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MICHIGAN CITY HIGH SCHOOL To use a figurative expression, we shall say that “a lot of water has run through the mill since the first community high school was erected in 1869 on the site of the present Elston School. Figures which show the relative numbers of the first and the last graduation classes, along with the spacious construction of today’s senior high school in relation to the quaint building which housed the first group of seniors, attest only too well the soundness of the statement. The first group to graduate, in 1871, numbered three—Alice Brett, Sarah Farrar, and Mary Behan—but since then the number has steadily increased until now it stands at well over one hundred and fifty students. The old high school lodged the scholastic public until 1876, when the Central School was built because of the demand for larger accommodations. The period of time in which the school was located here terminated abruptly when fire destroyed the building in 1896. While the building was being reconstructed, classes were held in Barker Hall and other places about the town. However, the building soon became inadequate, and an Isaac C. Elston High School, now the Junior High School, was erected at Detroit and Spring Streets in 1909. Again the enrollment became too large, and the present Isaac C. Elston Senior High School was constructed in 1924. Classes were opened in it in 1925, and the Class of 26 was the first to graduate from the new school. The Class of ’34 entered the school in 1930 and is the ninth to be graduated from this building. I 1
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D. M. HUTTON President HENRY MILLER Secretary THERON MILLER Treasurer THE BOARD OF EDUCATION Although the Board of Education is brought into contact with the students only indirectly, it is the guiding influence of our school system and plays an important part in the destinies of our scholastic life. We appreciate the deep interest which the members take in us, and in return we wish them success and happiness in their work. 12 MARTHA HALLF.R Financial Secretary ALMA SCHILF Assistant Secretary
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