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1933 LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL Port Arthur, Texas
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LINCOLN SCHOOL BUILDING SHORT HISTORY OF LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL In 1905 the Port Arthur School for Negroes was organized with Profes- sor A. J. Criner serving as principal; from 1905 to 1908. Professor M. W. Lawson succeeded him. serving- from 1908 to 1914 with 3 assistants. In 1914 Professor W. E. Sampson took over the office retaining it to the present day. Under him the faculty had a minimum of 4 teachers and a maximum of 47 during the intervening years. The school was first conducted on Sixth Street together with the Sixth Street Baptist Church and the Odd Fellows Hall. Upon recommen- dation of our present Superintendent G. M. Sims, to the school board, the school came into possession of an entire block, situated on Lincoln Avenue, and erected a four-room frame building from which 'the present school de- rives its name. In 1920 the building on page 4 was constructed, consisting of 16 class- rooms. As the number of pupils increased, Superintendent G. M. Sims with a far-reaching vision, saw the need of larger accommodations to meet the de- mand. Then in 1929 eighteen 08 rooms were added, and one more block for play activities. In that year our enrollment was 2080, with 11 grades. In conneotion there is a library containing 1095 volumes; a well equipped cafeteria, and auditorium seating 800, and a principal's office with all mod- ern conveniences and a stenographer in charge. There are also rest rooms, comfortably furnished; and six lavatories. There are departments of Home Economics, Arts and Crafts, Manual Arts, Sewing, Physical Education, Music, First Aid; Chemical and Physical Laboratory. The building is heat- ed by steeam and lighted by e'ectricity. In 1918 the first graduates to go from this school were 3 in number. Since then there has been an ever increasing number of graduates; and now in 1933 the number is 24. It has always been the aim of the school to send out students who are worthy of graduation and who have completed the pre- scribed course with credit, rather than mere numbers. We are proud to say that Lincoln High School graduates are admitted into the leading negro colleges without examinations.
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