Fond Du Lac High School - Life Yearbook (Fond Du Lac, WI)

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ln Retrospect Hour after hom' dL'f'tIl'fS, Racklcssly flying, The golden time of our lzeurts Is fast cz-dyz'ng. V O, hott' 50011 it will lmw faded! Joy draojvs, with forclzcad slLadvd,' And nzcnzory starts. - -Rcyfwlais. LTHOUGH the golde11 time of our hearts is not yet dying, nor the joy yet drooping, slight memories have begun. Slight memories they may be called, for the thoughts are so fresh in our minds that they have not yet condensed to mem- ories. But still when we,-the transplanted--look upon the new Roosevelt High School, we C3l111OlI smother the delicate flame of lonesomeness that scorches the sur- face of our hearts. Time, in its floating course, carries with it the hope and ambition of the individual and the progress of the country. Time has brought about the marvelous development of the Fond du Lac High School. The first High school, opened in 1858, was located on the corner of johnson and Main streets, and consisted of a few rooms rented in a store. How strange. but yet so true, that sixty-four years can afford such a change! Sixty-four years ago, such were the conditions. And now, look at what we have! Sixt -four vears hence -what then? J' , 5 We, the citizens of today are being taught to promote progress. Three score and four years ago, progress then, as is now being a ehaiiacteristic of Fond du Lac, supplied the city with increasing population, thus demanding a larger and better High School for the prospering citizens. In answer to the demand, the school with Professor Peabody at the head, was moved to the lVagner.hlock where the Vxfagner Dry Goods Company now stands. Again in 1870 progress demanded better 2lCC0111111OC.l3tlO1'lS for education. This time a school was erected, though not without discussion as to the size or site, on the corner of Merrill and Amory streets where the Roosevelt High School now stands. Professor Hutchins, who 'succeeded Professor O. C. Steenburg, was succeeded by Professor Mitchell. Various changes occurred during their terms: but in 1894. under Professor L. A. Xvilliams, the more remarkable changes 'took place. An assembly room and domestic science department were added together with the intro- duction of athletics for which Fondy High is now famous. The year 1898 brought Miss XVaters to the head of the school. She, who was an able leader, devoted nine years of faithful service toward its success. Once more in 1911, the year following I. O. Hubbard's term and beginning E. I. VVilson,s term, the general cry was, more room. To strengthen prosperity another wing was added-now providing the school with an auditorium and stage, with new classrooms, and with chemistry laboratories. And now in 1922, we, the class of ,22, with Mr. F. S. Randle as our principal, bid farewell to the High on Merrill street. XVe hesitate in leaving, but progress bids us go. How little do We realize the great step we have taken in the development of education in our city. How little do we realize the good which is being done for us by our fathers, our principal, and instructorsg but in years to come when the golden time of our hearts has died, when joy has drooped, and when memories begin, we shall see the problem as it stands. Then, more than now, we shall see, realize, and thank our supporters, our principal, and the faculty for the good they have done for us. Gt'IlFT'I.L'T'U .S'lzc'a, '22

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DEDICATION TO MR. R. W. FAIRCHILD Whose interest in us has been manifested by his constant endeavor to make our school larger and better, we dedicate this Life Y 1

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