Ludington High School - Oriole Yearbook (Ludington, MI)

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SALUT T10 IHC Uliil1lliE comcs to you rclzitiiig briefly thc history ol thc liuiliiigloii High School fiioiu thc ilaitc of its beginning to lho passing of thc prcsciit Sciiior lflziss. Wc do not sub- mit it as ai iiizistcrpiccc ol' English litci'z1t111'c. iioi' clo we considci' :t to lic pi-i'l'cct. Pcrfcctioii is iicvci' reached iii this world. The 0Ril0liE comes all pi-cccdciit for futiu-c gciicraltioiizs. V-fc lizive mziilc ai begiiiiiiiig, wc lm-zivc it to thc clzisscs tlizit arc to follow to coiiliiiuc our worlil lt was our purposc iii iiitroiluoiiig .1 yczii' hook into thc high school not to sccli glory for oursclvcs' but lo try iii lhis way to awzilicii ai kcciici' iutcrcst for High School zuctivilicsih om'cil.yz11iil if possihlc prcparc ei. way for coiiifiug clzisscs. thai thcy may ciijoy iiiorc privilcgcs thziii wcrc given to us as ai High School class. lint zisiilc from this wc hopc that it will scrvc as a stimulant for thc zulvziiicciiiciit annul slirciigtliciiiiig of the school spirit among thc stiulcnts ziml ai grcatci' iiitciw-st for school Work among the Alumni :mil thc citizciis of our oily. THE ORl0LE STAFF.

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Miss Kathryn M. Sterling, Principal

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Ludington High School SCHOOL HISTURY HE Llltll1lglO11 High School saw its begi1111i11g in the year 18?-L 111 a small huildiiig o11 the C0l'11l'l' ot' Ludiiigtiou avenue and James street, the location how occupied by the Lud- i11gto11 State Bank being a part of the play ground, tl1e building itself covered the ground now occupied by the IIllSfO11 hardware store. At that time people i11 general did not regard a high school in the same light as it is looked 1117011 today illltl there was a great deal of opposition oltei-ed by lllillly of the leading citizens when the eXte11sio11 of the school systeut was lirst, seriously talked of. Put lllltlllllg was able to flklllllbtlll the ardor of those who favored the establishing of a high school Pllltl S0011 they had suriuouiited all obstacles. Thus 111 the year 1874 auotlier grade was added to the original eight and the uext year aiiother and i11 1877 at class ffl 11i11e pupils were graduated froui the school. l11 1880 the iiumber ot' students became too large tor the size ol' the building 2lllLl the newly completed Longfellow buildi11g was lll1'116t,l into a high school. VVith the steady increase i11 the class iolls this b11ild111g soon became iuadeduate Hlltl another school llouse was erected especially for the high school. The Longfellow