Jefferson High School - J Yearbook (Jefferson, WI)

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...195iEE34... Q, them buk lt vu is lmpossxble because of the Intense htat md dense snoke to gmt 1 hose lme mto the heart of the flames from the ll'1SldC of the bulldmg The wood con structlon of the lnterlor also acted llke tlnder defylng the firemen to stop the progress of thc hre The audltorlum burned out and the roof fell 1n The tire vmll hovstvex had helped ln retardlng the flames and gradually the hremen got control The old brlck walls of the bulldmg erected IH ClVl1 Vlar t1me st1ll stand and stalrways arc passable altho dangerous Everythmg ln the rooms not damaged by the fire and heat had be come '1 total loss trrough smoke and water damage The major part of the destructlon caused bv the tire occupled only about three hours of txme vshlch mdlcates the mtensmty and ferocxtv of the conflagratlon The loss of bulldmg and equxpment lg well over one hundred fifty thousand dollars Thls IS cox ered by sex enty thousand dollars m msu ance As the loss IS total thc cntlrc a nount of the lnsurance vull undoubtedly be collected The school records were kept ln 1 steel cabmet safe Thls safe had safely vuth stood the flu The savmg of the recolds means a great deal to the school author xtles All of the teachers suffered the loss of personal effects that they kept ln then Llc sks Only one dxy of school was mlssed The classes were held 1n the court houst churches lodge rooms and other convenlent places The llbrary was used for a study room IMI lXlXlllX

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NIC A :QT LJ Y, 'Ihe most dcstructlve I1rc ln the history of the clty of Jcffcxson tot llly destroy ed the High School bulldlng Wednesday mornlng March 26 1924 Of thc naw p xrt of tht hulldmg only sectxons of the four wftlls remam The north end of the bulldmg wlnth lg the oldest part was not entlrely burned out However the buxldmg, 19 so badly wrecked that xt wlll be necessary to tear down the parts st1ll standmg The fire orlgmated somewhere ln the basement ln the south half of the bulldlllb Xvhen first dlscovered at 2 30 A M the basement was a mass of flames under the en tlre south half The water pressure was w ry low and the hrst stream of water dad not carry above the second floor After some mmutes the munlclpal w xtez works got more pressure on at the pumps and the hose lmes were more effectlxe ln the mean whlle the old steam fire engme was brought out and hred up Statloned on the Mllw au kee street brxdge xt soon added another strong stream of water for tht hremen The efforts of the firemen were dlrected to subdulng the flames ln order to save the north half of the bulldlng Just about thls tlme the Fort Atkxnson me truck arrlved on the Job wlth a large crew of men The heat was terrific and the lurld glare of the ascendmg flames llghtcd up the entire clty Occaslonal crashing of beams as celllngs and floors burned away and plunged mto the basement coupled Wllh the awful roarmg of the consum ng flames fllled the nlght axr wlth almost deafenlng H0156 Relentlessly the fue ate the wtals out of the building seemmgly unaffected by the streams of water playlng on lt Not until every mfiammable plece of that part of the bu1ld1ng had f Lllen m clmrred and burmng pleces mto the yawnmg cavlty of the basement dld the flames abate thelr fury Sectlons of the walls crumbled 1nto a complete ru1n and desolatlon and the de structlon of the south part of the buxldlng was complete In the meanwhlle the flames had rushed thelr way thru the protectxng brxck fue wall mto the north half of the bulldmg IH splte of the efforts of the fire fxghters to hold IMI' IXIIIN , ,Y lwjl AV rl 19 ffl ' T 34 O l O , I O lx V, , . M. V ,5 .F ' 2 Q, ' ig 5 . k H ,L ll. s. Vlltli, XIXIUZII fn, mei - . . 'K -Q I . l I , ' . 'L L ' - v . ' ' T ' , . H . . Y . t . K . . U. . . , . ' ,, A ' 'Z ,' ' , ' v ' r , p ' . L ' . V ' 5' f ' ' 1 ' 4 . , . 1 , , ' ' , ' . Q . I . . I V A ' n r V ' 44 - - , ' ' ' , ', :Z s

