Northrop Collegiate School - Tatler Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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THE HISTORY OF NORTHROP COLLEGIATE SCHOOL Northrop Collegiate School was built in 1916. However, sixteen years prior to this time, the school itself existed under the name Graham Hall. Graham Hall, located at 1800 First Avenue South, although a boarding school, was similar to Northrop in curriculum and tradition. Many of our traditions such as the Old Girls' Party for the New began at Graham Hall. Eventually, with increased enrollment, the old building became unable to accommodate the growing school. Construction then began for the new school on Kenwood Parkway which was to be called Northrop Collegiate School in honor of Cyrus Northrop, the distinguished president of the University of Minnesota, who was at that time retiring. Graham Hall This new school consisted only of the center building and the east wing. The building was made a day school for there was no residence area within the school; however, home accommodations near the school were provided for students who did not reside in Minneapolis. Northrop at that time was a one-year junior college. Northrop without the Gyms

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Northrop with new west wing. A west wing which included the Upper School gymnasium, locker rooms, a music room, and study hall was added in 1923. In 1949, the third floor of this wing which had been left unfurnished, was expanded when dormer windows were set in the west roof and a large room for dining room expansion, PTA meetings, dancing, and recreation was decided as a memorial to Albert Crosby. The remodeling program of 1957 changed the Crosby Room into a new library, and the kitchen and dining room were relocated on the ground floor, providing space for language labs, front classrooms, and one study hall. In early 1964, the Northrop Board began to think of a need for expansion of its facilities and a general renovation of the old building. The planning for the new Lower School and extensive improvements to the old building went on. Construction began in the fall of 1965; we moved in mid-September, 1966. Highcroft had just settled itself into its new building when Blake approached both Northrop and Highcroft to sound out their interest in merger. Talk then went on, and it was decided by the boards to study the question once and for all. By the summer of 1972 the controversy was a thoroughly heated one. In the fall of 1973, things changed, the faculties knew each other, Mr. Randolph Brown was elected head of the oddly-named Three School Foundation, and plans were going nicely. A new arrangement and new uses for the three buildings will begin in 1974. Grades nine through twelve will be at Northrop. In its seventy-four years of growth, Northrop has undergone many changes. These changes will be continued when Northrop becomes a part of the new Three School Foundation. Looking forward, with a curious blend of joy and nostalgia, we can eagerly anticipate these exciting changes that the new school'will undergo in the future, but we can also realize what a wonderful institution this our school has always been, and that it is the end as well as a beginning for this, Northrop Collegiate School. Construction of lower school.