Ellendale High School - Redbird / Microphone Yearbook (Ellendale, ND)

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Ellendale High School MAROON AND BLACK History of the School N 1882 a committee was appointed by a citizens’ meeting to collect funds and arrange for a public school in Ellendale, Dakota Territory. The amount sub- scribed was one hundred thirty-two dollars. A contract was made with Mrs. A. B. Meachen to teach three months and furnish the school room and fuel. Her salary was $100. The first schoolboard elected in 1882 consisted of the following: Lovell Randall, clerk; J. A. Scott, director, and Wm. H. Becker, treasurer. At this time the High School work was begun. C. A. Kent, the first principal received the highest salary — seventy-five dollars a month, while the grade teacher received thirty-five dollars a month. Four girls made up the first graduating class in 1888. Up to 1917 the school was only third class. Under the supervision uf Mr. F. B. Harrington the school rose from third class to a first class High School. In 1915 the present modern High School building was erected. All subjects which are required by first class high schools are offered. In 1921 there were two hundred and nineteen pupils enrolled in the grades and eighty-five in High School. It is evident that our school has been progressing. The first graduating class of ’88 consisted of four members while the class of ’21 has nineteen graduates. Tage Five 1921 Ellendale High School Yearbook Coleman Museum, 2017

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The Old School The New School 1921 Ellendale High School Yearbook Coleman Museum, 2017

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MAROON AND BLACK Ellendale High School Board of Education Mrs. L. S. Townsend Vice Pres. Roy Crowley, Treas. R. B. Crabtree, Clerk J. H. Furan, Pres. Page Six Mrs. E. W. Ackert A. C. Strand Peter McGregor 1921 Ellendale High School Yearbook Coleman Museum, 2017