraska. Top of this page This old photo of the first Washington School at the current location at 237 West Ninth comes from the 1903 X-Ray. the first yearbook. The building prior to the turn of the century was sometimes called the High School even though only one second floor room was used for high school instruction. Middle of this page This is the High School at 135 West Tighth as it appeared in 1903. The west portion of the current Masonic Temple was built in 1900. The eastern portion was added in 1910. This building site was used from 1900 to 1930. 1903 The Merry Milkmaids - an opperetta. 1904 First graduates of four-year high school pro- gram at CHS. 1907 Crimson is the new yearbook name. 1909 CHS wins oldest trophy at Beloit. 1910 CHS Athletic Association is formed. CHS is accredited with Northwestern Associ- ation of High Schools and Colleges (one of four- teen high schools in Kansas). An addition to the east is built onto the high school building. 1913 CHS curriculum includes Domestic Science (Home Ec today). Art and Manual Training (car- pentry). 1914 Manual Training Shop is built north of High School in current parking lot south of downtown Boogaarts. 1915 Hurkaru replaces Crimson as title for yearbook. 1916 Aurora High School begins. 1917 First Annual Football Banquet. Latin and German clubs organized. Hurkaru adopts newspaper format (forerunner of Panther school newspaper). Student Council is organized at CHS. 1918 Spanish Influenza closes CHS from Oct. 9 to Nov. 4. New Washington School is built. 1918-19 Boys and Girls Victory Loan Campaign (WWI) raises $1,200. 1919 New building at high school houses printing shop and drafting room. 1921 The Booster Club organizes. 1922 Nazareth Academy at convent closes and be- comes part of Marymount in Salina. Girls Reserve is formed. 1923 Hi-Y (for boys) begins at CHS. CHS organizes Radio Club. A 22 piece band performs.

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Domestic Science ant Art. Opposite top This freshmen class appeared in the 1922 Hurkaru. Opposite middle: This Garfield School sketch appeared in a 1980-81 District 4 School Manual. Opposite bottom: The 1930 Hurkaru published this pic- ture of the High School in its last year of operation. Top this page: This was the high school shop for Manual Arts as it appeared in the 1922 Hurkaru. This was locat ed directly north of the earlier High School. Middle this page: That same year the Domestic Science and Art class (Home Economics today) posed for this picture. 1953 CHS band goes in October to Homecoming for President Eisenhower in Abilene. 1957 New Gymnasium and the junior high class- rooms open for use. 1958 American Field Service student exchange pro- gram begins at CHS. 1962 CHS wins the athletic Triple Crown league championship in football, basketball and track. Multi-purpose and music rooms are added along with the outside memorial bulletin board at the high school entrance. New Notre Dame High School (the current Mid- dle School) is built. 1965 Cloud County Community College conducts first classes on February 8 in the high school. USD 333 unifies. Concordia High and James- town High operate as independent units. Wrestling starts again as a competitive sport. 1966 Aurora High School closes after 50 years. 1968 The Vocational Shop Building is added to CHS campus. Cloud County Community College moves to its own new campus. 1969 Notre Dame High closes and merges with Con- cordia High. 1970 USD 333 and 224 form Special Education Co-op to meet federal mandate. FFA Chapter wins National Gold Emblem. 1973 The Media Center, wrestling room and cafete- ria kitchen are first used. 1974 North Central Learning Co-op expands, includ- ing USD 426. 427, 455 and 221. 1976 Girls volleyball team wins 4-A state champion- ship. 1977 The auditorium and Home Ec Dept, are remod- eled. New stadium and pressboxes are constructed. 5 1978 Girls volleyball team wins second 4-A state championship.