De La Salle High School - Delta Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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A loter survey disclosed that both cities had padded census results and Minneapolis had won by the honest count of 164,738 to 133,156. City limits at thot time were extended to 46th Street South, northward to 36th Avenue west of the river ond to 29lh Avenue east of the river. Near the turn of the century. Archbishop Ireland and other local clergymen hod the fervent desire to start a Catholic high school for boys in Minneapolis. However, funds were lacking and the earliest actions never went beyond the talking stages. On May 1, 1899, a prominent wholesale grocer, Anthony Kelly, died and left a will stating that $10,000 of his estate was to be used to found a school for boys here in Minneapolis, the school to be operated by the Christian Brothers. This set off a chain of events which led to the building of Hennepin Institute in 1900. A faculty of three and an enrollment of 50 constituted the first closs in who! is now the C building of DE. In 1902 the name was changed to De lo Solle High School, and a few years later the curriculum altered from strictly commercial subjects to a wide variety of scientific and general courses. Si«H» Sum' 1 00. I»allr»f toward N »IUt (ram iftctvra tovrtMj Mmwapol.. rwtelK library) A»OVI N. olUt Avomr . 190}. from Third to »fld»« Squor MIOWi fovrth from N.tolUl A» nwr Will to Tint A •inur Norlh. 1196 (9k»u »« cow'rir Mmnropol'i Public library)

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A80VI ■••oil district on Washington A»«nu hi 1869. Old port of Nicollol Hovm it ot « r m right. 8flOW Old City Hall at 8ridgo Savor . 1889. (Pictures courtoty of Mlnnoopollt Public library) 8 rt S oa J lutpaniion br. g« built in 1176. locotion of CHS o oulromo l (t n m to pillor. (Picture courtaty of Minnoopolit Public librory) illustrious leaders of the past who advanced our city's growth in its first 50 years. Pillsbury, Washburn, Steele, Northrup, Godfrey and Bassett are among the many great contributors. The fame of the city was furthered by the Republican National Convention held here in 1892. The GOP nominated Benjamin Horrison for a second term os President. Harrison lost the election but the city won popularity as a convention town because of its facilities and scenic wonders. At this time Washington Avenue and the Nicollet House were the center of town ond the nucleus of the business district. The city was not large—beyond 10th Street were wheot fields and pastures; the famous mills were a short wolk from downtown; but Minneapolis was steadily growing. Owing to the union with the villoge of St. Anthony in 1872, Minneapolis drew closer to St. Paul's population mark. Rivalry between the Twin Cities was already keen in mony respects, but the census dispute in 1890 fanned the fire. St. Paul officials sent a U. S. Deputy Marshal to Minneapolis to confiscate the tabulations and arrest seven on charges of fraud. Indio nont Minneapolitans rushed a train to St. Paul with bail funds ond had the prisoners released. Mayor Eustis tried to reclaim the records, but St. Paul police with drawn revolvers, kicked the good mayor at least 16 feet r

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Headlines in 1917 screamed WAR! Here at De La Solle military training wos given on a small scale. Drill squads of eight students were placed under upperclassmen drill sergeants who put them through their paces on alternate school days. Eventually on application for establishment of a junior ROTC program at De La Salle was sent to the Adjutant General's Office in Washington but nothing resulted from it, and the war came to an abrupt end. An interstate commerce law, the opening of the Panamo Conal, and the end of World War I combined to slice off o large port of the Minneapolis wheat trade. By 1929 the mill city wos no longer the flower of the flour world due to unfavorable freight rates set by the Interstate Commerce Commission for this section of the country. Milling magnates then transferred their control to the other mill centers, so thot today Minneapolis money controls 85 per cent of the world-leoding Buffalo production and one-fourth of Kansas City output. Brother, con you spare a dime? was the theme heard then as the stock market nosedived. Enrollment at DE went down accordingly, as many Si Anthony tofli abovt 1 60 (Kclwro covrtoiy MinnoopoAl Pwfcl Ubrory) tt « onnvol footuro ot lot ip'lng tho Aquotonnlol Porodo. (Picturo cowloty ot tho Minnoopolit Sunday Tribunal families could no longer afford the $8 o month tuition. In the mid 30's the nation climbed bock to its feet ond De lo Salle began to enjoy its first taste of the golden era of sports. ■ 1 9 Pr MAt doy Yi«w of Sr AnTfcony foil Nor ftovr m.lli and Faikoy To«»r in bocfc ground. (Ptcturo covrtoty Minnaopofci Public library)