Hellgate High School - Halberd Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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Hellgate Emerges As a Four Year School 2 This year is the beginning of a new school and the continuation of an old one. Built in 1908, the Higgins Avenue building served as the public high school until 1956 when the South Avenue building appeared to take care of the rising number of students. During the years 1956 and 1963 the Higgins Avenue build- ing held only the freshmen and sophomores. 1961 saw a share of the juniors of Missoula in Higgins Avenue and a new name, Hellgate High School. In the fall of 1965, Hellgate em- erged as a complete four year school. New tra- ditions wen made and old ones continued. Senior level courses had to be added to the curriculum. Hellgate made room for physics, typing, advanced mathematics, humanities and vocational courses. A new era had begun as seniors hurriedly applied to colleges and took scholarship and placement tests. Not complete- ly independent, vocational agriculture and auto mechanics students commute daily by bus to the South Avenue building or Sentinel. Although the building at Higgins Ave- nue has been here for six decades, Missoula is proudly watching the development of a new school, Hellgate.