Mediapolis High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Mediapolis, IA)

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ORANGE AND BLACK HISTORICAL The worlt 111 the lVled11pol1s Hlgh School has I1'lfLlI llly dlxldtd 1ts cf xnto two tpochs Before the hulldxng hurned or The Old School Et och I The IXtw School Epoch II Tht hrst epoch coxe1ed the perlod from ISQO to 1912 Thxs w 1s the formatnt perlod The early part of thls perlod was 1 time when tht tttp t all our tht country were wcnderlrg 1f 1 Hxgh Stlaeol real1y was athmg to l t des1rtd But the people of Nledlapolls haxe 'alway leen strong for educatlon 1nd they were Vbllllllg to put forth every effort 111 order to glve the young peop1e of tht town 1nd com mumty thelr r1ghtf'ul herltage So IH 1890 the High School w 1s est1hl1shed and promoted much 1n advance of hlgh schools 1n other towns of the s1me s12t 1 c1reful m1n1ge1nent and co operatlon of all forces, thls school 1dv1nctd L1I'lIll lf won recognltlon hy the State Board and was fully accredited long hefore many of the larger schools of the state Durxng the first epoch there w ere n1neteen classes graduated, mth 1 total of one hundred and forty eight graduates These graduates have gone out into the world and 1rt fllllng some of the most responslhle POSIUOIIS Ihe g1t1te t numter ll'l any one professlon 1S that of teachxng Many others have taken college woxk and engaged ln other trades and professlons The E1lL1I1lI1l of th1s epoch are found nn mxnlstry medlcal undertalclng, travellng salesmen mall c1rr ers R R conductors college professors and m1ny of the most successful f1rmtrs 1nd huslnt s men 1nd women that can le found 111 1ny communxty On Fehruary xoth, 1910, tl1e old hulldlng wls hurned 1nd It w1 not untll 1912 tn1t the new l'9L1lldlllg was rtady for oc up1ncy DL1flI1g tlus p nol tht Medlapt l1s Hlgh School performed a great worlc, lf demonstrated the pusslhllxtxes of h1gh s hool lf had stlrted many young peop1e on the road to useful 1nd successful l1vts hut now 1s the old huxldlng w IS gone tht people of the community C'lL1gl'lf1 new VISION and planned for greater thmgs IH the future The second epoch ln the hlgh school history of Medxapolls t1r1cd on Septem ler 21st, 1912 the day on wh1ch the f1rst scl1ool was held lI1IllL new l7L11lCllI1g Durlng the time intervening hetween the l7l1I'Y1lI1g of the old llllldlllg 1nd tm erection of the new the standard of work w1s necess1r1ly reduced to tht extent that the high school lost 1ts standmg wxth the state department and w 1s removed from the accredlted llst The equ1pment was all destroyed ly the fire so htgxn ning the school III the new lilllldllig was l1lce OI'g1I'llL1I1g a new lugh school Lut a great educatlonal wave struck Medxapolls about tlus t1me and wnh 1 progressne school ho1rd 1nd faculty together wlth the old tune progresslveness, whxch means co operatlon, on the part of the patrons, the school forged ahead with leaps and X N rc x ' ' an rr x g l ez 1 yi Y .. . , ., 5! ' , . T S I T - . T . I .C IC st K. T I 7x V . 1 . 'J1' ' 1 1 f-wl' . ' . , 'K ' , 1 , . A ,, .' , . s Ig 'N 1 1 , 7,5 7 K ' K s vs s 1' ' s A ' - T s - - ' ' ' , ' . . , I' , - .. . . y 1 t K ' 'I ' ' Q c n ' ' . . Y L . . l T .Q u , ' -. . L ,' I T ' . n L C I Y the various professions, trades and occupations: such as hanlcing. law, dentistry. , , , , . 1 '. . . .. 1 ' . ' . T . I f A' 5 . fx x A x ' . 1 - 1. c . . . t t ,- ' ., ' I . . , . I 1-' v K - I ' wx x ' I I K K U ' , 7 I Y ' - x H Y I . I . . . . 9 . 3 . . K , I - , c c .I Q1 D x I ' I l . . 'z .T A 'I ' ' ' ' . - . 5 s, x- s ' - . , . . Q . T 4 1 S K s L. I u

