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

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, T' LMQ AP-qc fi' ' ' if i ae' 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, on the 14th day of April, of the same year, appointed E. A. Osborn, Revilo Newton, William Dunkin, J. A. Moore, Thomas Hayden and iM. L. Stephens, who, with 'County Superintend- ent 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 Newton, 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 construction and approved plans for the building. On the 28th day of October, 1897, a contract for the construc- tion of the building was awarded, and June 6, 1899, the building was formally accepted by the Board. In October, 1911, a contract was let for a manual train- ing addition. This annex is located just west of the main building and a reinforced concrete stairway affords direct communication between the two on each floor. The building was completed, equipped, and ready for use September 2, 1912. 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 high ground, beautiful elms, and well kept lawn make this one of the most attractiveplaces in the City. The Santa Fe and Missouri Pacilic railways and the Union Traction Company's interurban line and city sys-

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vw. A.. .-,Q . 5 . , f .- ,. . a. -I ,. 1 -iiwg X . ,.- . , , , , , ,,,i-f -iif:1' i.? 1 6 Siwteentlt Annual Catalogue tem are all easily accessible from the building and, everything considered, no more desirable site could be found. The building, including the manual training addition, is 186 feet by 85 feet, and has two stories and a 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, hot and cold water on each iioor, natural gas for fuel and lights, electricity for power and lights, sewerage connection and telephone service. In the basement are the music studio, the museum, the domestic science room, the domestic art room, the gymnasium, four toilet rooms, two shower baths, and the heating plant. On the first floor are the principal's office, the library, the auditorium, three recitation rooms, the mechanical drawing room, the manual training rooms, and the study room. The second floor contains four recitation rooms, four rooms for laboratory and class work in the sciences and four rooms for the commercial department. The general equipment of the school is now such as to enable it to do highly etlicient work in all courses found in the most progressive modern high schools. VALUE OF HIGH SCHOOL PROPERTY Grounds, donated by Independence City ........ 312,000.00 Main Building, Annex, and Heating Plant ....... 60,000.00 Furniture and Fixtures .................. . ., 6,000.00 Manual 'Training ....................... . . 2,900.00 Domestic Science ..... , , 800,00 Scientific Apparatus . . . , , 2,300.00 Library ........... .... 2 ,500.00 Total ........,......................... 386,500.00 The school opened September 4, 1899. The annual enroll- ment has never fallen below two hundred. The attendance last year was much larger than that of any previous year, reaching a total of 476. f X fl! N