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Page 4 DlElDJllCA'll'lION GEORGE W. DAY, 1886-1947 George W. Day, third principal of Lincoln County High School, passed away in Spokane in August, l947. I-le headed the faculty of LCHS from H325 to 1944. His administration of the high school was praised highly by two State Superintendents of Public Instruction. Mr. Day was administrator of LCHS when the school was totally destroyed by fire in March, l935, and held classes in the Roosevelt School building while the present high school was under construction. After an appropriation for the school's construction had been twice turned down by government bureaus, Mr. Day, by personal correspondence with President Roosevelt, procured the grant which made the building of the present 3125000 structure possible. He also procured an extra Sl5,000 grant for furnishing the build- ing. He purchased the schools Grand piano, said to be one of the fgnest in the state, and also designed the stage curtains, Mr. Day and his faculty purchased, with their own funds, part ot the LCHS athletic field and presented it to the school board. ln the first l0 years that he was principal ot the school, the populatiori of Eurelta decreased from an estimated 2,000 to about 800, while the enrollment in the school increased 85 per cent. The Senior Class of l948 dedicates this l947-48 Lincoln Lion to .iis memory. ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
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