Dubuque High School - Echo Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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la was instrumental in bulding up the band. The Newsf, which continues to be Senior,s news- paper, was first published on November 1, 1921. The first edition contained four pages and, as the newspaper grew more popular, two more were added. Boys and girls glee clubs were active, in 1923 presenting the japanese operetta, 'lYanki Sanf, Students interested in writing found a stimulus in the Authoifs Club. The student council during this period was called the House of Representatives, with repre- sentatives from each homeroom. The other student governing body was the Senate, composed of two senators from each class, the presidents of school organ- izations and the editors of pub- lications. In 1921 there was only one coach, Merle VVooten. In 1922 the high school witnessed the arrival of three new coaches- Cecil Sarff, Wilbur Dalzell, and Ted Payseur. At this time foot- ball, basketball, wrestling, and track were offered. More stu- ' -Q Senior Hugh School shortly after its completion ln 1923.

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faultf, school was moved to the old Prescott School building on the northeast corner of Twelfth and Clay Streets. 'CA so- cial center was opened at the Audubon School to be held on two nights a week during the winter months. In 1914 the vocational department of the high In 1917 a movement was begun for a new high school building. I11 1920, at a special election, Dubuque voters authorized the building of one senior high school and two junior high school buildings. On the same day it was an- nounced that the new senior high school would be located O11 a ten-acre tract at the head of West Locust Street. 1910 was the first year the public school system had an orchestra. The construction of the new high school was of native stone, the style being Gothic. There were 26 classrooms and two study halls. On February 3, 1923, there was an open house for the public inspection of the new school. So many people attended, over four thousand, that the overflow of the auditorium had to be accommodated in the gym- nasium. The speakers for the day gave speeches to both crowds. On February 17, 1923, the building was opened to the public when the High School bas- ketball team played Davenport lligh. The crowd of approximately 1000 peo- ple was the largest ever assembled in Dubuque for a basketball game. The enrollment for this first year at the new high school was 733. After this period of excitement over the new building passed, school life re- established itself. ln 1923 there were 17 members in the orchestra and 15 members in the band. Ferdinand Di Tel-

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The construction of the new gym-a maze of steel needlework. dents participated in the sports, due largely to the fact that not so many extra curricular activities were offered. Football games, un- til 1923, were held on the baseball park ath- letic field in the afternoons. In the fall of ,23 the first game was played on the present field, a homecoming game against West Wa- terloo. In 1930 the first night game was played, against Oelwein High. The first Dadis Day game was held in 1926. The foot- ball team had some winning years, in 1931 taking first place in the Mississippi Valley Conference. The following year the team placed second, while in 1933 they were back again in first place. Until the completion of facilities in the new high school, basketball games were held in the Y.M.C.A. In 1921 some of our wrestlers attended a Boys' In- vitational at Drake. Athletics at this time received little financial aid from the Board of Education. A ticket sale was held before every game to raise the money. The first ac- tivity booklets developed from a suggestion of Mr. Dalzell for one annual ticket sale. The Girls Reserves, a branch of the Y.W. C.A., was organized in 1919, and a Hi-Y for boys became active in the next year. In 1921, 'ifor the purpose of fostering school spirit and the general good of the schoolf the D Club came into existence. Now we are entering the 101st year of Dubuque Senior High. The beauty of history lies in the fact that from it we build for the future. An early picture of Mr. Dalzell who started coaching at Senior in 1923.