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FROM MIDWAY Midway Building In 1890, twenty years before the CHAIN saw the light of day, Charlottesvil1e's first high school was organized. The site was the old Midway Building on Vinegar Hill. The purpose was to prepare public grade- school pupils for college. Two resolutions of the school board at its organizational meeting, held August 8, 1890, in the office of the Chief of Police are interesting: both Boys and Girls shall be admitted and taught . . . studying in different rooms. There shall be 2 Teachers, a Principal and Assistant, the former to receive S80 a month and the latter S65 for nine monthsl' The first subjects taught were Latin, German, French, history, and mathematics. The school opened on September 10, 1890, with thirty pupils attending. Classes re- mained small and no changes were made in the curriculum until 1909. In that year Mr. James G. Johnson became school superin- tendent and addedabusiness course of study. New subjects offered were typewriting, sten- ography, b o okke e p i n g , and commercial arithmetic. In 1924 the Charlottesville High School was renamed Lane High in honor of Mr. James W. Lane, principal from 1895 to 1919.
TO LANE HIGH During the nineteen thirties a gradual change in the philosophy of high school ed- ucation resulted in broadening the curricu- lum. Three types of diplomas were awarded: the College Entrance Diploma, the Com- mercial Diploma, and the General Diploma. The practice today, however, is to award one diploma to all Lane graduates. In 1940 the present building at Preston Avenue and Mclntire Road opened its doors to 931 students. A high of 1046 pupils was enrolled in 1957-58. The current year of 1959-60, after last year's unsettling events, finds our enrollment standing at 763. Through all these ebbs and flows and vicis- situdes our school annual, the CHAIN, has embodied the most consistent efforts to re- cord and preserve the day to day history of Lane High School. We trust you think this fiftieth anniversary edition takes a worthy place in this tradition. Lane High School By 1939, when elementary students were removed from Midway Building to newly completed Clarke School, the high school enrollment had grown to 732 students.
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