Lorraine High School - Yearbook (Lorraine, KS)

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Ed Roth became administrator in the fall of 1909 and served in that capacity for one year. Bernard Friesen then assumed the prin- cipalship and held that position for three years, 1910-13. In 1911 the state legisla- ture passed a law requiring all beginning teachers, after May, 1913, to have at least one year's training in a good high school before being certified, after 1915, at least two years' training, and after 1917, four years' training. Fred C. Mil 1 er served as the school's administrator from 1913 to 1915. He was fol- lowed by A. J. Voran, who held the position for two years, 1915-17. It was during this time that it was decided that a fourth year, beginning in the fall of 1917, should be added to the high school. As a result there were no graduates in 1917. It is believed that the fourth year was added so that grad- uates of the high school could comply with time above-mentioned law and qualify as teachers. This is further substantiated by the fact that the board of education on April 13, 1917, passed a resolution nto con- tract with andldre graduates of the Lorraine Union School if they qualify as teachers.u Fortheschoo1year19l7-18, Harry H. Haury annual school served as principal. At the meeting on April 12, 1918, a motion carried to hold a special meeting for the purpose of changing the school site. On April 22, 1918, SENIOR CLASS PLAY - April 29, 1920 Presented in a tent the year before the new school was completed. IN BACK: Ernst Schroeder, Irene Wagner Mollhagen, Mary Miller Craw- ford, Genevieve Sullivan Bell, Emma Miller Davis, Nellie Schmidt Schroeder, John Groth, Alva Steinberg Janzen, Horace Pfeiffer, Harold Froning, Mabelle Roskam IN FRONT: Ruth Peters Staeber, Julius Pfeiffer, Dorothy Brown, Edna Schmidt Janzen, Mildred Froning Smith I the question, HSha1l the schoolhouse site be changed?n was submitted to the voters of the district who passed the proposition by atwo- thirds majority. NEW SCHOOL BUILDING PROPOSED Charlotte Morton,the first and only woman to become principal of the high school, held that position for one year, 1918-19. At the annual meeting on April 11, 1919, the board presented descriptions of three proposed sites.Themotion carried that the board call a special meeting for the purpose of voting on the proposed sites. A motion to build a new schoolhouse also carried. The board was then directed to invite District No. 74 to join District No. 26. Thus, District No. 74 became the last school district in Green Gar- den Township to consolidate with District No. 26,making H.L. Steinberg's Hdreamn a reali- ty some twenty years after it was first pro- posed. On April 21, 1919, the board contracted to purchase Blocks 16 and 17 of the Groth estate for S2,325, provided the patrons of the district approved. On April 25, 1919, a vote on three proposed sites resulted in 66 votes for the Groth site, one for the Willms site, and three for the Heiken site, S. S. Voigt was employed as architect,and on June 30,l919, bonds totaling 550,000 were voted for the con- struction of a new school building. On September 2, 1919, the contract for. the building was let, the board ac ce pt irlg the Wichita Construc- tion Company's bid for general con- tractor. School began on September 8, 1919, arxd A. J. Voran, who was the admin- istrator two years earlier, again as- sumed the respon- sibilityfor a one- year term. At the annual meeting on ' April 9, 1920, it 3 was ,agreed C13 to have a nine-month school term begin- ning September 6, 1920, C21 to levy Sl6,000 for school purposes and ex- penses in connec- tion with the new school building, C31 to authorize 3

