Lubbock High School - Westerner Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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Progress arks School' Histor With 21 pupils on roll, Miss Minnie Tubbs started Lubbockis first public school in 1891. The Lubbock High of today is a far cry from Mis.s Tubbs, early school. Miss Tubbs taught the three B's in a little red jail, also used for church services when they chanced to have preaching. Later that year, school was held in the Norwood Building on the north side of the city square. A one-room building between Fifteenth and Sixteenth Streets on Avenue I housed the young- sters in 1892 with Mr. P. F . Brown teaching. Fol- lowing Mr. Brown in the one-teacher school were Mr. C. F. Stubbs, Mrs. Lee K. Anten, Mr. M. N. Park, and Mr. A. I . Clark. An assistant was hired for Miss Laura Davis in 1898, and the building was enlarged to three rooms. Miss Davis was suc- ceeded by Mr. George R. Bean, Mr. R. B. Hol- land, Mr. B. N. Graham, Mr. Ed Couch, and Mr. W. S. Norton. O, Happy Day-the school is burning downlv might well have been the chant of the students in the spring of 1908 for their school did burn down! Their freedom was short lived, however, as another frame building was erected in the fall of 1909 on Sixth Street and Avenue O. This school included ten grades in eight rooms. That same year 325,000 in bonds provided for Central Ward, a brick building with two stories and a basement located on the present site of Sears, Roebuck, and Company. Mr. I. K. Wester became superintendent in 1910, and Mr. G. N. Atkinson, high school principal. It is interesting to note that Lubbockis high school has had only three principals: Mr. Atkin- son, who served until 1926, Mr. R. W. Matthews, from 1926 to 1944, and Mr. Floyd Honey, who assumed the principalship in the fall of 1944. Mr. M. M. Dupre, superintendent in 1914, in- troduced manual training, home economics, and agriculture. In 1916 the school had eight teachers and oyjtered 16 ayjliliated credits. Twelve grades were taught in this school until a separate high school was completed in 1923. The new high school completed in 1923 in the 2000 block be- tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth Streets, is today the north wing and auditorium of Carroll Thomp- son Iunior High. Superintendent Dupre defended the Khugei' building saying it would last the needs of Lubbock for at least fifteen years. However, 1924 saw the addition of a south wing and two study halls to the structure. Mr. Dupre died before the close of the 1925 term, and Principal Atkinson finished that year as acting superintendent. Filling this vacancy the following school year, Superintendent M. H. Duncan introduced public speaking and music into the curriculum. Because of the rapid increase in population, a 3650,000 bond issue was voted for a new high school in 1930. Construction of this building was begun that same year and completed in time for the fall semester of 1931. Dr. Kenneth E. Oberholdzer became super- intendent in the fall of 1934, followed by Dr. W. B. Irvin in 1937. Mr. R. W. Matthews filled this position from 1942 until his resignation in 1951. At this time Mr. Nat Williams entered the system as superintendent. Lubbock Senior High received the addition of a metal shop in the 1942343 school year. The east wing addition of 14 classrooms and offices for the superintendent was completed in 1949. Also added were an agriculture room, a gymnasium for girls, and a cafeteria. Athletics were introduced into the Lubbock schools in 1910 when Mr. I . E. Vickers and Mr. C. D. Lester organized the yirst football team. The athletics program was broadened in 1913 with the organization of track and basketball teams. In 1934 the athletic department of Lubbock High purchased a practice field and later named it in honor of Coach Weldon B. Chapman, whose death occurred in the fall of 1939. From 1909 through 1954 about eight thousand, seven hundred forty-five students have been re- corded as having received diplomas from Lub- bock's high school. The first graduating class which included eight girls and two boys attended the frame building between Avenue O and Sixth Street in 1909. They were offered only seven or eight courses. This hardly compares with the 71 afliated credits offered the students of today. Another note- worthy fact is that the 1955 graduating class of an expected yive hundred twenty-five total will be the largest group ever to be graduated from Lubbock High School. As there can be no speed limits of the highway of progress, one high school cannot provide ade- quate educational facilities for the rapidly grow- ing city of Lubbock. This year will make its mark in history as the last round-up of high-school stu- dents in one student body. Next year when the fall session begins, the high-school students will be split into two groups-with more than one- half going to LHS and the others to Monterey High School presently under construction be- tween F orty-seventh and Fiftieth Streets and be- tween Gary and Indiana Avenues.

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Located in the closed patio, this foun- tain is Hlled with many varieties of gold- fish. The pigeons which are constantly perched on the sides of the fountain help make this one of the beauty spots on the campus. Adding to Lubbock's skyline, this stately tower is a 24-year-old landmark of our city. Lubbock High, commonly known for its Spanish-Colonial or Medi- terranean architecture, has the reputa- tion of being the most magnificent and splendidly equipped building in Texasf, Down this main arterial highway flows the life blood of Lubbock High-its students, This year an average of 2100 students of the peak enrollment of 2210 daily walk down this hall. Extending ap- proximately 400 feet in length from east to west, this hall probably qualifies as the longest in any high school in the state. Shrouded in lingering afternoon shad- ows, the east archway is pictured in a rare moment of vacancy. Fountain, Tower, Arches, Westerner Trademarks