Lowell High School - Red and White Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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S' HIG Sutter Street, between Gough and Octavia Streets. fit for neither church, school building, nor anything else. The account continued stating how the work had started last fall but was discontinued due to lack of funds, In May the sale of the School Bonds made the Board Hush again, and the work was resumed under a contract for 313,272 .... Original cost of the lot was 39,200. Grading and putting up a retaining wall cost a little over 33000. Furniture cost 31500.'l The exercises opened with a dedicatory prayer by the Rev. E. S. Lacy, followed -by a dedicatory song written by Bowman. Master Edward Thomas of the first class of the High School was the next speaker, then the pupils sang Sweet Summer Comes When All Is Bright. James Denman, the Superintendent of Schools, ad- dressed the gathering next. He detailed the slow growth into public favor of the high school, Of which failure in all quarters was predicted. He explained that when the school was opened in the old church, it was intended to be temporary, but that the departments financial embarrassment had delayed the new school until this date. He concluded with the remark that the new building, furniture, and improvements were go- ing to cost the city 328,000. Ani oration by Rev. Thomas Starr King, one of the great orators of his day and one of California'S two representatives in the National Hall of Fame, was next on the program. He felt that this was a proud day but that he would like to See the dome of the University crowning the public school system in this and every other statef' Thomas J. Nevins spoke saying that this day was the verification of his dream of eight years ago. Henry B. James gave an account of how the old u.,T-.Mc L. church had been raised and thrust back in the lot. In his detailed description of the new building, he said, Across the front of it, like the top line of a T, is a new brick structure with a mastic veneering in front and the undisguised brick at the end. The front is im- posing and handsome-there is no imposition as to the rest. Curved staircases lead the visitor directly to the second floor, where is the large hall, Hanked at the entrance of either side with a recitation room, and a gallery in the west end, for the excess of visitors on gala days, which when shut off by sliding doors, makes a good room for teachers' meetings, with abundant fa- cilities through the two stairways to provide drafts of air. All the rooms are bound with blackboards built in the wall. A convenient desk and a good seat is pro- vided for each pupil. In the basement are wash rooms, bonnet and cap rooms, a recitation room, separate rooms, yet to be furnished with gymnastic apparatus, and a long run of the softest sand in each yard, The view from the building, always except to the west, where a sand bank obstructs it, is really charming. The varnish will scarcely be dry and furniture in place this week, for which reason school will not actually be opened until about Tuesday nextf' The San Francisco High School then settled down to its task Of training scholars without any eventful happenings until June of 1864. In that month the girls were separated to another school, an old brick build- ing at Bush and Stockton Streets. Principal Holmes was transferred to the girls' school and G. W. Mimms was elevated to the position of principal of San Fran- cisco High School, which soon after took the name of Boys' High School. Up until 1868, when the University of California was established, little thought was given to the high school as a training ground for university studies, al- CLASS OF 1878 BERNARD BIENENFELD ZENAS UPHAM DODGE CHARLES E. DOUGHTY JOHN J. DWYER HARVEY M. EDMONDS WILLIAM HENRY EISKE THOMAS J. FLYNN FRANK J. FRAPOLLI JOHN E. GLENNON WILLIAM H. GRIsWoLD HENRY G. HANLEY GEORGE W. HARROLD EDGAR S. HOCHSTADTER JAMES H. HUMPHREYS EELIx LENGEELD SAMUEL M. B. LEvY SAMUEL LOUISSON SAMUEL J. MAGUIRE PRED MATTHEWS ALONZO G. MCEARLAND EDWARD D. OAKLEY EDWARD c. PEASE EDWARD s. PURDY JOSEPH E. ROBERTS HENRY RUDDOCK