Fremont High School - Flame Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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X f fffa WNW? 1950 To MR. H. D. BRASEFIELD whose years of service have been deeply appreciated by all who have graduated from Fremont High School, do we dedicate this . . . our twenty-fifth anniversary annual :fs 'r 6

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5 . X Xnu. .. v '91 Muffy X Xi O5 J I E 2 f,,,-Lfio,-f..1'f-....-1'-ff! 1950 M lstory 0 remont Under the guidance of Frank Stuart Rosseter, aided by a faculty of live, including Miss McMillan and Mrs. Lawson, upon the third Hoor of the Melrose Grammar School, in August, 1905, Union High School No. Four came into existence. The first student body was corn-posed of one hundred and thirty pupils, and the iirst graduating class consisted of three seniors. That marked the beginning of Fremont High School. In 1906, due to the inliux of students from the devastated area caused by the San Francisco fire and earthquake, the school was moved to the present location on Foothill Boulevard, and was dedicated to, and named after, John C. Fremontp In 1913 part of the athletic field was added and a gym- nasium was erected. At the same time two wings were built onto the main building. In 1915 the annex was added, and finally, in 1925, the athletic grounds were enlarged and improved and the bleachers placed along the High Street boundary. In the original school, games were played in the furnace room under- neath the auditorium, and the student body dances took place in the halls. The two bungalows in front of the school dated from this period, being the iirst of the many additions. 1 Principal Frank S. Rosseter passed away in 1915, after ten years of inspired leadership. He was succeeded by Mr. Cox, who, in 1917, was replaced by H. D. Brasefield, who had served as vice-principal to both of his predecessors, and has continued in the position to the present time. The school, covering the grounds from the boulevard to Ygnacio Street and extending from Forty-fifth Avenue to High Street, was considered one of the best equipped high schools in Oakland, the athletic iield was the best of its kind in the locality, and the campus, carefully tended, was known as a spot of beauty. On the night of January 1, 1930, a fire of unknown origin swept over the buildings, completely destroying the main portions and irreparably damag- ing the annex and gymnasiums. Only the shops, of concrete construction, were left unscathed. All records and equipment were lost, including the projects made by the different departments, which represented twen years of student and faculty effort. An appropriation has been authorized by the Oakland construct a new building of modern type with even former edifice boasted. So, a new Fremont is shortly to rise once more the high place held b Stuart Rosseter. ty-live School Board to more facilities than the from the ashes of the old, to take y the school that was founded by Frank