Des Moines Technical High School - Engineer Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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QPID Tllklwt Zbtgil J 'in ARLY rn the fall of 1864, on the second floor of a little brick school house at Sixth and School, West High f k first ame into existence There were only a few puprls and a single teacher, who had classes in all branches of education, from spelling to astronomy, T from smgrng to surveying gi l M, The first year was not an entire success, so early in the term the high school was compelled to surren der the second floor to the larger primary classes, and take a small room on the floor below where rt was so crowded that the very win dow srlls were used as seats Under such discouraging circumstances the school fought for exrstence for four years, gaining students very slowly and gradually first encouragement came xn 1868, when the school was re noved to the old Thrrd Ward building which formerly stood on the corner of Ninth and Lo ust The building, though co nparatively large, was poorly constructed and one morning the plasterxng fell fron the cexl rng onto the heads of the pupils For this and other reasons, it was decided to give up the third floor of the new Lincoln building to the high school Even th s place was not without its drawbacks, for th heating was very poor and at times the gas was lighted that so ne sensation of warmth might be gained by the shivering students However, the c ommodatrons were the best the school had yet emoycd and she was quzck to seize her opportunity and entered into her first era of prosperity The course of study, though somewhat different from the original one, still made the same requirements from all students and vncluded such advanced subyects as trrgonometry and calculus The faculty had increased to three and from time to time during the stay rn this building new members were added and new studies included Science was made a specialty and one of the three high school rooms was given up to t The apparatus consisted of a few test tubes, a Shui?-v .M ' ' - T ' . ' . ' 4 I 7 K I L 'K 5 75 4 I 4 . ' . . l . Y A, Y . . . ' QS k c 1 L 4 g r . L . e . 4 4 4 4 L 4 4 establishing a standard among the citizens of West Des Moines. The . . . ' L 1 f 4 C . ' l I 1. 1 . 4 . 1 ' r ' ' : ' - I C I 0 l 6 C I L 5 ' ' . ' e ' . . . 1 L ' A . . . . 0 a c . ' ' t 1 1 g ' , l C I ' I 6 L , . 0 , 5 . . .