Hanford High School - Janus Yearbook (Hanford, CA)

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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 ' . .

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sixTeen years. The pracTice Tor many years was To have Ten or Twelve members. Old records show +haT noT inTrequenTly iT was impossible To TransacT business because no quorum was presenT. The Tall oT I 893 Tound E. H. Wallcer as principal and C. C. Van Vallcenburgh The second Teacher. The Two new men boTh served The school Tor many years, and are boTh Tavor- ably remembered. As principal Trom I893 To I908, Mr. Walker was a progressive and waTchTul guardian oT The school's desTinies. He had been an elemenlrary principal aT Livermore, and while There had TormulaTed an acT To legalize The esTablishmenT oT union high school disTricTs in CaliTornia. HanTord High School's TirsT graduaTion was held on May 3I, I895, in The HanTord Opera House, which sToocl on The souTh side oT SevenTh STreeT near Irwin. The Three graduaTes were Amy Clarlce llvirs. Burroughs, laTer oT PorTervillel, Fannie Fallin llvlrs. Ed. WhiTe. San Franciscol, and EdiTh Ross llvlrs. George ArmsTead, oT HanTordl. AT The conclusion oT The program, The audience by a rising voTe expressed appreciaTion oT The school. The high school grew sTeadily, and on June l5, I895, The board voTed unanimously To call a bond elecTion To provide Tunds Tor The erecTion oT a new school building. The bonds, amounTing To S7,500, To run noT To exceed Ten years aT six per cenT, were ap- proved in The elecTion oT July I2, I895. Two hundred sevenTy-seven voTes were casT in Tavor oT The proposal and IO9 againsT iT. ln The Armona disTricT, which wanTed a high school OT iTs own, There was buT one Tavorable voTe. The conTracT Tor consTrucTion was leT To David Gamble, local conTracTor, whose bid was 56,867.00 J. M. HambleTon, a TrusTee, was appoinTed as inspecTor. The new building was dedicaTed on February 22, I896. DedicaTion exercises were conducTed on The TronT porch oT The school, which Taced The S udcrT Body and Fa:c3T,, l?92Al8?3