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TABLE OF CONTENTS STUDENT LIFE .............. 4 SENIORS (309) ............ 18 EVENTS ................... 44 JUNIORS (345) 60 SOPHOMORES (297) 68 FACULTY DEPTS............76 ORGANIZATIONS .............92 SPORTS ................... 106 INDEX .................... 136 X7 A Splash of Color Jefferson Senior High School 14th Jefferson Street Alexandria, MN 56308 (612) 762-2141 Volume 73
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Alexandria High School’s First Graduation - 1887 The early history of Alexandria school district is fascinating. The first settlers in and about Alexandria came in 1856 or perhaps a little earlier. From then until 1861 there were too few children or the families were too widely scat- tered to think of maintaining a school After 1861 school was taught by Miss Janveer during the summer. The Sioux Indian “Outbreak” came in 1862 and until 1865 little thought was given to school because safety was uppermost in the minds of all. In the latter year, however, a second school was taught in the original building. During the next four or five years school was taught in the stockade and the old courthouse. In 1869 the purchase of a site for a new school building was recorded. Later, a school meeting was held and that sum- mer Alexandria’s first school building was erected - 44 X 24 feet and two stories high. In 1876 a twin building was erected. Four teachers were then employed. The three “FI's were taught successfully in addition to Unit- ed States history. What was it like? The high school around 1906. A new school building, which was later known as the Lincoln School, was erected in 1883. It was quite a building, with hanging gas lamps and a hot air heating system. There was no hockey, basketball, danceline, or band. Extra- curricular activities were intramural football, orchestra, and declam. There was definitely not the variety that the school offers now. Classes were taught by five teachers, which included the superintendent and the principal. Courses included four years of English, two years of foreign language and math, one year of chemistry physics, and one year of history and bookkeep- ing. The school day began with read- ing, prayers, hymns, and quotations. 2 After remodeling and landscaping, fhe school was looking better 1912.
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