Humboldt High School - Red and White Yearbook (Humboldt, NE)

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THE NEW AND THE OLD

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ORDER OP B O O K 3 Q FACULTY CLASSES Organizations ATHLETICS JOKES

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The Cnty of Humboldt Humboldt the celestial city the nemesis of Richardson county per- haps not in terms of population for we 'are second only to Falls City in that respect but it leads by far in progiessiveness and prosperity Not only is Humboldt prosperous along the business line but it boasts of one of the most thorough yet practical schools in the county Old Humboldt High Oh! Many times have its youths sallied forth on the athletic field to match their prowess against that of other schools and uphold its traditional honor. Many times have they emerged from the fray with banners flying the smile of victorv lighting their countenances. Leaving the illustrious present and delving into the 'dark and mys- terious past, we find that not so long ago, sixty-one years, to be exact, the City of Humboldt was just about to come into existence. The country was at that time, as far as the eye could see, a huge rolling prairie. The gnlyii trees to be seen were the few straggling ones growing along the creek an s. O. J. Tinker, said to be the founder of Humboldt, came to Nebraska shortly before 1867. Tradition has it, that Mr. Tinker was brought down Long Branch Creek by John Scott, to the present site of the city. Mr. Scott is said to have received a dollar for his services. This led to the jocular remark that the fair City of Humboldt was founded for a dollar. I ll'Il4P.l':fl'4YIl4I.CG1l'lV,dWI'AlIl4U:l'ffl'l7Il4Y.C'1'l'lVI!AY:C llYI!Al:dr.fj-AVI! U4 4 i a r 1 . 9 o l ' r cc n 1 n V a v . e Mr Tinker, with several others, organized the town, set up one or two stores and gradually the town mcreased in size and importance. Thus be- gan the evolution from a paltry few who lived in sod or rough hewn cabins, to the hundreds that l1ve 1n the fine large comfortable homes of today These early citizens all of them hardy pioneers but possessing or in herltlng that desire or thirst for knowledge that characterizes the typical American accordingly organized and built the first school building of Humboldt So It was that in 1867 almost at the same time that Hum boldt was iecognlzed as a corporate body the first school was erected and instruction started The bulldlng erected for the sum of three hundred dollars now stands east of the James Poultry company and is occupied by Rlley O Keefe It was then known as the Grant school and there were ten pupils in the first class As time went on and pioneers settled in the town it became necessary to enlarge the building The second school was erected on the site of the present ward bu1ld1ng at a cost of five thousand dollars This later be came the Bohemian hall Humboldt was now fairly good S1Zed and conditions demanded a new and larger school In 1885 the present large building was completed at a cost of fifteen thousand dollars This too proved 1nsuff1c1ent to take care of the ever increasing number of students and 1n 1913 a new wing was bullt giving more spaclous room for classes dollars It contains the three lower grades and the gymnasium Page Seven 7 9 n ' y J ' ' . 9 1 I f ' ! u n I , , , . 1 1 ' ' , a . . u - . , I 1 - ' 4 , 1 n Q a c ! ! The ward school was constructed in 1923, at a cost of twelve thousand P I IIA Y 'Ad P 'I 'IIA I Ilia Dfl VIII F IM 9:1 VIII Y-II ,fliVfIA I lr, DJ I Ili D 'I VIII I lib I 'I VIII Y I I A S .