Klamath Union High School - El Rodeo Yearbook (Klamath Falls, OR)

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Page 8 IN RETROSPECT In Ma y 1908 Klamath County High School graduated its first big class-three youths ar-cl nine maidens, aggregating twice the number which had been graduated the year before. All sat on the platform of the assembly hall and each in turn de- livered an oration to the appreciative Cor at least patientj audience that packed the room to its capacity of four hundred-all, that is. except two young ladies who man- aged in some way to convince the principal that their talents were musical rather than fore isic and were allowed to render an instrumental duet instead. Those were the days when the people of Klamath Falls were beginning to believe that the twelve room building which had been completed two years before. under the far seeing leadership of County Judge Geo. T. Baldwin, might after all justify its existence, although not half of it was yet in use. The faculty that year consisted of four full time teachers-Principal John G. SW-1111. Miss Bessie Applegate. W. E. Faught-later to sei-ve several yeai-5 as principal after the resignation of Principal Swan and the one year's incumbency of john T. Butcher-and Chas. A. Howard. who afterward served niany years 35 head of Oregon's educational system. There gas also a part time teacher for music, Miss Mae Worflen. now Mrs. Burge Mason. r. The most exciting athletic contests that year were between the regular basketball team and the VVhite Stars-contests fiavofed With a dash of the forbidden. because the latter team was a free lance organization Composed partly of boys Who had left high school either by choice or by request. Then there Was the Amazon team C0111- posed of Junior and Senior girls Vvhg gave miscellaneous entertainment to raise money to buy the red Sei-ge from yvhich they made their uniforms of voluminous skirt-like bloomers and nifty Peter Pan blouses. Games were played in the attic of the High School building-which did fairly well unless you cracked your head on one of the pillars that supported the roof. . After several turns of the wheel of time, in the fall of 1915, C- R- Bowman. HOW County Superintendent of Jackson County, took charge as principal with a faculty of ten. The building as comfortably full that year, with an enrollment of some one hundred and fiftv: and interscholastic athletics had become a part of the program. although the difficulty and expense of transporting teams across the mountains great- ly limited the number of games that could be played. Another turn of the wheel and the World War was upon us, when it suddenly be- came a crime to include Die VVacht am Rhein among the national anthems of all countries that Xvere eustomai-ily Sung in assemblies. The German department held together until the end of the veai- and then vanished. apparently for all time. When the first K. C. H. S. student enlisted, someone conceived the idea of marking his desk with a little silk fiag set in a small block of wood. The custom was fol- lowed for others, and soon the big assembly room, now fitted with desks as a study hall, was dotted all over with the stars and stripes. After the war. though few of the soldier boys ever came back, the school ranks were filled from below. and the next few years constituted a period of growth com- parable to that of an adolescent youth outgrowing his little boy clothes. Successive principals sought relief. not by cutting down the boy, of course, but by getting the clothing enlarged. After Mr. Bowman, Percy Wells, now superintendent of the city schools, took up the struggle and then, in turn, Robert Goetz, F. R. Bennett. and I. G. Darling. but it rested with Paul T. jackson, who arrived on the scene in 1925. to accomplish the miracle and get the boy into a fine suit by changing his second initial from C. to U. Commencement exercises in 1928 were held in the present building, and the com- munity swelled with pride that its People's College was at last adequately housed. But the relief was short-lived. Three times since then the building has had to be en- larged, the last addition, made this year under the sponsorship of Principal Lloyd B. Emery, being by far the largest and most important. The main building now has more than sixty rooms, and there will be when school opens in the fall. a second building occupied by the shops and a physical education plant. It would seem appro- priate to revive the slogan which may still be found on some of the bulletin boards. placed there by the Student Council when the first classrooms were opened ten years ago: This Is Our Building: None Better in the Stateg It Is up to Us to Keep It Clean and Attractive. '

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V I V E Modoc Field, 1958 The Gridiron of 1908 and the Team ofil-914 The Orchestra of 1908 WW T We .Sw The New wlng, Maw Building, J A rn- fn Ei, w il The Class of 1908 l Front Row - Faye Hogue, Rachel Applegate, Lilly Arnett Second Row - Minnie Barnum, Fannie Virgil, Lena Barnum, Hazel Rolfe, Maude Nail, Winnie Winthrow Third Row - Alexander Martin III, e Perry 0. DeLap, Chandler McCauley lThe Glass of 1936K