JOHN D. SHERWOOD PHILIP ZEMANSKY CLASS OF 1879 FRANK M. ANGELLOTTI HENRY J. BARBAT WILL E. CONNER CHAS. EULER EDWARD M. HARMON GEORGE H. HEALD JOHN M. HESSION WALTER P. JOHNSON OTTO C. KOBICKE WILLIAM G. LANIGAN ED. M. LOUISSON FRANK LYNCH JOHN W. MAILLIARD FRANK J. MCCONNELL ANDREW F . MCCREERY HARRY J. MORTON FERD. MOSEBACK, JR. GEORGE W. PEASE FRANK PETERSON JOSEPH B. POWNALL WILLIAM RIEGER ABRAHAM RUEF GEORGE A. ROUSSEL HARRY M. SCHILLER GEORGE H. UNDERWOOD CLASS OF 1880 HENRY ALEX SIMON BERLIN ROBERT O. EOKER FRANK E. BOOTH WILLIAM J. CARLIN EINLAY COOK cHAs. E. COOPER BANCROET G. DAVIS EDWARD DAVIS SAMUEL L. FOSTER GEORGE E. FRENCH DANIEL GAVIGAN GEORGE D. GIVENS FREDERICK I-IAASE CHARLES E. HILL EUGENE HOEEER WILLIAM G. HOUSTON EDWARD c. HUTCHINSON ALEXANDER DUMAS JONES WILLIAM J. JONES SAMUEL JOSEPH WILLIAM HENRY KEITH, JR EDWARD A. KOLE WILLIAM E. LARZELERE GEORGE H. LEMMAN DAVID LESZYNSKY ALBERT J. LOWENRERG CHARLES L. MATHIEU EMANUEL B. McCORMICK JOHN JARDINE MCEWEN CQOLOMON PEISER SAMUEL SONNENEERG HENRY SCHUSSLER HENRY COGSWELL STEVENS ARTHUR WHEEI.ER CLASS OF 1881 ALFRED ADELSDORFER ALLISON C. BONNELL SAMUEL F. BOOTH ALFRED BRAVERMAN FRANK DUNN GEORGE B. ELLIOTT HENRY P. FLINT GEORGE GARMLEY EDWARD L. GOETJEN A. K. HAPPERSBERGER EMANUEL S. HELLER RICHARD G. HILLMAN F . W. KAISER

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CLASS OF 1872 JOHN B. CLARKE EDMUND CONROY THOMAS FITZPATRICK JAMES GLENNON MEYER JACOBS CLASS OF 1873 EDWIN BOOTH EDWIN COWELS ARTHUR HAYNE WILLIAM MORRISON WARREN S. PALMER WILLIAM SHAW CHARLES YOUNG CLASS OF 1874 MYER CAHNA CARLTON EVERETYT JOSEPH HUTCHINSON FIESCO MANDLEBAUM CHARLES OVERTON WILLIE SOULE WILI.ILAM STINSON FRANK WHITCOMB CLASS OF MAY, 1875 W. C BRUNS JAMES O. CALLAGHAN THOMAS J. CONROY WALLACE A. CURRIER EDWARD W. CUSHEON HERBERT FOLGER WILLIAM F. FONDA BRYON J. HORTON HERMANN F. JANTZEN HENRY I. KILHEIMER H. W. M. LANDSBERGER GEORGE MASTICK EDWARD W. MCNALLY GEORGE P. MORROW FREMONT MORSE EDWARD M. MOTT EDMUND O'NEILL 'GEORGE T. RUDDOCK MOSES TICHNER GEORGE B. WILLCUTT GEORGE L. WILSON CLASS OF MAY, 1876 SIGMUND ACKERMAN WALTER CARY EDGAR CHAPMAN LOUIS B. CHAPMAN ABRAHAM A. D'ANCONA JOHN DAVIS MILTON EISNER JOSEPH B. EMMAL SAMUEL FABIAN CHARLES JACKSON HERMANN LIEKER JAMES K. LYNCH SOLOMON D. MAGNES CHARLES MOON MARK PLATSHEK WILLIAM SAWYER MICHAEL SEELIGSOHN JOHN M. SMITH CHARLES TUTTLE ALEXANDER WEIL XVILLIAM C. XVHITEHEAD CLASS OF MAY, 1877 WILLIAM ADAMS CHARLES O, ALEXANDER FELIX BETTELHEIM ANTOINE BOURNONVILLE HENRY DODGE DAVID EISEMAN DAVID FELSENTHAL WILLIAM KEEFE GEORGE LYMAN HENRY MANHEIM SETH MANN WILLIAM A. MCGREGORY RICHARD J. MURRAY I.EO J. NEWMARK EDWARD O'CONNOR OSGODD PUTMAN HENRY RAUFT EDWARD ROWELL BENJAMIN RUDDOCK LOUIS SLOSS JAMES A. SMITH LOUIS STRAUS DANIEL SUTER WILLIAM TAIT CHARLES VAIL FRANK WIDBER WILLIAM WIGGINS 26 with geometry, ancient geography, ancient history, physiology and hygiene, astronomy, and geology. Sec- ond term-geometry, ancient geography, modern his- tory, p-hysiology and hygiene, astronomy, and botony. Fourth Year. Trigonometry, modern history, botony alternating with natural history, intellectual philosophy alternating with moral philosophy, rhetoric alternating with logic, and Constitution of the United States alter- nating with political economy. Second term-same ex- cept botony, themes and forensics once a fortnight, French, Spanish, German, and declamation-each scholar once a month. QThere is some doubt as to how much foreign language was actually taught as certain members of the Board of Education vetoed a motion to hire a teacher of foreign language in August, 1856j. From the beginning, the citizens and newspapers al- ways referred to the Union Grammar School as the high school and there was no doubt in anyone's mind that its teaching was on the secondary level. On Janu- ary 8, 1858 the Board of Education ofiicially changed the name to San Francisco High School. By this time the school had survived initial criticisms that had threatened its existence. Those in opposition to the school had been exploiting the per pupil cost of the high school, 310 per month, against the figure of 33 per pupil