John Marshall High School - Marshallite Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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Captain Edwin P. Conquest First Commandant of the John Marshall Cadet Corps || N THE fall of 1912 several important steps were taken. The Library was established and a trained Librarian ap- pointed. The system of supplying free text books was in- troduced, an d Spanish was added to the program of studies. In 1915 the John Marshall Cadet Corps was formed, with Captain Edwin P. Conquest as commandant. Of the 700 male pupils in the school, 240 enlisted. By the end of the session Captain Conquest had organized a most creditable battalion of four companies. The following are the commandants who succeeded Captain Conquest: (Cayeresine le), UE Ye hime tae eae eens 1916-17 Capminmvarsnall GaMunce ae 22 = 1917-18 Gaipetns)o union Gitestete ae es ore Pols Capiainka mond | anese = == 1D 20eand 1920-71 Cacti may a hema pty) tee ere ee 1921222 and 1922-23 Captain di e @ Alaiye eee eee (O25 Aeamcam24=2 5 @Apialing |ariess ti (on eee eee 1925- The growth and improvement of the Cadet Corps has been steady. In 1926 it came under the inspection of the Government, and has been rated first in its class (55C schools) by Federal Inspection in 1927, 1928, and boo:

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John Marshall High School Erected 1909 SHIROUND was broken for the new building in the spring a of 1908. The following fall the cornerstone was laid. In Y 6S ee) a Toa SY, plete, the school entered its third home. In November an entire day September, 1909, although the building was not quite com- was devoted to the dedication of the building. Before the completion of the building the name of the school was changed to John Marshall High School. In February, 1911, the plan of promoting pupils by subjects was put into effect. A pupil making seventy-five per cent on a subject was advanced in that subject. The pupils became more interested in their work, and the good results of the plan were immediately evident. The following summer the vacation school was established so that pupils who so desired might have an opportunity to continue their work in the summer. In the fall of 1911 the Teachers’ Training Department was moved from the high school to the William F. Fox School, and became the City Normal School. | qe

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Memorial Tablet Dedicated 1920 IN 1918, during the Great War, twenty-two male teachers were furloughed for military duty, and five hundred alumni of John Marshall were in the service. In the fall of 1918 the great influenza epidemic reached its height. The hospitals of Richmond were overcrowded, and additional quar- ters had to be secured. The high school building seemed the most suitable building available, and accordingly the school was closed for this purpose on October 4. Within three days the desks had been re- moved, beds placed in the rooms, and patients admitted. The school accommodated about a thousand patients. It was used for a month, the building being reopened for school purposes on November 7. In 1920 a bronze tablet in memory of the sixteen alumni who fell in the Great War was dedicated. The tablet was a gift from the Patriotic Society of the school, and was placed in the lobby of the building. The inscription was written by Miss Ray Van Vort, head of the Department of English. coe c eee SS EE AED