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OQANUE AND B Xl lx To XXf'1ll1am Anthony Dunlavy Five years Supermtenclent of MCd18P0llS I-hgh School xxhosc ready cc opemtxon mth the stuclente and zeal for chool letterment has made th1s I-hgh School the great m tltutnon It now IS me the Class of IQI8 as a token of vur esteem and aclmlritlon dcdxmte thm volume f- N Y f. , 'fr if 'Q S Af! l Y gh 1 .ww W K 4 y l , , f 1 . gy - . ' ' 1 1 I 1 - ,fwffzf A , kc ,K g g l ' 'f ilk 5 . 3? , ' l? S3 W e l . is N X J 3 ' l ! 1,152.5 H:-ll l e R M -L 4 1 ' .. V C K - K A Y- 5 . - rl ' 1 V U - S D l ' , v Q I Q - 4 . . 1 K 'N , ' . . .

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ORANGE AND BLACK hmnds The h t yelr ch te w re hu seven teachers hve In the grades 1,1 two rn me high school hut an lI1CI'C'lSC of thlrteen puplls malclng the lugh sc ol tn rollmtnt s1xt,1 tour Tht f.OllOXV1!lg year the I-hgh School was designated lw the Qtatf' D plrt n nt for 1 Normal Tramtng High S hool and lb now one of tht une hundred and sixty thre Normal Tramxng hugh schools In the statt and tht only one 111 D s Moines County Before the close of the second year the Hlgh S haol xx 1s agnn pla ed oi the 'accredited list tx ench means that the work of the school ls accepted for full f-lct value ID all oftle State Educational Institutions as well as me ot utr cvlleges The s hool has coatmu d to grow until If now has an tnrollmcnt of thrte hu mdred o 1c hundred and s venty ln th grades and one hun dred and thirty III the h1gh school seventy hte of the one hundred and thirty le mg non reside ut In addxtlon to those that llve IH the near hy vlcmtty we hue ville Packuood Blakeshurg and Bloomfield A force of sxx teachers IS now re quired lI'l the grades and sw Ill the lngh school hesxdes the guperxntendent The school IS now fully eq upped for tu teachlncr of Agrlculture, Home Economics amd MlI1U1l TI1lI11Dg, mln well eqalppezl laho atorles for wvrlc ID all of the CILHCL lDL1llI1g the hve years of thls second epoch elghty iL1PllS have gradu ated Flf-ICLII of these have recened thelr Normal Training certrhcates and a total F th :ty have continued on lll educatronal work, and practlcally all others have engaged ln lL1kI'LIlVt, l3Ll1I'1C.wS of varlous lclnds Wllxle the Nledmpolls Hugh S lu vol has hetn 1 power fo good in thls comrnualty 1n the past plans are hemg matt lcx gut ct l lngs Ill the Ft ture Wnx A DUNIAVY 1 1' ' e -rs . er e E , A . 5 tx ' of ' ' J . . ' 't ' . ' ' 5 ll., - . ' e: ' , y . . ' f' v 4 F I 'X ' I 1' 4 - 7 x A A L tk Ai 5 A K Q I K , K , . , . . . ' - 5 Q. . h h ' ' 1 - l ' h , . ' pupils from Yarmouth, Roscoe. Pleasant Grove. Mt. Union, Nlorning Sun. Calc- , A . . V 5 H .L O . , '- ti' 1' . ' ' I V ' . . A . 3 , '- .l' rx'-.: 't.x' ' 1 . fflllllxg lx, Af ' T' A