North Division High School - Tattler Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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DI ISIU ?i ty 'lfam yet it has provided rich opportunities for the boy and girl to whom high school means the end of a formal education. Noteworthy successes have been made by North Division graduates in countless fields of work: as writers, lawyers, engineers, artists, businessmen, and religious leaders, they have made their contribution to America. Yes, North Division has gone steadily on' ward. and is still going onward, not only steadily but rapidly, since the coming in 1946 of Mr. lvlichalak. In fact, it seems almost impossible that so much could be accomplished in so short a time. First, let us consider the building innovations. The old, outmoded office suite has been replaced by streamlined, wellflighted, wellfventilated off tices for administration, for guidance, and for audiofvisual aids. The stage in Krug Hall has been renovated with the addition of new cur' tains and new lighting, The old public address system has been replaced. The physics laboraf tory has been reorganized, and last of all has been the clearing of houses to make way for an athletic field. Second, while building improvements were being made, many academic innovations were being introduced: the multiplefperiod with lifefadjustment emphasis: the family living classes and the electronics classes: greater library use: the freshman orientation program: career week for vocational guidance of seniors: and 9 Mr. Krug, North s first Principal, at his desk the enlargement of the guidance staff together with a program for practical functioning. Third, in the field of extracurricular activities, has been the development and reorganization of the Student Council: the noonfhour programs with talent shows. movies, and dances: the North Side Variety Shows: and the film Miss North' side. Fourth, there have been many professional innovations. These consist of InfService Trainf ing, new teacher orientation, practice teachers training program, the coordinators activities, enlargements of the professional library, a DropfOut study, guidance for substitute teachers and a Teachers Handbook. Mr. lvlichalak is a progressive, forwardflooking educator who likes to see things done and well' done: and he is ably assisted by Mr. Culver, who does a splendid job in his capacity as North's vicefprincipal. Further, he is supported by a faculty whose loyalty, scholarship, and sympathy have inspired thousands of students who have been under their supervision. Therefore, when we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight, not for present use alone: let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for. and let us think, as we lay stone on stone, that a time is to come when those stones will be held sacred because our hands have touched them, and that men will say as they look upon the labor and wrought substance of them. See! This our fathers did for us. , ka Faculty, 1908

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North Division in 1903 To go forward, we must from time to time look backward, if we would evaluate our progress. ln the year 1903, a baseball Held, bounded by Center Street on the north and Eleventh and Twelfth Streets on the east and the west, respectively, was plowed up and made into a building site for a group of barracks which were dignified by the name of the North Division High School. Mr, Richard E. Krug, then a mathematics instructor at West Division, was assigned the principalship of the new school: and with him he brought, as an instructor, a young colleague at NVest, Mr. Fred W. Weriier. Mr. G, Blaisdell was the first vicefprincipal, serving from 1903 to 1920. Although North Division, as we know it now, was started in 1903, the north section, the first part of the building to be built, was not com' plcted until 1907. Two years later this was so inadequate that in 1909 an addition was made to the west portion of the building which was extended and divided into classrooms. The student body grew rapidly, especially after the compulsory school attendance law was passed, and the increase of faculty members kept pace with the constantly increasing enrollment. ln 1903, North began with six teachers, in 1946, North's faculty numbered sixtyftwo memf bers. i As a result of this steady growth, in 1927, a third addition was built to the south portion of the building. This included the stage, the gym' nasium, assembly B, the cafeteria, and the library. During the construction period, both the faculty and the student body worked to the nervefwracking, earfsplitting noise of steam shovel and electric drills, plus the incessant rapping of hammers. U H TH 77:1-vugla All mankind is possessed with the desire for improvement: thus, swaying camels, lumbering oxen, and oar or wind-propelled boats have been replaced by railroads, automobiles, steamships and aeroplanes, The crude implements of the ancients have disappeared, and modern invenf tions have produced an almost new civilization. Thoughtfsecds planted by our forefathers def velop rapidly in this new age, whether in the field of science or in the field of education: and North Division from the beginning has excmf plified the movement forward. ln 1920, Mr. Blaisdell, Northis first vice' principal, was succeeded by Mr. Weriier, who held this position until the final illness of Mr. Krug, at which time he served as acting princi' pal for over a year. Early in his career, Mr, Krug established a high standard of scholarship which Mr. Weriier, who became principal in 1927, with Mr. Ralph Chamberlain as vicefprincipal, maintained throughout the succeeding years. Mr. Weriier was especially proud of Northls outstanding record in the field of music and of the state contests in which North's musical organizations won again and again. He was also a firm believer in guidance and felt it to be the duty of educators to give not only vocational guidance, but also cultural, edu' cational and ethical guidance to their students. Mr. Weriier concluded a remarkable forty' three year career at North in 1946, at which time he was succeeded by our present principal. Mr. Raymond F. Miehalak. The spirit, ideals and services of North Di' vision have kept pace with its physical growth The curriculum has been sufficiently flexible to allow for students preparing for the most highly competitive colleges in the country, and

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