Lapel High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Lapel, IN)

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-2---- - To the Old . .. Our school . . . its friendly walls hold fond memories of happy hours, cherished friendships, serious endeavor and lasting achievement. We, the last class to attend school in the old building are happy to complete our courses within the walls that we entered four years ago for there is a spirit and a tradition that lingers and permeates each nook and corner and We feel that we have helped to establish it. SCHOOL HISTORY Lapel High School, before the building was erected at the present site, was located in the southeast part of Lapel. The first graduating class. which was in the year of 1897, was composed of four members with Mr. and Mrs. Absolom Knight as the faculty. At that time the high school term covered a period of three years instead of the present four years. g The new building was constructed in 1899. In that year there were no graduates and E C. C. Bassett, the principal, was the only teacher. The first addition, comprising two rooms with a hallway upstairs, two rooms on the first floor, and the gymnasium was added in 1912. An addition added in 1924 provided four new class rooms, a new assembly, and a larger gymnasium. The original building with the two additions constitutes the present Lapel High School. Lapel Community is looking forward to the dedication of a new twenty-two-room school building and gymnasium in the near future. k

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THE 1954 SENIOR CLASS of Lapel High School Presents THE BULLDOG 4 . A

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To the New . . . We recognize the foresight of individuals in our community who made this architect's v it 1 sketch a reality. mf' GROUND BREAKING May 1, 1953 Horace Russell, Arthur Busby, Lowell Bodenhorn, Clark Herron and David Bodenhorn. ' TRUSTEE David C. Herron ADVISORY BOARD Arthur Busby David Bodenhorn Robert Jarrett