Duluth Central High School - Zenith Yearbook (Duluth, MN)

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NOLONIHSUM

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i spite of unsettled conditions in our school life, conditions which reflect the present unrest of the world, we hope that we, too, ex- press the broader democracy toward which the world is tending; that the following, pages may be represen- tative of the activities and inter- ests of all our students; that herein may be mirrowed all phases of our school life. That the Zenith of Re- construction may be not only a true record of the school year 1919- 1920, but that it may epitomize the spirit of the times as reflected in the life of Duluth Central High School, is the wish of the Zenith board.

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Inlistory of D.CJALS. HE organization of the school district of Duluth dates back to April 10,1870. The following year, D. R. Haynes was elected as the first superintendent of schools. There were many changes of superintendent, however, until R. E. Denfeld was appointed to the office in 1885. The first mention of a high school is found in the ree- ords of the Board of Education for 1872. Seven years later, two three-year high school courses were organized, the graduating class of 1879 having two members. The Washington building, then on the site of our present institution, was occupied by the high school in 1883. In 1887 the school was moved to the building now known as the Liberty school. The first sessions were held in the present building in 1891. In 1895 a clock was put in the tower and after the Spanish-American War, a cannon was brought from San Juan and placed in front of the school. Enrollment in the High School numbered fifty-two in 1883; in 1894, four hundred, with agraduating class of thirty-two students; now, in 1920, there is an attendance of eleven hundred and a graduating class of one hundred eighty-nine members. The “Tiger,” the first annual published at the school, made its appearance in 1894. In this we find a history of the school up to that time. According to the account room 206 was the senior session room, while the rooms on the first floor were used for a grade school. Four organ- izations were then active in the school: the High School Musical Society, the Athletic Association and two literary societies—the Adelphic and the Olympic. Everyone in the school belonged to one of these literary clubs and much rivalry existed between the two organizations. The following year the Banjo Club and the Girls Athletic Association were formed. The editor of the “Tiger” dis- played asense of humor, for in that book appeared a picture of Mr. A. F. M. Custance with a full head of hair. As late as 1903 there were still a few locks, but since then he has had pulled them all out. The first “Zenith,” the successor of the “Tiger,” was published in 1895 at the price of twenty-five cents a copy. Stories and poems formed the major part of the book. We are given the impression that the Zenith board was distinctly