per month, cost of the grammar schools. However, solid support from many of the leading citizens and Thomas S. King's Evening Bulletin the was the brother of the former editor, James King of Williams, whose death in 1856 led to the formation of the second San Francisco Vigilance Committee which freed the city from hoodlum rule once againj assured the continuation of the high school. Interest in the high school became more intense among the citizens of San Francisco as the day drew near for the graduation of the first class. During the month of December, 1859, when the annual examina- tions were given, huge crowds flocked to the Powell Street school to watch final examinations which were open to the public viewing. On December 14 the first class was graduated from the San Francisco High School. An impressive cere- mony took place with all of the graduates getting a chance to recite. Principal Holmes gave a short talk. He mentioned that the class originally included 13 girls and 27 boys. He added that it was not lack of scholarship that had reduced the class to 11 graduates but marriages and the fact that a number of students had dropped out to accept available teaching positions in the grammar schools of the city. i Former City Superintendent Harry B. James pre- sented the diplomas after a speech by State Superin- tendent of Public Instruction Andrew Moulder. Mr. Moulder claimed that the high school's course of study was equal to and more practical than that of most Eastern colleges. Two days later the school held its first graduation ball at San Francisco's Turn Verein Hall with nu- merous school and city ofiicials present, and a fine band furnished waltzes, polkas, and quadrilles to which the happy company kept time. The next important date in the school's history was the dedication of the new school building on Septem- ber 19, 1860, on the site of the old church building, which had been moved to the rear of the lot. A con- temporary account in the Evening Bulletin of that date stated, At one o'clock today a large company gathered in the High School Building on Powell Street, near Clay, which had just been rebuilt, enlarged and beau- tified. Our readers must remember now how the build- ing looked last fall--half brick, half wood, ungainly, inconvenient and no particular credit to the site it oc- cupied. It was erected originally for a church and for that purpose answered very well and looked well, until city improvements came with their new grades and marvelous changes, and this old house, revamped, was Panoramic view of San Francisco, taken in 1870, showing the high school in the foreground. , , . .i f -1.,,,gf1z.fJ 2211551 52,1-if ' v . . ,.,.f...wwefisi5ssa4eggei5t:?ij?:iv . . .. . , .. .Ma iaffia- -f will 2 i 'z-if ' . if . .

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KEIZO KOYANA WILLIAM C. MARTIN CHARLES WALTER MARWEDEL CHARLES A. MCDONALD HENRY MEYER WILLIAM GORDON MUGAN FREDERICK PATEK EDYWARD PUTNAM ALBERT RAYMOND GEORGE ROTHGANGER MAXIMILIAN SALOMON WALTER A. SCOTT LUCIUS L. SOLOMONS GEORGE B. SOMERS CECIL STEWERT ABE STERN FRANK T. WAY CLASS OF MAY. 1882 GAsToN M. ASHE CHARLES L. BIEDENBACH G. F. BIGELOW GEORGE D. BOYD ARTHUR cAsTELAzo JOHN W. CLASSEN THOMAS E. CURRAN FRANK G. FINLAYSON FRANK FISHER CHARLES F. FITTZSIMMONS HARRY L. FORD JOHN F. HARROLD LINCOLN HUTCHINSON MELVILLE KLAUBER LOUIS KOHN BEVERLY LETCHER I. N. LIPMAN HERMAN MARKS FRANK W. MCEWEN JOHN MCMULLIN FRANK M. MICHAEL BEVERLY Y. MORRIS WILLIAM F. MURPHY JOHN N. POMEROY WILLIAM RIX LOUIS A. ROSENTHAL FREN. WILLIAM SEIBEL WILLIAM C. SHARPSTEIN JAMES H. STACK MICHAEL D. STEIN J. B. T. TUTHILL JACOB WAND ALFHONSE D. WEIL HENRY M. WHITELY HORACE M. WOOLLEY CLASS OF MAY, 1883 Boys WALTER J. BARTNETT GEORGE WALKER BATES JOHN F. BAUER CHARLES BISAGNO MILTON E. BLANCHARD RICHARD F. BOYLE SAMUEL G. BUCKBEE ISSAC CITRON CHARLES H. CROCKER ARTHUR D. CROSS SAMUEL S. CROWLEY JOSEPH H. CUNNINGHAM CLIFFORD A. DAVIS EUGENE J. DE SABLA, JR. J. WALLACE F. DISS SEWALL DOLLIVER GEORGE J. DOWNING PIERSON DURBROW PATRICK H. FARRELL CHARLES S. FAY WILLIAM E. FITZPATRICK JOHN L. FLAHERTY THOMAS F. FLEMING THOMAS A. GAMBLE JOHN H. GRAY, JR. WILLIAM L. GREENBAUM WARREN C. GREGORY JOHN F. HARPER RICHARD C. HARRISON WILLIAM C. HAY ANGELO M. HEVERIN WILLIAM KAHN WALTER KAUFMANN FRANK A. KINNE FRED S. LAFFERTY ROBERT S. LAMOTTE JOSEPH LANDO STEPHEN T. MATHER W. CLARENCE MCCULLOUGH BENJAMIN MCDOUGALL ADOLPH C. MILLER EDWARD F. MORAN OSCAR C. MORGAN SIGOURNY B. MORSE WILLIAM L. MURRAY JULIAN F. NEPPERT HARRY BOWEN RATHBONE HENRY RHINE EMMET RIXFORD BENJAMIN ROMAINE JOHN J. RUDDOCK 28 2-?f !4 .fff f .