Lew Wallace High School - Quill and Blade Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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Che ‘History of the Ce v IDallace School r J n HE location of the Lew Wallace School was selected by William A. Wirt, Superintendent of the Gary Public Schools, and the Board of Education in 1921. The original site contained twenty-five acres but it has been reduced to about twenty acres as a result of putting in sewers, sidewalks, and streets. The first building, located at the east end of the lot, was erected in 1922 and known as the Forty-fifth Avenue School. Miss Stella Z. Miles was principal. Since 1924 eight portables have been added and in 1926 the west building was erected for the use of the pri¬ mary grades. The last and main unit is now under construction and is expected to be finished by the end of the 1932- 33 school term. The growth of the school has been astonishingly rapid. In 1923, dur¬ ing Miss Miles’ principalship the total enrollment was 5 02. When Miss Ina Martin succeeded Miss Miles in 192 5, the enrollment was 776. Miss Verna Hoke followed Miss Martin in 1927 at which time the number had increased to 1,337. The present enrollment is 1,931, more than four times as great as the original number. This growth was accompanied by a similar growth in the teaching force. The first faculty, during the school year 1923-’24, consisted of ten members: The Misses Rose Veenker, Margaret Gale, Agatha Clem¬ ens, Pearl Giroux, Mary Fumes, Grace McAllister, Agnes Beedon and the Mesdames Florence Haskell, Alice C. Connors, and Mildred Kelley. At the present time Miss Verna Hoke, principal, assisted by Floyd Asher supervises the work of fifty-four faculty members. In addition there