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On Aprrl 9 1924 rt was decrded by tht school board th tt the entrre old NX est Srdr School burldrng be torn down and a new one erected rn tts stm rd on the sa ne s L The COIllfHlll'1lC3.tl0H of Professor Schmldt of the State Department of Publrt In structrons outlrmng certarn legal requirements as to the srze of rro as etc and estr matlnr, the cost of a school burld n large enough to mret the requ remcats of our crtv at from N11 :OOO to S100 000 dependlng largely upon the dlLhlt9f'tlllC of the same wa read at thrs Aprrl 14th rneetlng at length I-le also est mated that 915000 to 318000 would be necessary to properly tqurp a burldrng surtable for Jeffers n s requrrements October 1 1924 The large trn box whlch was taken from the corner stone of 'he olc' hrgh school bulldlng after the fire was opened rn the presence of the entlre Board of Educatlon Varrous documents publrcatnons notatrons and corns were found to be contained thereln It was declded an approprlate dlsplay would be made of the articles taken from thls box rn order to grwe the publrc full rnformatron ID relation thereto Informatron as to current actrxrtles rs con alnrd wrthrn thlg volume of the J Statlsttcal lnformatxon rs the backbone of my rt port so rt wrll not be amlss here From the years 1885 to 1034 lIlLlllSlNt 1111 students have been gra luated from Iefferson Hrgh School The smallest cla s w as rn 1801 when there were no graduttes Up to 1801 there were only ten grades n the publre schools and the Hlgh School was rn the secondary class To meet the requrrements of a first rate Hrgh School It was necessary to add more subjects to the course Thxs necessarlly called for a lon er per rod of tlme and so two years were added maklng twelve grades and a regular four year course rn the Hlgh School department consequently no class was ready to grad uate that year 1891 The largest class was rn 1032 w hen Ga we e graduated The second largest class was rn 1926 when ol were graduated The present school en oll ment IS 216 ln the Hlgh School department 16 ID the Teachers Tralnlng Dcpartmrut d Mentron should be made of the long and futhful servrce of George I Klspert Practically three fourths of the graduatrng cl tsses recelved therr dlplomis from htm rn hrs thlrty srx years as Presldent of the Poard Hts dexcted and unselhsh career was termlnated by hrs death January 25 1022 The Jefferson Hrgh School system at the present trme employs one Superrntendent and 11 teachers The entlre Publlc School sx stem employs IU addrtron to the twelve persons just named seven elementary school teacher rncludrn, a teacher of art and musrc and an rnstructor of klndergarten and physrcal OKIUCHIIOH A lrbrarran school secretary and two Janltors one for each school complete the roster There are then a total of 23 persons employed rn 1031 to ronduct our publrc school system The salarles of the teachers ax erage approxlmately il 100 each tnnutlly The cost of operation of the schools annually rs approxrmately SIA 000 w hrch rncludes 311000 bond retlre ment on the new bulldrng S11 000 for the oper rtron of the r rde school and 1132 000 for operation of the Hlgh School Perhaps some of the statements contarnt d ln thrs report do not seem gerrnane to a general hrstory of Jefferson Hlgh School nevertheless they have been classrfrcd n chronologlcal order wrth a watchful cyl out to futufe reiders who some day may delve 1nto and use pertlnent facts whlch have been carefully comprled herern May we add that we feel the crtwens of Iefferson have rurlded well and are Justr hed ln placrng rn their Hlgh School full contrdence and hope George Rarthel Rrehard Hennen Sources of lnformatron used rn compllrn thrs hr tory Poard of Fducatron Proceedmgs 1810 10 1 Hrstory of Jefferson I ounty Wrscon s Xol 1 History of lcffcrson C r untx 1840 Nnnu rl Announcements of the Jefferson Hlgh School 1018 1910 nd 1010 20 Trles of The Iefferson Banner Latalogue of the Jefferson Lrberal Instltut Iefferson Wrsconsm 1860 1840 .Jefferson County Abstr tct Ofhce Interuews wrth Mr Irmlt ll Porter Benj R Burr and Supt R S Smlth ltfl IIIIIIIIX aff. 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