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flaw of jon JORDAN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL holds a unique position . . . first Minneapolis school built expressly for junior high grades . . . formerly BREMER housed all grades . . . ARTHUR F . BENSON, principal, enthusiastic about JUNIOR HIGH ORGANIZA- TION . . . 1921 saw his DREAM a REALITY . . . cornerstone laid in February . . . JORDAN opened September 1922 with Mr. Benson, full corps of teachers, and approxi- mately 1600 students. . . school named in honor of DR. CHARLES M. JORDAN, former superintendent of Minneapolis public schools. JORDAN a Showplace . . . visitors came from far and near . . . first school to have a SWIMMING POOL and PIPE ORGAN . . . valued gift from T. B. WALKER, in- dustrialist and friend of Mr. Benson,s . . . others giftseCATI-IEDRAL PICTURES from the MARCUS MILLERS . . . FLAGS from the WOMANhS RELIEF CORPS . . . VICTROLA and RECORDS from U. GOODFELLOW . . . HISTORY SLIDES from SUMNER T. McKNIGHT . . . CHAIR and TABLE for stage from DR. and MRS. JORDAN. BEARD ART GALLERIES set the pictures in lower hall . . . beautihed CATHE- DRAL and HOLY GRAIL PICTURES with color decoration and inscriptions . CANTORIA FRIEZES in entrance hall, memorials from CLASSES of 1924 and 1925. In 1928 JORDAN was shocked by the sudden death of MR. BENSON . . . JOHN A. WILSON came as principal in December and served until retirement, 1951 . . . LOREN L. CAHLANDER came from Corcoran Elementary to serve three years . . MELVIN A. OLSEN came from Franklin in 1955. Until 1933 GRADUATION a gala AFFAIR . . . girls in formals and boys in Sun- day,s be$t . . . GRADUATION twice a year . . . CHRISTMAS CONCERTS and SPRING FESTIVALS still a tradition . . . operettas, class plays, fairs, and carnivals things of the past . . . JORDAN still has a COMBINATION PUBLIC and SCHOOL LIBRARY, one of three in Minneapolis. TOP HONOR NEWSPAPERS the pride of JORDAN . . . Jordan News became The Iordan Call and then later The Mizar, symbolizing the star pointing NORTH, for JORDAN sent its graduates to NORTH HIGH . . . no PATRICK HENRY until 1927. Keeping abreast of the times, JORDAN installed a PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM . added AUDIO VISUAL and TELEVISION . . . organized a STUDENT COUN- CIL to assist in solving school problems . . . added the NINTH GRADE COUNCIL to help plan finishing activities . . . 1957 sees the advent of The Iordanian, the yearbook. Many classes have gone on to HIGHER EDUCATION . . . memorials were left for those who came later . . . the GREATEST HERITAGE of all is the GOOD each can do by THINKING CLEARLY and ACTING WISELY . . . may the SPIRIT OF 1922 remain uppermost in all THINKING and ACTING . . . may the THEME ex- pressed in the pictures continue . . . thY STRENGTH IS AS THE STRENGTH OF TEN BECAUSE MY HEART IS PURE. -Grom hSir Galahad by Alfred Lord Ten- nysonl
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