Louisville Male High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Louisville, KY)

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E or isis - 4 X -I T'v- ml HISTORY OF MALE HIGH SCHOOL The history of Male High School began in 1798 when the Kentucky General Assembly granted 6,000 acres of land to be used as a seminary. In 1816, the grant was utilized and the jefferson Seminary was founded. It was merely a two-room building with a faculty of two and a student body of approxif mately fifty members. Contrast this with the present building which covers an entire block and houses approximately 2,000 students. The seminary, however, was a failure and it was not until 1830 that another school took its place. This was the Louisville Collegiate Institute which lasted until 1865, when Male High School was established on the Corner of Ninth and Chestnut Streets. In 1894, it was moved to the spot now occupied by Ahrens Trade School, on First near Chestnut, and in 1915 to its present site. Since that time the school has had many an addition, such as the new gymnasium conf structed in 1939. During the four decades from 1860 to 1900 there were in all but 362 graduates, while today one graduating class consists of 246 boys. From 1856 to 1913 'Male offered the Bachelor of Arts degree to its graduates and in some exceptional cases the degree of Master of Arts was awarded. At first, adf mittance to the school was by examinations only, and few survived the devastating exams which were given. Military training has been offered at Male since 1858, when the boys drilled during recess and after school. An R.O.T.C. unit was founded in 1919 and has been a major part of the school since then. The first tendency toward athletics became evident in 1872, when the boys stood in the aisles and performed a few simple calisthenics and breathing exercises. A baseball team was organized in 1890, and the first football team three years later. Track and basketball came later, and swimming and golf are still being developed. The extrafcurricular activities of the school are numerous. There are three literary societies, the Athenaeum, the Delphic, and the Halleck, which are in a flourishing condition, and there are other clubs which sponsor varied activities. During the century and a quarter of its existence Male High has had the services of such out' standing principals as Marin Butler, W. M. NIcDonald, Dr. E. A. Grant, Maurice Kirby and Reuben Post Halleck. Leaders allhthese men devoted their abilities to making Male the outstanding school that it is today.

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.fi I l vi ' .f 1 l' f 1 fx I Q, , I b,,. f,,, .,,V,f, ., 41- J . MR. C. W. KNUDSON One of the most difficult and trying jobs in the school is held hy Mr. Knudson. In addition to the advisory duties, which the title Student Counsellor implies, he has to arrange schedules, write excuses, and per' form the numerous other routines of office work. The boys of Male High have always found in Mr. Knudson a man who is friend and advisor. x MR. W. S. MILBURN Mr. Milhurxu has been Principal of Male High since 1931. During this time he ha: earned the admiration and respect of the students hy his active interest in their prob- lems and by his desire to cooperate witl them in their activities. Always ready tc give advice or help, Mr. Milburim has ob tained scholarships, helped the needy through school, and done favors both large- and small for the students of Male High The senior class along with the entiru school, can now express its gratitude fo the advice and confidence of its princip

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FACULTY First Row-E. J. Ditto, J. D. Turley, M. XV. Newbold, G. C. Hummel, H. A. Salyer, A. I. Beeler, Major Bashore, Frank Vwflmite. Second Row-O. R. Lieclwty, H. D. Cannon, B. Carpenter, W. L. Dennis, J. R. Boyd, R. V. Tallrnan, W. C. Ford, A. H. Hinds, A. Elam, W. F. Bradbury, I. T. Glenn, M. R. Holtzman, H. D. Glenn, C. A. Belch, C. E. Patterson, E. M. Ray, I. E. Green. Third Row-E. N. Crum, A. A. Mooney, O. L. Wright, H. L. Routh, Lynn Thayer, A Young, C. W. Knudson, S. C. Osborn, C. H. Edwards, T. W. Hines, C. E. Koerber, W. L Pearce, L. C. Wetherell, A. E. Kalmer, T. H. Allen, T. C. Hesmer. Fourth Row-L. C. Gardner, Drake, K. H. Freer, C. E. Carmack, E. E. Black, W, C. Hatfield A. R. Blythe, W. S. Milburn, George Robbert, Hamblcton Tapp.