Independence High School - Wapsie Yearbook (Independence, IA)

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Our Ffzends Mrs Marquette has been 111 the elnproy of the Hxgh Qchool our mg the past year and l1as prov en an earnest ClflC1f:Ill 111atro11 She h as hlled a long felt 1 eed 111 the suuesstull adm1n1strat1or1 oi the sc hr ol It IS wlth great ple 1sure that we mtrodufe Mr Jacob Rose custo dran of the H1gh glhlilll He be gan h1s servlces for the School Bo 1rd Il 1905 when he took a IJOSIUOII 111 the Hawthorne bulld 1nf where he worked for four years He worked for five years 1n the old Hlgh School and IS now comp etlng hlS fifth year of ser VICE ID the new bmldmg M Rose has been a falthful and suggests Jake TWFLVE 6 6 ' 7 7 ' ' ' 1. 1 S . . , . A . , . . - . . . . ' L popnlar janitorg just as his name i , . , A . kj - 1

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ITI E11 nuuuuv I X? The New Hugh Slhumcnll

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History of the l-hgh School During the thlrty nlne years that Independence has had Hlgh School grades It has had three Hugh School bulldmgs The first was an old frame house purchased from a Mrs Wllfllx and a Mrs Prllsbury lll 1877 The second now called the Washxngton School was bullt Ill 1888 on the ground where the hrst bulldlng stood The present H1 th school bllllfllllg was bullt ln 1910 and ll rfter belng voted upon three dlfferent Innes It IS now consvdered one of the best of the state At flrst the courses that vere offered were more of colleglate cahbre than those onferej today wlth many Sllldl s now enbrac d lil college courses and was a broad uxnversal educatnon In 1889 German and Latln were mtroduced by the consent ofthe voters In lxter years Prlntmg M8HU8lTFdlIllIlfl Domestlc 5161118 and other Slllfll6S have be n added and others dropped untll now the Hxgh '5chool offers ten dlfferent courses namely Engllsh 'atm Mathematlcs QCIOIICC Hlstory Commerclal Nor nal Mannull and DUIIICSIIL Arts The first Dec amatory Contest was held ln 1882 and smce that tlme we have had five others one m 1885 one lll 1906 and the others 1914 15 and 1916 Every year the enthuslasm of the students espec1al'1 sntce Independence has competed rn th 8tate Decla nat wry Cu :tests has been Increasing In earry years orfamzed athletlcs were not developed at all The school mas er devoted thelr tnne and the pupxls to the study of the three R s but alone m the years 1902 and 03 Independence prodt ced a football team that was a wonder In later year ath'et1cs have prclc d up unt1l now we compete w1th the best schools ln the 5fate A school puollcatron called the Naroon and Wh1te was started ln 1903 and contmued for several years by Hlgh 8chool students and was a credltable httle paper In 1915 The I Hlgh was started belng edited and prmted by Hlgh Sc nool students Tojay Il s mal actrvxtles outside of the regular studles are many Boy s and t11rlsGle Clubs Llterary Sotletles Wireless Work Motion Plc tures Athletlcs De lute D lavnatny Contests and Edltlllg I'1e fi of graduates ofthls school were Miss MaudeA Durham now Mrs C E Plrdy He'en A Mam and Ada P Hammond of 77 The largest class graduatlng fr rm thls school was m 1916 when fnty graduated In 1887 there was no graduatmg class All ln all sux hundred and nxnety eldht students have completed Hxgh School lll Independence ln concluslon I w1sh to say a word ln honor of our Prmcxpal Mlss Emma Funk '1 graduate of thls school who has been teachlng here for nineteen years seven years of tlus tlme as Prrncxpal Durxng these years her elTorts have done much to make this school what lt IS and I am sure that we are all glad that she IS commd back next year l'HlRTl' l' N 1 1 . . . 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1, 1 1 . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 . , H i 1 1 . I I I I 1, . . 1 , , , 1 1 . . 1 . . 11 , . 1 11 1 1 1 to 1 vi . 1 . N 1 ' 1 1 1 1 , 1 '1 1 f , 1 1 , 1 1 , . 1 'Q 1 1 13 ' 1 1 1 - ' 1, I 1, 1 , . YI I1 - 1 1 1 . . I l . . . . 1' 1. i N 1 1 - T 1 1 ' N 1 1 ' I 1 1 9 1 , , 11 . x I Y. . . ' .I . . 1 , . ,11 . , ,1 , , . 1 v 1 1 1 1 -I 1 , c c . . - I, . . ,. . , ' . . . , , 1 1 1 ' 1 Q 1 1 ' .. I 1 , 1' 1 1 1 LL 1 111 1 v 'W w 1 I 1 l as 1 1 xr 1 , . T 1 K1 I . G . 115 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 . 1 J 1, 1 1, 1 - . 1 1 1 1 .1 1 1 11 I I l I 5 D 1 1 1 1 1 . 1. . , . . . . , 1 1 -1 1 . A ' I . . . 1 1 . 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 . . . . 1 .- 1-11. 1 1 1 - - . V K1 1 y- q 1 . . 1 1 1 A . 0 11 1 1 - , 1, . , .. , , , , 1 , 31.1 1 1 1 1 . pc. . 'r ' . 1, . . 1 1-1 1 1 1 1 I 1 . . , . . . . , . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 x , 1 . , . , 1 1 . ,. . . . ' 1 , 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 . , 3 , h . . ' . '. . 1 1 ll ' Vt ' I V ' h ' Iv 1 1 1 . - K' ' Q 1 . 1