Converse High School - Miamian Yearbook (Converse, IN)

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,K THE OLD SCHOOL BUILDING AFTER THE FIRE

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SCHOOL HISTORY 1 fl rn 1 sr? xx cn tsclroo lrurldmg x s rec Lconrpctcrrt tcachcr rrltccd tt rts hc 4 llntr 12412 thc school grcxx 1nd rrrospcrcd rn thc srrr1ll lrut splcndrd x1ll1gc ol Ycnra lllll thc namc ol thc roxx rr ch lngcd to l orrx crse rn honor ol 1n old pronccr A rold lomrrlxrn th frrst surrcrrntendcnt l l broad 1'Ol1l1fldUOI1 on xx hlch to lrurld thc futurc school courses ln lhbm IS recordcd the flrst hlgh school work ln chargc of Jesse Lexxrs The ncxt vcar M Iaspcr Cfoodx koontf took hold of thc cducatlonal xxorlx xxrth great dclrght teaching Rax s Algelrr 1 Sxxmton s COYIIIDOSIUOI1 and Hlstorx also tornells Phxsrcal beographx and qtecl s Natur1l Plnlosophx and carrx rng h1s students thru xxlth good coxuage and unflmch rng 1tUtL1d6f01 'mother xear s xxorlx Next Mr O car' Crlsman comes xx 1th a promrsrng statement of the school s adxancement W I1 Alexander m 12431 rarsed the standard of thc school Afterxxards Mr Bowers Mr Alexander s successor put the school on 1oxxcrs xx IS 1pcrs1stc nt 1nd futhful xxorlxcr hc xx s c r Lccc rx 1 competent cfuc ltol 1401 Hutcr xx ho had taught rn the gr 1dcs xx IS 1dx mcccl to the supcrmtendcncx Along xxrth thc grovxlng hrgh school currrculum hc 1lso 1dx mccd arhlg-me xx hrch l1tcr drcd out Lndcr N11 Hcetcr s g'UlddI1LQ thc conrrnunrtx xx IS lrlest lrx 1 foul xcars hlgh school coursc xx hlch has lrccn mamtamed slncc that trmc lmcfcll our cltx The old school housc xx hrch had stood ior rnanx 1 xcar xx as burncd Durmg the next sum mer 1 ncxx and commodrous lllllldlflg' xx as crccted and equrppcd xxlth all model rr rmprox ements Our school IS commrssroncd thus lts graduates c 111 enter the Freshman classes 111 collegcs xxlthout exam matlons The school rs held rn hrgh respect hx the communrtx and although rt ls not xerx old xet rt h1s a good record and the class of 1911 lc IN cs rt xxlth the xxlsh that rts standard mrght not onlx he mamtamed Bl T RAIQI D a three xcars commlssloncd l11s1s Although M1 K ALBRICHT H111 ez1r'ec1r' of C'onx',1r'sc1 high school lregz ll ' the I' ' 1 'z .' 2 1 1 1 'Q ' ' v - Y , .' , van, yea . 1111 'h 1 2 5- 1 ' ' ' x '.1.' 11' 1 'ted r'1r lz ' 1 l lfz ' 1 1l 'z ', In 1. . ' S, I,, zmdz 1 1 1 1' ' 1' 2 '1 2 .' 'il l. l 11 1 '. ' ' ' ' 1 'z 'z sz 'z 1 1 1.1 1 Ax 1 '11 '2 - K- 1' 1 ' 1 D' 2 1 I' 1'. 1 ul .' 1 , ,' , - 1 ' 2 1 I 1 .' 2 1' 1 ' 1 I 1 ' 'U' '1 1 '- 1 2 - 2 V. .1 - '.- 1 ' ' ' 1 K 1 .2 .j ' '1 ' 1 .2 . 11 v I- 2 1 .1 ' T ,-A -l A ,gr -- 'X 1.1 fx .- . Q - L. , ' Em H , . - -1 .2 L. L. -,Z - , -r 1 1 ' . ' v ' 1 ' 1 1 1 L' 1 1 fx- 1 v ' 1 1 L- , , . ' . ' ,' . I ' 1 1 1 'V ' 1 1 1 ' ' 1' J 1 On the gloomy night of March 1902 a calamitx' 'IL A1 1 -, fl ' 1 1 1- ' 1 . ., ' 1 . tvz .yy v- , ' .' ll, , - . - - y Q V N 1 ,' 1 Q . . . ' ' - ' 1 v' 1 K- ' 1 '51 vs u I 1 v' 1 . ' . ,Y . W --4 lv . K 3 7: 2 ' v lv 1 .. -s.-- Q As, ' '.s' , l . ' 5. ,, .2 ' ,. 'L. S . v' . -1 4 ' 1 - - 1 v - 1 , . sk- is ' , -,S s' A., - 1 fy ' 1 v' 1 . S Q ' ' If . ' . . ' 'L . ,., v t, ' lx, 1 7 1 1 1 T Y v ' l 7 1 . . . . - - v . ' ' . . J. 1 1 f 1. . 'Q 1 ' -N 51 4 1 1 -W I ' VI K1 1. V.k1 l I K' : I 11 ' v I I . V 1. If JK is , , SL- .Q S . v K 1: '

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