Mapleton High School - Rambler Yearbook (Mapleton, IA)

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Hrstolg Cfoucluded J xnstalled rn the Hugh School hurldxng thxs furnace furnlshlng heat for both burldmgs llp to une 6 1903 the dnstrxct had Invested S18 000 ln the butldlngs and grounds vxhxle the hxtures xxere found to be valued at 250 une thlrd of the same yerr the lll7l'1VS numbered 217 volumes not lncludmg the CllCll0I1'iI'I99 and encvclope dxas ln the fall of1908 a nevx start vxas made on the llbrarx At this tlme 400 xx ere sulvst rlb d by nterested persons of the toxxn for thc purpose of enlargmg th lm brarx xx hlle numerous entertamments vxere gtx en for the same cause lhe hbrarx noxx numbers ox er 2 000 volumes of xxell selected boolts catalogued bx the Dexxey sy stem Nlusxc xx rs rntroduced mto the school rn 1699 and at dlfferent lnterx als teach ers xx ere emploxed to come to the school on certaxn days and gxxe lessons ln muslc lJLlIlIXE1Sl1OKlll1IllAL1ULl9I 29 1910 that a regular muslc teacher vxas employed and on thc. hrst d rx of lNox emher 1911 muslc vxas made a requlred subject for grad u mon lhere are tvx elxe teachers novx employ ed to teach the 291 pupnls l hc people of 'VI tpleton 111 the thrrd month of thls year xoted to have a course of manual tralnlng estabhshed ln the seventh and eltrhth grades 'I he boys are to haxe a Course Ill bench vxork, xvhtle the grrls vxxll haxe rnstructron rn sexxmg As agrlculture has been mtroduced xnto the Hlgh bchool puprls novx haxe the oaportunrty of selecting elthcr a buence or '1 l atm course Iwhe nexx studnes tntro duced unto the Hrgh School course are orthographx hustness correspondence, phxs lographv, agrlculture and commercxal geographx lhe lndependent School Dlstrxct of Mapleton at present comprlses all the tovxn of Mapleton tovether vxlth sectlons 13 14 23 and 24 and also the north half of scctxons 25 and 26 rn Maple toxx nshlp The xaluatnon of propertx ID the Dlstrlct for taxatlon rs S210 241 'I hus vxrth better equipment xxe End the sphere of Influence mcreasmg and rt lsto be hoped that that the future holds much of promise ln the vxax of greater devel opment for the Mapleton Publlc Schools X1 ALDO C, ANDERSON Cf? .1 'Y 4 A e , . l x . V V A - - . . . . h . V 1 . .. I J i . . . V . . . . I , ., . - , . - V . Q' Y D ,, . S . , j , 'IV 1, -1 1 - , ' ', ' ' 7' D V - . ,, , . , . . S . . e .i , , , - e -- , , - I - . y Ar ri . V 1, . . . . , . V . . - , . V , , , . V . . .V - . V.. V . 1. . V . , . . . . . V V V V . U . . . . . , ' V.. ' 1 V ' V V 1. ,, . , V . . V A ' ,V V V ' V ' ' - . L' , V . 1 . ' - V V V V V I 3 . I I . Y A L 4 , . , . . . h .. . rl, . r . . v. Y . i . . V. . . . . . . Y V . . , , 1 . A 1 4 J . . ' . . - L - . la -- '.-- 1 . Y 1 P. K - Q v 1 V , V V V. V . , . 1 Y. ' . A Y . I A A . , . . V .x . ' V V , - . V V , P

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Huston of Nlapleton Puhllt St hools HL lndependent bchool Dxstrrct of Mapleton w as orgamfed May 5 1880 rl he flrst important busmess transacted was the settlement wlth the fownshxp lllstrlct of Mapleton by whlch the Independent bchool IJISIFICI of Fast Mapleton recelxed nts share of property on hand 51520 41 together wrth the school house ln old Mapleton Before the erection of the new buxldmg school was held ln the Rlce bulldlng on the corner of l'1fth and Mam Streets whtle a few of the eighty one puprls went to the Helsler school At thls mme une 1880 two teachers were employed at salan s of 'B33 33 and S26 66 respectrx elv An electron held une 15 1880 for the purpose of xotrng bonds to the amount of S2200 assured the people of a new school house the contract for whlch was let August 24 1880 to L 8 btowell for S3100 'I hr contract prouded for the construc non of a two story bunldlng and the completlon of only the upper part On August 31 1880 the present slte was bought for S200 The contract for flnrshlng the bu1l:l1n,q was let June 3 1882 ln 1881 the terms 0' tultlon were S5 00 for lclxgh School pupils and S3 00 for puprls of the other elght grades Both charges were for a term of three months A thlrd teacher was added durlng the school year of 1881 1882 ln 1884 the prlce of tultlon was changed to S4 50 for three months ln both departments A proposmon for erectmg a burldlng ln the western part of the dlstrlct was de feated May 2 1887 About this tlme the board of education, frndmg If necessary to reduce expenses declded not to fence the grounds May 28 1889 bonds to the amount of S1500 for an addltlon to the school house were voted and on une 30 the contract was let to l' Ferguson The amount mentioned rn the contract 31413, was for completing all except the lower floor On the elghth of june 1889 the first graduatron exercxses took place Mrss Grace Chamberlain berng the only graduate At this time there were 303 puprls en rolled and five teachers employed On February 19 1902 the record shows that the name of of the dlstrrct was changed from East Mapleton to the Dlstnct of Mapleton Being authorized March 10 1902 to rssue bonds to the amount of S8500 the board on April 14 bought the ground for S500 and let the contract for the new school house March 30 1902 The contract for the Hrst heating plant was let to C A Thurston for S1397 October 15 1902 The bulldmg was accepted March 12 1903 and on the twenty thlrd school was begun ln the new house Durtngthe month of une 1909 a new furnace and ventrlatlng sy stem were C63 n V , , s x Q 1 A ' , A., - . . . K , 1, , 0 , . 4 ., . - 5 s I i X Y. . V K . .1 . - - . . . .5 4 . 4 V ' HS - N . ' 9 S - . ' ,. . - . t Y . V . - . Y '- v . . , ,J , . t ., ' J w . , ' . 1 lf 1 ' ' . f , . . ' - y - s - . V V. .Q V. 5 . , , . . . . . . - . Y X . . . Q . - - 1 , . f . ' , . 1 1 , L . . s - ' 1 , . . , . 1 1 ' ' Y J 0 , , , . . 1 - ' 1 1 1 - , , . . . 9 1 5 v . ' , , . ' . . f . . . , , . , , - - v . KI V . . v v w - -

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