Forest Grove Union High School - Optimist Yearbook (Forest Grove, OR)

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y A 2 Q9P.l.!.111I2i Q 'I R ,.. xx X l- X 'I I 4- -X 56 lr 'J' 5 rl f,f X XX . XX X I ff l I .,, h ' x Coon I Fendall V ' Wilson Bnarh nf Ghuratinn. Forest Grove Public Schools Mr. H. F. Wilson, Chairman Mrs. Elizabeth Todd, Clerk X Term Expires Mr. H. F. Wilson .............. June, 1928 Mr. Omar Fendall ...... ' ...... June, 1929 Dr: W. B. Coon .................. June, 1930 iatnriral The Hrst Annual prepared by the students of Forest Grove High School was issued in 19141. In it the editors expressed the hope that by their efforts an Annual should become a tradition of the future in the high school. Thus far that hope has been realized. In that first Annual there appears an article by Mrs. Dorothy H. Seymour upon the History of F. G. H. S. We quote from that article- However, as tl1e population of the town increased, it was seen that com- paratively few continued their school work beyond the eighth grade. There seemed to be too much of a gap between the school and the Academy QTu- alatin Academyj For some the tuition was prohibitive. So in 1906, un- der Mr. Wilkerson as principal, the ninth grade was added, and the fol- lowing year the tenth. In 1907 the Women's Club was instrumental in helping to introduce Manuel Training. A Portland teacher came to Forest Grove on Saturdays and this work was offered to those who wished to avail themselves of this new opportunity. In 1908, Mr. O. M. Gardner was principal of what is now known as Central school and under him the eleventh grade was begun. Mrs. Gardner began the teaching of Domestic Art. High school classes were rapidly filling up and more room was needed. In 1909 the Lincoln building was erected and by moving some of the grade school work to that building the situation was relieved somewhat. The twelfth grade was Page 9 944414 ' I 4. A m A 20 ll' B , I I W'-Q f 'A 1- .-f' 'X :W I I W- fl i I l I-:ri- ,i ?,? 'A 'TW Y I- I