Huron High School - Tiger Yearbook (Huron, SD)

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Spelling, penmanship, and arithmetic stressed . . . Reading Is 0! Prime Importance From its beginnings in 1880 cur- riculum expansion accompanied building growth. Although education for children ages 10 to 14 was not required by law until 1889, all Huron children had the oppor- tunity to learn the so-called basics in the first ungraded school on Wisconsin Avenue. Reading was considered of prime Importance, but spelling, penmanshlp. and arithmetic were also stressed. There were few high school elective courses'and most students took the same prescrlbed curriculum consisting of algebra, plane geometry, fairly advanced geograDhY- world history, American history, comDOSI' tlon, literature and Latin. oratorical and essay contests were also stressedv V 1974 chemlstry student, Steve Clark, works on a lab experlment. The class was taught by Joseph McCann. Frontier children were motivated to learn. Although they had many home chores, they made time to study. T0 9 , them, a Free Reading Room over Cash and Busbey's store was provided bY 1884' because according to the women's Chris- tian Temperance Union, the best wav to keep young people away from the haunts whose influence destroys the mind. Fhe body and soul is to find them something better to do. In November 1885 a pt'he gressive Eucher party was given for n5 benefit of the library. About 125 perSOde participated and raised $70 thCh mind the evening affair both a finahcla' social success. It was a proud moment 1: Parents when the Flrst Huron '3' r school graduates received '5 rd diplomas ut- the Grand OPE House on June 3, 1881. From the earliest years there was ron Interest in music education for Hue in children. For the first brick schoo 10le for 1882 the pupils worked to raise monevme a reed organ. The professor. 35 de a superintendent was called, also mat of donation to help meet the total 605 $60. ry Shortly after the turn Of the Cantu special teachers were hired to supeTect the teaching of music classes and t0 d1'912 glee clubs and other vocal groupS- By W of Children Were introduced to the mus rd5- opera stars through phonograph recotary operettas Were presented by elemen the pupils fl Daum's Opera House. taged 1920's hlgh school operettas were 5 In the Huron College Auditorium. Coor- In 1935 the first musical rev ?W was dinated by the vocal music directogs m 9W9 W'th orchestra and vow 5 ' 4t

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4Madison school on Idaho and 16th street S.E. was bullt in 1956. Huron vocational school west of the senior hlgh school was built In 1977. vBuchanan Elementarv School at Fifth and Mellette s.w. was built in 1961.

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3. ,nur: , subsequent years vocal, band and OI - chestra concerts and Broadway muslcals entertained the publlc. music students also traveled to other towns to par- ticipate In music festivals and contests as we as in All-State Chorus, Band and Or- chestra over the years. Art, another cultural subject, was of- : fered In the early 1900's. Children COm' monly purchased small lndlvldual prlnts Of masterpiece paintings from the Perry Art company. These pictures and the artlsts were studied untll many puplls could readily Identify works of Millet. Corot. Bonheur, Raphael, Landseer and others. An art teacher-supervlsor was employed in the elementary grades and speclal art ' teachers were hlred for the junior and senior high school. However, there Is no . longer an elementary art supervlsor. 4The assembly hall in 1918 when the high school building was located at II- linois Avenue and Flfth street. VMr. Glenn 0. FUISDY, Driver Educatlon Instruc- tor; Gene Dvorak, South Dakota High School's Best Driver in 1955; and Mr. Donovan Todd, Drlver Educatlon.