Condon High School - Review Yearbook (Condon, OR)

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Cgilliam Gnuntg giggly $5311an I History Of Gilliam County High School In the year 1906 the need of a high scheol was felt by the taxpayers of the county. A petition was circulated for the signature of the voters and was placed on the ballot. This was submitted to the voters at the General Eiection June 4, 1906., The vote was in the affirmative but therCounty Court was. unable to decide on a location for the school. On, December 21, 1906 'an amendment Was. proposed to sections 3433 and.- 3434 of the laws of Oregon which provided for the establishment and maintainance of a County'High' School. On being submitted to the voters of the county at the . General Election the amendment was voted upon affirmatively. 1n the vote for designating the'locatioln of the high school, the result was as fele ,- lows: the Republican vote-Cotndon 220, Arlington 26, Olex 4, Lonero-ck 3, Mayvilleu2, The Democratic votFCondon '26, Arlington 12, Mayville 3, Lonetrock 1. The total vote wasg246 for Condon and 38 for Arlington, mak- ing Condon the site of the location of the County High School. , School was: held several years in the court huse. J. C. Sturgill was the iirst principal. , In 1907 the school was standardized and the: graduates of the local High School were admitted to the University of Oregon without examination. At a meetihg of the scheplheard Miss Clara Irvins resigned. Miss Scott of Eugene was selected to- teach Language and Physics and Miss Min- erva Thiessen of Arlington for Mathematics and Science: for 1907-08. ' 'iA te'n-r'nillitax was levied. in 1907 in order to pay off the indebtedness . of maintaining a high school for the: last three years. Iti-was net until July 1', 19081 that the school board met ahd permanent- ly rorganiZed. A' thr'ee-mill tax was levied in 1.908 for'school purposes. This brought in, $20,000, of which $15,000 was to be'used for the con-Ji struction of a new building J. N. Bayles, evrector, engineer and architect constructed the building on block sixteen. The first day in May, 1909, the new buiiding wasrunder progress. It was constructed of Condon-made bricks. The dimensions of the buildings were 40 feet by 80 feet with. an e-11,of 14 feet by 19 feet at the rear. It is a two story structure with a full' basement, steam heated and electrieally wired. The plans for the building were drawntby James Jacobberger. , The building was ready for use; by the opening of the fall term. i The: school ,board selected H. K. McCann as principal. ' On May 14, 1910, the County School Board met to decide upon the teachers for the following year. J.' A. Mc-Morris made the motion that they employ the same teachers at the same salary as the previous year. They were Principal H. L. McCann; Minerva Thiessen and Bertha Kretzchmar, assistants. ,The graduating class of that year were Guy Linville, Veva Port- wood and Myrtle Scrivener. 4.9.4. .4 .39, mm 4 , . Wu; Jm oaiir A .7 CigHIiaht lemtg gaigh $thunl ' gauge 4 .0

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I C?Eiliimu GIUIUIIZQ Egligh 5chhul I I Jesse H Bond was unanimously elected of 1910-11. MryBond is. a graduate of the University of Oregon, and has completed one years work at Columbia Univ-rsity, New York City, says the Globe for July. Miss Comings and Miss Young were selected as assist- ants. The enrollment was expected to be about forty. principal for the school term Miss Seely-was employed as teacher for 1911-12. That term must have been a quiet one as no record was found in regard to- the school work; I '1 'On March 16, 1912 the. school board 'met and increased the salary of Prefesser Bond to $1,300 with the proviso that he Visit outlying districts and interest them 'in schools. At the end 20f the schooluterln Miss Kretz-I schan and Mr. Bondy resigned and D. W. Hammock was chosen'principal with Minerva Theissen to teach in the place of Miss Kretzschan. Grace King was also employed for that year. . 7 ' I 7 I Professor Hammock was given the right to select the teachers for .the following term. Miss Iva Borelng of Kentucky was employed. and Miss Willard of Seattle. Miss Willard became i111 and cou!d not come'sso' Miss Marsh was sent. The same teachers were employed again for 1914 and 1915. Miss Bore- 1 ing died and Miss Marsh resigned at the end of the school year. Another teacher was added to the facrfty in 1915, which made it pos- sible to teach commercial subjects. The teachers were'Mi'sS Clara Blaise, Miss Alice Rae and Miss. Leeper. I ' ' ' In 1916 we find teiacherst training added to the list of subjects given by nx' . '1 374': the High School. The.- follewing year H. K. Shirk was chosen principal. Elma VOhling. e , : viii? English; F10rah,Briggs, Science: and Mary Paine, Commercial, made up . the rest or the faculty for 1918-19. MissPaine declined to accept the position a second term and Jesse M111- V vey was selected. in her place. The other teachers were the sazne. The en- rollment for this year was large and- the school began to .take up different . activities, such as athletics, debate and other things. A ,n: n ' . In 1920' and 1921 the feculty was: H. K. Shirk, Principal; Beth Saw- . , .L :1 . yer, English; Laura Hadley, Science and Viola Barlow, Commercial. , twp? For 1921-22 H. K. Shirk was elected principal, Mrs. J. E; Schroeder I tFlorah BriggsI Science; Matilda S. Jones, Commercial and John Stovall, .5 ' English. The enrollment for that year was 80, and it was an exceedingly ,9; active year for all the students. A Girls Glee Club and an orchestrawere, ,- '. , J: organized this year; , , ,. 1 Each Year shows a rapid progress in school life- and we hope it Will 3 1,91 93'; continue to progress. . Glilliam lemtg giggly 5nhnnl 132152 5