Cresco High School - Spartan Yearbook (Cresco, IA)

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'H f 41 iss 1. U 3,-1 L 12 P ' 'L ox Crcsco Hlgh School 18 1 Q31 Tl1e h1sto1x of the Cusco schools dates b1ck to Ap11l 1861 1 fevx 111onths aftel the foundmg of thc 101111 llld 1111 1dxc111 U1 1114 lllllflid xxl1c11 1 select school vxas opened by MISS Ma1y E Post 111 the 11111 ox 91 Ch'1p1n s h11dxxa1c S1016 111 Mav 1867 one of thc lcc 11 13113118 st md 11111 f1 scl1ool had b en opened 111 the uppe1 pa1 of toxx11 '1'h1s 18 son1elh111L tl11t h1s b en long needed 1Th1s school xxas held 111 xxhat xx IS kll0XXI1 lg MIS B1tc'n111s housc 11e11lx 1 block east of xxhen, pubhc l1b1 IIN noxx t 1ds c th A11 1tc111 111 1 loc 11 111 xs11111c1 ot Ap11l 30 1868 statcd that the Vlllage school The h1gh school a1111u1l of 1900 Old Rost llld Black glx es a b11ef h1sto1y of CICSCO P1lbl1C Schools xx lnc 11 s xs T111 inst cnool bu1ld111c 111 Cxcsco xx IS elected 111 1868 upon the 2101111615 xxhc1e the llf xx h1 h school bulldlllg novx stands by J W Sk1nne1 cont1acto1 and 1311116161 As fll t COllNllllCl9d the school house had but fou1 1ooms and a M1 N0ltOll took cl111Lc thcuot 1s thc f1IS p11nc1p1l of the schools of Cxesco In 1871 thc necds of the C0lllIllllIlllX de111'1ndcd 111016 1oom fo1 school DUIDOSCS the toxxn YIQXIIIH moxxn lll popul1t1o11 and c1cd1t The xvest Wlllg vxas added to the old btuldlnpz and 111 1878 thc c1st XXlIl c1cctcd L B Pu1111o1t suceedeci M1 NOIIOI1 and 111 Aueust 1872 the school boa1d en 1z1ged P1 of L T Weld xx ho 19111 1111ed 1t the l1e1d of the schools u11t1l 1885 vxhen he 1fs1g11ed and xx lb succeeded bx E G Coolcx xxl1o COI1tlIll1f'd 111 that cipaclty Ulltll 1891 Then came L E A Lllli. xxl1o xx IS 1t thc he 1d of the schools hexe fox f1fteen xea1s 1111111 he 1et11ed 111 1906 a11d xxas succeeded bx E K Robexts who was he1e fOl th1ee VCHIS Folloxxma these vx 16 H L N9l1D'lSo 1909 13 A I Tlss 1913 20 C R Jackson 1920 21 A R Tlff1I1Y 1921 28 Chfnles M Nexeln 1928 30 and Daxld J Robbms 1930 O11 The smallest 11111111391 to gl 1duf1te xx IS txxo 11 1882 and the la1gest number was 70 111 1927 The total 11111111901 of 2l'7ldllltfS IS 1pp1ox1111f1tely 1200 CICSCO H1gh School had 1ts fnst 1111111211 IIOIDCCOIHIITQ on OCt0bB1 31 1931 Inx1 t'1t1o11s VKCIG 1bSl1Cd to I10 l11W 800 1111111111 of xxho111 '1 huge 11111111391 1esponded by then 1ttend'111ce at the school open house footb111 game a11d b1nquet Page Dune in V n - -E f' -sf. Il 4 ' I 'AJ X 5 - ' ALI! 1 L- , ' - 1 . - My 'Y ' ,f?Q N 't . 1 4 nt L ' ' 1 K 'Q-' fel - . ' II A .ll . - ' .A ' 1 3 ' 1 '- 4 H 'I .- .1 . 1 1 L -,--: - ,.-- , -,- - -- . I 81 -2- 1- c ' . . 1 1 ,- -. 1- 1 . 1' P' . . - , 1 :'1 1 'A 1 1 e ' '1. . ' ' 1 '1 5 ' cs 1 '. 1 1 1 1 ' ' '1 the 't ' '1 ' ill 111 the c'v11t1'11l 111111 1f e c'1ty.v CUllllllflllCt'5 ner-11 Mo11d11x' with N. F. Webber and Miss Willsey as teachers. . . ' 1 K. - ' . -- , 5. ,' . : A , ' . K- 125. . 8 ' 4., K. 7 1 , 1 1 I. ' ' , A.. D l . ', ' ' Q 4 1 '. ..' 4'fQ ' .' ' ' , . . 1' ' .1 , K. ' ' 1, K 1 ., . . K. 1 I., , ,' h . 1 ' 2 ' I . 1 ' . K. .' . W , . ' ' 1' '. ' . 4 - My 1' . . ' ' 1 ' . . . ' ' 1' 1 1 . ' . ' . ' . as I L .2 . K. . 1 K' l ' xt' - ' ' V2 ' ' . . . ' 1 ' '1 .' 1 1 1 1 ' ' ' 1' . WA, . . , .-. -- . -' . I 1 . ' 2 J. -' I 1 ' .' . ' . -' Q 1 1' . ' 1. .' ' '1 1 '1.' ' . '1 , ' 1 ' . ' . 1 ' 1 1 1 ' 1 ' . ' ' ' K ' 1 ' - I ' 1 ' Q v'- 1' .' 1',' 1 ' ' 1-' ' 1 1 . ' . 1 1 . 1 .