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Shortly after the bi11's passage, aformal meeting of the patrons of the Green Garden school districts was called, and Steinberg, who was made chairman, led the discussion as to the feasibility of consolidation. Opposi- tion developed, and the plan was defeated. The idea did not die, however, and on June 8, 1898, most of the districts of Green Garden Township were consolidated, forming School District No. 26. Members of the board of education for the newly organized s choo 1 district were H. L. Steinberg, John Franz, and R. W. Cook. W. S. Bean, an experienced teacher in the Lo rr aine area, became the first principal of the new Lorraine Union School. The white, four-room, frame struc- ture was opened for school on October 10, 1898, with Valeria C. Anderson teaching the intermediate grades and Johanna Janssen, the primary grades. The first term, eight months in length, closed on May 30, 1899. Thus, the first consolidated school west of the Missis- sippi River proved to be sucessful. HIGH SCHOOL PROPOSED In the fall of 1899, Wilbert A. Ward be- came the school's second principal. His end-of-year report reads as follows: Eras- ers are badly needed in all the rooms. Some good music charts and an organ would not be a bad investment. A good library, containing about twenty feet of shelf room, Should be HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM OF 1916-17 Played on a Dirt Court placed in one of the rooms, and an annual appropriation of S5 to S10 would be splendid encouragement to the library fund. Teachers should follow the course of study outlined by the State Board. The county superintendent permits all who make 9073 in any subject, at a regular county examination, to use such grades to- ward graduation the following year. I would recommend that a ninth grade be formed for next year for those CCar1 A. Teubner, Edgar Steinberg, Minnie Steinberg, Emma Mohney, and Mamie Henryb who have passed the County Graduating Examination, and those having credits toward graduation should be allowed to substitute ninth grade subjects for those accredited. This step should be taken with a view to maintaining at least a two years' high school course. Respectfully, W. A. Ward. The following course of study was suggested for the proposed ninth grade: civil government, English rhetoric, algebra, physics, physical geography, and possibly bookkeeping or German. The next year W. S. Bean, the school's f i r s t administrator, again assumed t h e duties of principal and served in this ca- He thus pacity for three years, 1900-03. became the first principal of the two-year high school which began in the fall of 1900. In 1902, Emma Mohney Murphy Cmother of Flor- ence Murphy Schachtb and Edgar Steinberg Cson of H. L. Stein- bergl became the first graduates of the high school. 1 n t he fall of 1903, D. L. Katter- john accepted t h e principalship and held that position from 1903 to 1909, except for the school year 1906-07, when J. C. Anderson was principal. During Katterjohn's admin- istration a th ir d year, beginning in the fall of 1904, was added to the high school. All but one of the 1904 grad- uates, al ong with Edgar Steinberg Cclass of 19025 en- rolled for and com- pleted the third-year and thus be- course came the class of 1905. STANDING: Ernest Kiley, Art Becker, Albert Kruse, Victor Groth, Edward Janzen 2 SEATED: Elmer Rolfs, Lee Henry, Robert Hein

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the board to sell the old school building and site, and C10 to form a rural high school district. RURAL HIGH ORGANIZED On June 29, 1920, a meeting was called by H. Coover, the county super- intendent, for the purpose of electing a board of education for the newly organized Rural High School District No. 1. M. M. Rathbun was elected director, Oscar Wilkens, clerk, and V. H. Wagner, treasurer. Satan ,.....rcc ,T x-A-oo SESS? sl I E I 5 2 3 1 I A. C. Adams became the f irs t administrator of the Rural High School, serving three years, 1920- 23. On March 12, 1921, the new building was completed at a cost of 564,11-I-7.36 and was accepted by the board of District No. 26. DEDICATION OF NEW BUILDING The Ellsworth Reporter of March 214-, 1921, reports: IfOnI Thursday, March 17, fl92lJ, at rss: ...Wil S K 1 S 2 Y LORRAINE SCHOOLS - Dedicated March 17, 1921 High school and grade school shared building until 1951. . . . the new 565,000 building was dedicated with fitting ceremonies. School was dismissed for the day, and long before twelve o'clock autos and buggies unloaded their occupants, who had come to participate in the memorable affair. Promptly at twelve o'clock the doors of the building were thrown open, and for several hoursa steady stream of people passed 1 GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM - 1924-25 Champions of Central and Southwestern Kansas BACK ROW: Coach E. D. Meacham, Letha Schmidt Swanson, Alberta Weihe Thomas, Margaret Kruse Hunt, Maurine Hays Todd, Marie Weihe Ronan FRONT RCM: Thelma Hays Wilkens, Thelma Janzen Kinner-, Margaret Hays Campbell, Vada Wagner 4 Rolfs, Margaret Sullivan Andersen, Mathilda Heitschmidt Doyle