Grant High School - Memoirs Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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V. S. Grant MEMOIRS Page 5 U. S. Grant High School N September the second, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, when the U. S. Grant High School doors were opened to re- ceive pupils for the first time, six hundred and sixty-two eager students entered, representing the first five terms. These students came from twenty-six grammar and private schools and twelve preparatory and high schools within the city of Portland; they represented schools from twenty-nine towns in Oregon ; they came from schools in fifteen different states, from schools in the Philippine Islands, and in Canada. The teachers, numbering twenty-three, came from six different schools in Portland, from five Oregon schools outside of Portland, and from other schools in four different states. So, here were pupils and teachers from eighty-five widely scattered schools, coming together for the first time to begin the history of Grant High. They found the main building ready for five hundred students only, so it was necessary that more rooms he equipped and that more teachers he added to the faculty before class work could begin. At the opening assembly in the gmynasium building Principal Y. T. Fletcher stressed the characteristics of Ulysses S. Grant which he wished the students to adopt—namely: courtesy, humility, courage and determination. The hoys and girls are striving to live up to these ideals of Grant. They have formed strong friendships in their new surroundings; they have found worthy leaders despite the fact that there are no stately seniors; and they are working earnestly. Because of the number of students at Grant and because of the expected future growth, the school hoard has decided to add either an auditorium or a wing to the main building by next September. The auditorium will have a seating capacity of nineteen hundred, while the new wing will consist of about twenty-three rooms, including mechanical drawing and art departments, and science laboratories. There will also he a small auditorium in one end of the new wing which will seat three hundred and fifty students. By next September we hope to have our athletic field completed, then we shall have an excellent place to play all of our games, and our track hoys can practice as much as they wish. hen this has been accomplished, just watch the Grant “Generals” plow down the field to victory! In a few months there will no longer he the plank walks and' the barren earth of the present, but there will he a velvet-like turf, cement walks connecting all of the buildings, green shrubs and brilliant flowers. Then Grant will he one of the most beautiful schools in the Northwest. —Elizabeth Scott.

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