Morenci High School - Copper Cat Yearbook (Morenci, AZ)

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A MINISTRATIO D f MR, CLARENCE ROBINETT MR. JOSEPH H. FAIRBANKS MR. P. H. DAVIDSON Vice -Principal Superintendent P1'iUCiPa1 study of the novel, physiology and music. Com- mercial subjects, shop and laboratory science were added in 1915. The following year typing, stenography .and bookkeeping were offered ina summer school. Today most of these, as well as many other subjects, are in our curriculum. Night courses for adults were also important in the development of our community. Classes were open to those who wanted to learn English or Spanish. The study of mathematics was offered for men only. Then, as now, a three - member board of education had the responsibility for the educa- tional program. School administration was in the hands of the superintendent. For twenty- three years W. E. Lutz heldthis post, resigning Both elementary and high school classes were conducted inthe Longfellow School, shown at the right. It was constructed in 1902. In 1907 a second story was added to the brick structure. It had six rooms, an office, re- citation room and an apartment in the basement for thejanitor. Todayit is used for elementary classes. in 1939. Joseph H. Fairbanks, appointed at that time, still retains the position. He has been at the helm while our schools have expanded to in- clude seven buildings, ninety-eight faculty mem- bers and a total enrollment of nearly 2,500. Myrna Robison, who still lives in Morenci, was the only graduate of the 1906 class. The 1907- 08 term found seven pupils enrolled. Today almost six hundred students attend high school classes each year. Here and in the following pages we will in- troduce you to our school and to the people who make it what it is .......... X TF? Q. I -:Sm . 4 --L X .6 'E S 1'

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BOARD OF EDUCATIO W?-if sill W1th the cornlng of settlers came the need for schools A one room bu1ld1ng provided by the Detro1t Company housed the flrst classes 1n 1890 The flrst teacher 1n Morenc1 was Carrxe N Hunt By 1895 a public a select and a pr1vate school were 1n operat1on The brxck buildxng now named the Longfellow School was con structed 1n 1902 and was used for both elementary and hxgh school classes A second story was added 1n 1907 WWWHEE The most str1k1ng feature of th1s the former h1gh school was the fact that It had e1ght half stones each wmth All students who attended school here re member the f1re dr111s on the old spmral type f1re escape Enrollment 1ncreased Soon a separate hxgh school was begun 1n the present day St James Ep1scopal Church The next h1gh school was bxult 1n 1919 on the s1te now occup1ed by the Humboldt elementary school It was torn down 1n 1948 after the compleuon of our present h1gh school bulldlng The early h1gh school curr1culum was broad In 1908 O9 courses offeredwereh1story gram mar plane geometry domest1c art algebra l1terature threeyears of Latm sohdgeometry MR CLAUDEC TUELL MR A L. ALEXANDER MR DAVIDH ORR JR Clerk Member Pres1dent Ji 0 ' E . 1 A E A 1 - I . ' ' 1 A SEM .. 5 9 ' ' nw' - - . . A 'Q igfill f Ella HI 9 , - . mf ' ,yew l ' , . 21525 , grail I :ll H 1ts own ground entrance. W M' 5 gllll 5 ,...........,.-...............i , g 0 ' . Q - f E ,gqvooooooo K l , . . I - 1 I . . . I - . . I . - . , - . ' I I I l I D . . , . , . , . , o 0 s - . , '

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GUIDANCE HHH!! Mun' ig W'uch college for me? ' Can I get a scholarsh1n'P ' Mrs .Toe Ann some of the many que st1ons conirontmg students plann1ng to further then' educatlon beyound lugh school Informatmn 15 also ava1la.ble concernmg Job opportun1t1es m1l1tary servlce and personal problems Mr Rolland Olney school attendance off1 cer works w1th the elementary and hrgh school on attendance problems Mrs Grace Bradley our school nurse ce1ved her R N from Prov1dence Hosp1tal m Detro1t M1ch1gan Mrs Bradley 13 an act1ve Blood Bank and Red Cross worker S fr 21 1 'I A . ' ' U - ' g Lawton helps Abel Peralta, Charlotte Huish and Mary Lafferty answer , re-