om EO A) A) ) A A A (A) ) (a |) A |) A |) A) ) AR |) RR | A |) a ) aie |) ee ( at ay set A) A) RR) A) er) ea ma 8 E THE CENTERIKA Jf eee OED EP ED ED (ED () RED) SE) SEED () ED () EO OE EO A OTE A OS) SA A) AE A ( RR RR ( mR amen) 8 06 HISTORY OF CENTER HIGH SCHOOL ja! bi al In the year of 1923, a few persons in Washington Township, Johnson County, i] Iowa, having children of high school age discussed the possibility of offering one year jaa! of high school work in the basement of the grade school building of District number te five. While a few parents in the Township were interested, and the project was dis- Lal cussed at various times, no definite steps were taken until June 23, 1924. On this date gat a meeting was held at Center School, where the merits of a country high school were jaa discussed ‘by several speakers. Afiter a great deal of solicitation, worry, and suspense during the summer, Lal thirteen students in the Township were found willing to forego the conveniences of j | older, better established, and better equipped schools which they might have attended, UF and thereby make it possible to open a high school in Washington Township. | fic On the 8th of September, 1924, the above mentioned 13 students gathered in the lie basement of Center School, and the first days work of high school was begun. lie Whether the number thirteen has been unlucky, can be best judged by those who j have watched the progress of this school for the past four years. It is gratifying to j 20 those responsible for the opening of the school to know that eight of the original j ' thirteen completed their four years of work at this school last year; one finished three : | years; only two of the number failed to complete two years of work; and two others : Uc § moved away and are finishing at other schools. Het Due credit for the success this school has attained should be given to Miss May line E. Francis, then Superintendent of Public Instruction, for the encouragement given. | : While the first year’s work did not entirely meet the standards of the State Depart- jor! ment for high school approval, being convinced that an honest effort was being made j Say! to make the best of existing circumstances and also seeing that much good work was j Bi! being accomplished, the State Department very wisely approved our first year’s work. LL) a a PS a P a P a oe ee ee ee ee ee Without this aid the school would have died in its infancy, and there would have been just nothing further to write than its obituary. We are pleased to say that the present State ! i Superintendent, Miss Agnes Samuelson, is also anxious that this school shall continue { j to grow and be an asset to this community. ij After two years of approved work the problem of adequate room and equipment Vn to handle a full four year high school course confronted the school board, which, it (us, = should be made clear, is nothing more than the board for District number five. Ac- jus! cording to law Center High School is a District High School. A number of public meet- jue! ings were held in order to arouse enough enthusiasm in the Township to make it pos- jue! sible to go on with the school without any interruption and offer a full four year high : { school course. Again it required a considerable amount of solicitation and time to En raise enough money by public subscription—this being the only way the plan for a high En school could be carried out under the present Township school organization, unless the Enh sub-district idea was used, which was and is impractical in our case—to erect a building (U5 z suitable for high school purposes. But by persistent efforts the task was completed juc,! June 25, 1926. Five thousand dollars was pledged in amounts ranging from five to five hundred dollars. In June 28, the ground which had been donated to the school, was fenced, and the hauling of material was begun by people of the community. From this time work went steadily on until the completion of the building and opening of school, Septem- ber 15, 1926. It has not been the motive of those sponsoring this school to compete with town or city schools, or to forward any selfish purposes, but rather to give the children of the rural districts at least some of the advantages that towns are offering to their young people. As a result of this high school, many are enjoying the benefits of a high school education who otherwise would have to stop with graduation from the eighth grade. ER SAS SNS RO ASnnenonS enone el Leonel ee or Sree or nee Do et ee ne eo ee LE) A A) A A) A) A) RU « | Sn OE) ) A ) () () () LE LL) A) ON A) A) | A LL LL S N EL |) LL A) LE) A | A |) EE UA UGURUSUGUEUCUeUrUeUEM THE CENTERIKA UsUguqUsUsUaUeleuciencucnc i LEO ) ) ) ) A | A) AE) LS Ee) EE ES A LE A) ERR) a) eS ome 0% a? LL) A) A |) |) (| () |) ED |) (|) a |) () ( (|) a |) ee |) |)
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, 99 4 4 | i i ein — 2 = a om a me me cme erm ee ce ee een Sm RE A A A A | A | LL | LS EL | EL | | A A | |) EE A |) A | A |) ee eee |) 4 ee ee LLL) I) (ED ( ) ERE (RR ( ) I ( ) ED ) RE ( ) TD ( ) I ( ) OE ( ) CED () ED () CED () ED ( ) GED ( ) -D () D () %,9, THE CENTERIKA cal O22 OE OD A OA A A OA A A A A A A A A) A ) A) A) A) eR ) eC i 06) ee 0 cae) ca) er LS A () (| ( ER EE ( ) AD ( () EE ( ) EE to get the best view or right prospective of true values but also to appreciate good literature, poetry, and many of the better and finer things of life. Not only can we distinguish and know of these better things, but we can tell others who are not per- mitted the many benefits of the years spent in this work. Education will make us better citizens. We are given a larger conception of what is going on around us, It enables us to see the advantages offered by community life. One of the important aids of the high school education is the physical training. It gives us strong, healthy bodies. It helps to make our muscles respond quickly a nd to make instant decisions. But above all it teaches us to give and take success and defeats in the spirit of good sportsmanship. The memories of high school tasks with their trials which in those days may have seemed difficult will be in future years but stepping stones to nobler things. Memo- ries of duties achieved, of difficulties overcome will make us stronger to face the temptations of life’s battles. May we all realize that the high school education is but a foundation upon which we build our lives. Ed. THE CENTERIKA One year has passed since the students and faculty of Center High School have published their first high school annual, “The Centerika.” We have had a very busy year at school and we hope it will prove to be very suc- cessful in every respect. We may not be able to notice the good things we have received at school this year or the next but in the future we all will surely be glad that we at- tended Center High School. We hope that our high school education will be valuable to us both in youth and adult life. In “The Centerika” we try to give a cross-sectional view of the work we are doing in the high school. This annual is not published solely for the purpose of demonstrating literary merits but also to show something about the activities of the students and to serve as a written record of the progres of Center high school. This year we have a larger annual made possible by more advertising and the gen- erous support of the people in our community. We wish to thank all those who have shown such interest in us and our school, which to a very great extent determines its success. We are glad that so many people of this community are quick to recognize the need for education. We hope that Center can do things better each year and that each graduating class will prove more and more that the high school is worth while. Ass’t. Ed. THE RURAL HIGH SCHOOL Johnson County has now had the rural high school long enough to make it possible to mark some results. More than 100 students in this county have been attending these rural high schools now for the past five years. Some 25 have been graduated from them. Next school year will find nearly half of this number teaching in our one room schools. Some of these have already taught one year and some two. The work of these be- ginning teachers will compare favorably indeed with similar work done by graduates from town and city high schools. Not a failure or even a half-failure has been graduated from these rural high schools, as yet among those who have taught. Would that as much could be said of those coming out of other types of high schools. I do not believe those who have graduated from the rural high schools are more capable than the others who are following them; therefore, the rural high schools of the county show promises of doing more than their share in improving the work to be done in one room schools in this, their home county. W. N. Leeper, Co. Supt. ’ LLL) ) A () ED () ( ED () ED A (AD ) ) A) A) A) A A SE A A) A) AE ( A ( SUS | OR SASRSASASASASASASASASASASAS THE CENTERT KA qaqa rrr or r Sree | (A) RE ( ( ) EE ( (ERED ( ) D ( GE ( (RR EI (ED) GE ( A ( ED ( a ema 898 } = a) ae) eee a
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