Newkirk High School - Gold and Blue Yearbook (Newkirk, OK)

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N. H. S. HISTORY The History of the N. H. S. dates back to the fall of 1897 when the public schools were under the Superintendency of Miss Maud DeCoe, now of Jersey City, New Jersey. Both the grades and the High School were in the builidng known as the North School. The first class graduated in 1898. G. A. Chappell, Lawyer, and Hal S. Burke, County Judge, both of Newkirk were mem- bers. It was through Miss DeCoe’s strenuous efforts that New- kirk High School became accredited. The year 1899 was the only year that there was not a grad- uating class from 1898 up to the present time. From 1900-02 W. N. Rice was Superintendent of the Schools. Because of the congested condition in 1902 a High School was erected on the site where our present building is located. During the first year in the building G. W. Bohannan of Spo- kane, Washington, was in charge. From 1903-07 E. B. Wood, now of Newkirk, was Superin- tendent; from 1907-09, James Moody; from 1909-11, H. B. Scott, deceased; from 1911-12, Wellington Patrick and from 1912-16, E. B. Wood served as Superintendent for another four years. During this time or in 1914 the present High School Building, which is one of the best in the state in proportion to the size of the town, was constructed. It is modern and strict- ly up to date in every particular. Besides the new building much new equipment was added and also a course in Domestic Science. Since 1917 W. M. Chambers has been Superintendent of the Schools. It was through his efforts that Vocational Train- ing such as Music, Domestic Art, Manual Arts, the Commercial Course and the Normal Training course was added to the school curriculum. Because of these up-to-date improvements the school is a member of the North Central Association. This year the Public and High Schools together purchased a portable motion picture machine and are now a member of the Visual Association of Oklahoma. The School for the last three years has published a weekly paper. With all these improvements our School is or.e of the best in the State.