Hanford High School - Janus Yearbook (Hanford, CA)

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' ' ng tim 69112,-91m'qh6n'z, fm Mya HARRY RODE V908 IQNO I892-I9l8 W. S. CRANMER E. H. WALKER I897 X892 X893-1908 T. J, ROESMAN HARRY SHAFER NWO-IQN3 PQHNQNB

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,,...,- ' PROGRAMME H ,nw ffilf-m f ,ls ' 1 1 li'-va ff' 1 J ' ' . 1 ff if 9.1, A.f sf-. ff, 'f flfff lpn., z,j BYJ f,,,u, ,Aff I Mft! ff, J A lf, f f'f fv'f1ff.'.'Cf. A I 'f 1,1 , ' J f ffl ifyya.--4 rn fglf' M! f 1. f :ff 7Z,,f,.Q, J ' ,s . V , 4, 2 1 J Curriculum for l892-1893 In lhe early years of ifs hislory Hanford, like o+her American communilies, lefl The maller of secondary educafion +0 privafe enlerprise. Young people who wished lo pur- sue 'rheir sfudies beyond The elemenlary school found if necessary lo go +o anolher localily or fo alfend a local privale school. In I89l l-lanlord could boaslr of a normal school wi'rh fiffy pupils. Public-spirilred individuals underlook fo inleresf +he people in +he eslablishmenl of a public high school. Prominenlr among lhese was lhe Reverend N. W. Molheral, whose promo+ion of lhe idea resulled in 'rhe calling of an eleclion lo be held on Augusl 23. l892, for lhe purpose ol eslablishing such a public high school in Hanford. Voling places were lhe schoolhouses of +he 'Following dis+riclrs: Orienlal ll-lanlordl, Kings River, Eu- reka, Cross Creek, Lakeside, Ruslic, Giddings llixrmonal, Pioneer lGrangevillel, and Lucerne. Allhough some people, fearing excessive laxalion voled againsl lhe proposal, il carried wifh a good maiorily. In fhe Ninelies Sivh Slreel was rne lrnporlanf Thoroughlare ai 4

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A W LANE lyC a SuperlnTendenT oT Schools S A Croolcshanks oT Tulare CounTy There being Then no Knngs CounTy called a meeTnng Tor SepTember I3 To malce arrangemenTs Tor opening school Dr N P Duncan Dr B R Clow J W Bellcnap J M HambleTon E L Gnd dungs A L Thompson William STewarT W H Dodds J B NewporT and C M Blow ers recognszed as represenhng The varnous elemenTary school dnsTr1cTs became The T1rsT board oT TrusTees wlThouT Tormal elecTuon Dr Duncan was The T:rsT presudenT oT The board and Mr Dodds was The TlrsT clerlc The board wuTh one dusse-nT:ng voTe chose HanTord as The suTe Tor The new school The name HanTord Unnon Hugh School was adopTed A canvass oT The communuTy disclosed ThaT There were TwenTy Two young people ready To enTer hugh school and arrangemenTs were made Tor The openlng oT The school classes were conducTed In a room above The HanTord banlc on Irwnn STreeT near SuxTh IT IS raTher amazung To learn ThaT The program composed such a wade range oT sublecTs as algebra geomeTry LaTun boolckeepung physics Enolnsh and hnsTory The TursT Term ended on May I9 I893 and Mr Cranmer reporTed an average en rollmenT oT I4 wnTh an average dauly aTTendance oT I2 7 Mr Cranmer recommended ThaT The TrusTees hare a second Teacher capable oT Teachnng commercnal sublecTs In vlew oT The TacT ThaT some boys had dusconhnued school because oT The laclc oT Those sublecTs The enlargemenT oT The school necessuTaTed larger quarTers The second Term oT school was held an a Two room dwelllng house on The souTh side oT Elm STreeT un The bloclc beTween DouTy and Harris Thus bunldung was In use unT1l IB96 ln The Tall oT l892 B A BaTeman and Charles Hobler oTTered The board of TrusTees a number oT loTs a porTuon of The block which ns now Lacey Park on condnTlon ThaT a school be buulT Thereon and noT removed Tor TnTTy years The guTT oT suxTeen loTs was accepTed Mr BaTeman who had oTTered Tour oT The suxTeen dned beTore The com pleTaon oT The Transfer buT The heirs To hrs esTaTe readuly consenTed To :T The TlrsT acTual elecTlon oT TrusTees Toolc place nn l893 A W Lane one oT The mem bers elecTed aT ThaT Tlrne served conTlnuously Tor TourTeen years Tlve oT which he was pres1denT George W Murray a Tormer counTy clerlc served as clerlc oT The board Tor Ear hairrnan of The Bo rd which Took place on November 7, l892. There was one Teacher, W. S. Cranmer, and - - r 1 ' . .