Independence High School - Orange and Black Yearbook (Independence, KS)

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S. Al. NEES. Principal. Latin.

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GENERAL INFORMATION. ; A special act of the legislature to establish and locate the Montgomery County High School at Independence, Kansas, was approved March 5, 1897. In accordance with the pro- visions of the act, the County Commissioners, 0n the 14th day of April, of the same year, appointed E. A. Osborn, Revilo Newton, William Dunkin, J . A. Moore, Thomas Hay- den and M. L. Stephens, who, with County Stiperintendent J. N. Dollison, constituted the first Board of Trustees of the Montgomery County High School. The Board held its first meeting April 22 and organized by electing Revilo New- ton, Secretary, and William Dunkin, Treasurer, the County Superintendent being President ex-officio. On the 28th day of May, the Board accepted the site donated by the city and on the following day agreed upon a six-mill levy for con- struction and approved plans for the building. On the 28th day of October, 1897, a contract for the construction of the building was awarded, and June 6, 1899, the building was formally accepted by the Board. The school is located in the northwestern part of the city on Tenth street, in the center of a block of ground 300 feet square. The ground is high, the drainage good, and the surroundings attractive, healthful and pleasant. The Santa Fe and Missouri Pacific railways and the Union Traction Companyis interurban line are all easily accessible from the building, and everything considered, no more desirable site could be found within the city limits. The building is a handsome and substantial structure, 115 by 85 feet, and three stories high including the basement. It is built of pressed brick and native sandstone, and is equipped with all modern improvements and appliances, including a thorough system of ventilation, steam heat by direct and indirect radiation, abundance of light, plenty of water on each floor, natural gas for fuel and lights, sewer-