-'ff ,!,f' . M- MZ ------fr-iff TI' I If ,.,.-ff n'MT:1iii?f',, .. A U: .,,,.,.-f y-',,-f--f A,,.,,M:f-' A .--' ,If ,,..f J f Boys' High School after it had been enlarged in 1889 to take care of the increased enrollment. though several of the students had continued their education by going East for college work. Instead the school had been Considered as a final preparation for life. Principal Mimms served only one year before re- turning to his previous home in Massachusetts. He had been held somewhat in awe by the students because of his personal acquaintance with the great literary fig- ures of the day. He had attended Harvard with James Russell Lowell and had Oliver Wendell Holmes for a professor. Hawthorne, Emerson, Thoreau, and the Alcotts' were numbered among his friends. Theodore Bradley, a mathematics instructor at Boys' High, was made principal of the school. William T. Reid took over the principalship in 1875 and served in that capacity until 1881 when he resigned to accept the position of president of the University of California. Shortly after Mr. Reid started his prin- cipalship, the Boys' High School moved to a new lo- cation. In january of 1876 the school moved into a new three story structure on Sutter Street between Gough and Octavia. The new site covered all of a 50 vara lot, twice the space occupied by the Powell Street building. Another change during the Reid period was a divi- sion of the curriculum into a Classical Course and an English Course. Frederick H. Clark, later to be prin- cipal of Lowell High, was a student at this time. He described the course of study as follows: At this time the school was organized into two de- partments which might have been two separate schools so far as the daily life of the students was concerned. There were the English Department and the Classical Department, in each of which a rigid course of study was maintained for the three years. I enrolled in the English Department, but later, on my own accord, I sought the opportunity for training in Latin, and with the never-to-be-forgotten assistance of Mr. A. L. Mann, I carried on the study of Latin and Greek in addition to the regular studies of the English course. The basic studies in the English course were mathe- matics, Science Qphysics lirst and chemistry second, biological science being unknownj, ancient, European, and English history, and either French or German. Our course in English literature was mainly limited to Studying about authorsg any broad acquaintance with their writings was left to our own initiative. United States History was considered a grammar school study. There was an option course in bookkeeping given after 2:30 o'clock, so that if you 'wished this course you remained for a later dismissal. Many did so. In the Classical Department, Latin for three years and Greek for two years replaced much of the Science and all of the modern language work of the other de- partment. Most of the students in the Classical Depart- ment were looking forward to the traditional Bachelor of Arts courses in college. After the resignation of Mr. Reid, his brother-in- law, Francis A. Blackburn, who had been a Latin and Greek teacher in the high school, was elevated to the position of principal. He remained as principal until 1886 when he resigned to accept a professorship at the University of Chicago, which had just been estab- lished. i In one of his graduation addresses Mr. Clark men- tioned an event that took place under Principal Black- burn: An important step in the relation of high school to the University was taken in 1884, when the University of California established the accrediting system. By this system, a graduate of an accredited high school