Dubach High School - Rattler Yearbook (Dubach, LA)

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cf D mach Hlgh School Contmued ,e placed Dublxc educatxon practxcally free to all 1n the d1str1ct In 1903 W Bernett of Umon Parxsh became prlrczpal He began the school year an the fnurch, but moved durmg the year to a frame school bmlomg constructed at the present sxte of the Hmgh School Bmldmg Durmg thls year under the superv1s1on of Professor Bennett the school became a graded school wxth an enrollment of one hun dred s1xty pupxls and a school term of elght months Professor Bennett served as pr1nc1pal for fxve years and durlng these years Miss kJl1VCS M1ss Dolly Aycock Mlss Pardue Mrs W W Bennett and Mxss Ida Stokes served as teachers Mr Townsend became prmclpal rn 1908 and served unt1l 19 L ln that year the school became a PTOVISIODBI I-hgh School and xssued prov1s1on-al d plomas to three gu-ls beth box, Mmldred Wh1tman, and Arvxe Ferguson School was approved as a standard Hlgh School wxth Agrxcultural and Home Fconomxcs Umts The faculty of the H1gh School at the tune lt was approx ed as a standard mgh school was C V Reeser Prmclpal M1neo1a Xnderson Home L cononncs W P Martm Agmculture and Bess1e Brown Hlstory Engllsh The hrst graduatmg class of the Hxgh School after xt became stand rd vas Reggxe Henry Cordle Autry Roy Nelson and Joyner Colv1n At thls txme, the I-hgh school and the grade school were housed ln a two story frame bulldlng The bulldlng was lnadequate from the standpoxnt of both smze and eqmup ment and ln order to remam an aiflhated hlgh school 1 xx as necessary to ado a new buxld lrg and equlpment at a cost of S20 O00 W hen completed jan lst 1914 xt was one of the best IH the pansh Thxs bu1ld1ng conslsted of mne rooms, two ofhces and an upsta1rs audxtorxurn vuth a seatxng capacxty of 500 RATTLER 1047 PW, 6 Q, -fu M .all ' I 'K 7 H my . A . . . . . . . ', W A . . . A . . . . , . V I H . : Following Mr, Townsend, C, V, Reeser became principal, and in 1913, the High

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Pxstory of Dubach I-hgh School Contmued The departments vere well equlpped nth standard equ1pment and the classrooms contalned adjustable desks teacher s desk and cha1r and blackboards The agncultural umt purchased a plot of ground near the school cons1st1ng of twenty acres at the cost of 750 at the present locat1on of the Hamxlton cementary Upon thls plot a modern barn was bullt wlth modern farmmg equxpment The u.mt of manual tralmng conslsted of traxmng m xarlous arts of Woodcraft These departments were abandoned m 1918 A fxre 1n 1938 destroyed the h1gh school bu1ld1ng 1 p nt with a value of approxlmately S150 O00 Smce 1926 there have been 500 students graduate sent 250 former stude fs to servlce 1n World War II ne successlon or pr1nc1pa1 C V Reeser E D Shaw Bert Warren N1 H Bardwell G A Gaar D G Armstrong C D Greer Bert Warren s are as follows 1912 1913 1916 1919 1921 1922 1923 1926 resultlng ln a complete new from H1gh School and the school 26 Today they are some 300 students enrolled ln our school w1th twelve members on the faculty RATTLER 1947 Pge7 A C ' J 9 S . . . . . ------------------- -13 . . --------- U---Q ----- - -15 j,rL Bardlow-2 --------Q------- 1915-16 ---- ------------- -19 L J , C -------'--------- . .. --- -W -------------- - -zz . . --------------- -23