Marinette High School - Whipurnette Yearbook (Marinette, WI)

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THE SClIO0L 27 In l6351'he cihzens of Bosfonjhen in HS second year of exis'fence,me1' and founded The firsf free school in America

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HISTORY OF SCHOOLS With the neeessary twenty-five pupils required by the laws of the state the Marinette lligh School was organized in 18715. The sehool was held in a building whieh now occupies a position on Main Street directly opposite the Hose House No. 2 and which is oeeupied by the linion Labor Print shop. ln 1883 the linion Sehool was built where the high school building now stands, and the high school was moved into this new building. In 1891 the building was enlarged, giving it an auditorium with a capacity of 140 school desks. In 1901 the last addition to the llnion S.-hool was built to aeeommodate the g1'owing enrollment of the school, giving it final capacity of three hundred students in the auditorium. In the Spring of 1914, the voters of Marinette passed a bond issue for :lil-15,000 for the erection of a modern school. The old Union School was wrecked immediately after the elose of the school year in June. During the sehool year 1914-1915, the high school was housed i11 tive old store buildings, scattered for three or four blocks along Main Street. The present high school building was completed in September, 1915, by the contractors, Messrs. Bailey and Marsh Company of Minneapolis aeeording to plans a11d specifications drawn by the architect, John D. Chubb of Chicago. The school contains one of the largest auditoriums in Northern WYISC0I1Sl1l. The actual seating eapaeity is eleven hundred with space available for an addi- tional 0119 hundred. In 1920 Marinette found its school faeilities inadequate. An analysis of the situation developed the fact that lVIarinette's problem would best be met by a central high school organization. lt was conceded from the beginning that the Junior and Senior High Schools should be housed in separate buildings. The housing of Manual Training, espeieially the shop work, was carefully studied and a special building for this was ereeted. The matter of erecting a Junior High School was plaeed before the City Council who acted favorably upon the request for a bond issue 011 May 4, 1920. The question was set to a vote of the people .ll the general eleetion of November 1920. A majority were i11 favor of the r'l4225,000 bond issue. The Miehie Construction Company was awarded the general eontraet and began work immediately. After many delays the buildings, although not eoni- plete, were finally ready for occupancy in September, 1922. Later in May 1922 the eity council authorized another bond issue to fully complete and equip the buildings. The eost of the building was f14295,000. The Junior High School is a modern fire proof structure. It is a three story structure measuring T4 feet wide and 221 feet long without a basement. The building provides east and west light. The average ratio for the entire building is about o11e to four. F. R. l'tley was the lirst superintendent of the Marinette High School, serving from 1887-1889, G. E. Denman is at present the superintendent having taken office in the year of 1933. J. C. Crawford was the first principal, serving from 1887-1890. S. S. Mc-Nelly is principal at the present, coming here in 1930. Mrs. H.'C. Hanson, the former Lizzie Perkins, is the oldest alumnus of the high school, while the youngest alumnus is Charles Edlund, age 15. 6

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THE WHITE HOUSE wAsHlNG1'oN AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY The year 1955 ushers in an important anniversary in the life of the American people. Three hundred years ago the first American high school - the Boston Latin School - was founded. It was established in 1635 only fifteen short years after the landing of the Pilgrims. From a small beginning with one instructor and a handful of students has grown the splendid service now pro- vided for more than 6,000,000 young Americans by 26,000 public and private high schools. These schools are developing the most precious resource of our nation, the latent intelligence of our young people. It is worth noting that social progress in the United States is following swiftly on the heels of the remarkable expansion of educational opportunity at the high school level. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT