Flora High School - Florian Yearbook (Flora, IN)

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I 1---v Flora High School as it is today March 31 1911. The high school which was commissioned in 1915 wis consoli dated with Flora in 1927. In une 1931 the Town and Township schools were con solidated under the superyision of the Township Trustee and the Township Advisory Board. A grade school was maintained at Bringhurst until 1935 On anuary 4 1924 Flora played their first basketball game in the new Community Building which was built on East Main Street next to the school. The school building dedicated on February 4 1916 was destroyed by fire on Suurdfry night February' 4 1932. After this unfortunate eyent school was held in the Community' Building The school term of 1955-1936 opened in the new eighteen-room school built in the same place as the one which burned in 1932. A new addition of five classrooms a farm shop, and an auditorium seating over 500 persons was completed in the spring of 1951. Many important and memorable events have occurred during the years. In the spring of 1929, the Flora High School o:chestra attended the National Orchestra Contest at Iowa City, Iowa, and placed third in the nation in their class. The debating team in 1952 conquered all opponents until they' arrived at the State Debate Contest where

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0 Monroe Townslozp In 1872 the Vandalra Rallroad now thc Pennsylyanra was burlt through Monroe Townshrp and thc towns of Flora and Brmg hurst were lard out In the next few years school was held rn sex eral drfferent buxldrngs rncludmg a room oyer Cromer and Brrghts Drug Store Thrs room whrch was also used by the Lutheran Church was ln a bulldrng on the corner across the street north of the Town Hall All the schools haye been townshrp schools except durrng the years of 1896 1951 when the Flora Corporatron had rts own schools Burldmg whrch was destroyed by fxre February 4 1932 School 0 ened rn 1878 rn the ncw two room brlclc burldmg on North Dnrsron Street w rch was used for cleyen years When the school became crowded and more room was requested the authorltles responded by puttrng rn partltlons both upstaxrs and down makrng four rooms rnstead of the two The school term of 1889 1890 began rn September 1889 rn the new sux room school bulldmg on East Maln Street In the fall of 1894 a four room addrtron was built to thrs schoolhouse Thrs ten room burldmg was the acme of Monroe Townshnp s edu catlonal progress Here rn September 1894 Prof E N Canme orgamzed the frrst hrgh school rn thc townshrp In the late summer of 1915 a ten room addrtron was begun to the schoolhouse at a cost of S19 600 exclusne of heating apparatus The school enrollment for 19151916 was 314 for the eight elementary grades and 105 for the hrgh school In 1907 Monroe Townshrp burlt an elementary and hrgh school bulldrng at Brrnghurst About 1910 the township began consolrdatlng the schools by haulrng the puprls from one school dxstrrct rn a hack of the carnage type drawn by horses There was a three year hugh school at Brrnghurst from 1907 1910 The frrst class was graduated from the four year hrgh school on Brmghurst School burlt m 1907 7 U l l , v Y . 1 V ' ' a 1 -. - H v ' r. 1 Y . - v a v , . E A v , . 1 , . ' 2 1 ' . , - . . . . , Y . , , , . A A , , . . . , . 1 r - Q . K ., f 1 f . ' 7 .Y l '

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they were defeated in the semifinals. In 1946 the Bad- ger basketball team went to the State Tournament at In- dianapolis but were defeated by Fort Wayne Central. Many will recall the excite- ment of those days when Flo- ra became the Peoples Choice in the newspapers. In 1947 the livestock judging team attended the National judging Contest at the Inter- national Livestock Show in Chicago. Twenty-six states were represented, and Flora placed first. png - 1951 addition to the present school building. The present school plant and curriculum do not bear much resemblance to the log cabin schools of a hundred years ago. With the facilities of a modern, well-equipped school at their disposal, today's students should find a challenge to achieve bigger and better things in days to come. Community Building and gymnasium. 'lm