Prairie Du Sac High School - Prairie Pride Yearbook (Prairie Du Sac, WI)

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EUNICE E. MEYER Music DORIS E. ZELL English and Library HARRY J. SARBACHER Science HARVEY T. SHIELDS Agriculture KENNETH D. SIMMONS Band

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HAROLD S. CARR Physical Education, Coach, Geometry WALTER G. DOLL Social Sciences M. JOSEPHINE GUNDLACH Junior High School Subjects German EMMA STODA Commercial Physical Education CAROLYN HURLEY Home Economics HELEN LOHR Home Economics 6 I

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1936 PRAIRIE CHIEF 1936 SCHOOL HISTORY The first school in Prairie du Sac was organized in 1843. It was a private one conducted in his home by a kindly old Scotchman, Quentin Smith. Prairie du Sac was at that time the county seat of Sauk County, but in 1846 the seat of govern- ment was moved to Baraboo. The village purchased the court house and converted it into the first public school in the vil- lage. In 1856 this building was sold for one hundred dollars and moved from the present school grounds to make room for a stone building which cost the then large sum of twelve hundred dollars. This building served until 1891, when it was torn down to be replaced by the present grade building, costing ten thou- sand dollars. In 1863 a group of progressive citizens felt that more provision should be made for advanced pupils than the elementary school afforded. A stock company was formed and an academy built just south of the Presbyterian Church. It opened for pupils in 1864, succeeded well for several years, but closed in 1871. The district purchased the building and moved it to the north side of the present school grounds where it served as a grade school until 1893. It was then sold for two hundred dol- lars and moved to the west side of Water Street. It now serves there as a hardware store. The year 1887 was an important one in local school history for it was in that year that the high school department was organized. For four years the course was administered by one teacher in a single room of the old stone building. The present grade building, completed in 1893, housed both the high school and grades until 1915. Following a strenuous campaign in the Spring of 1914 the district voted to erect a high school building on the north- west corner of Marion Park. School opened in the new building in September 1915. In 1924 this iructure was enlarged to near- ly twice its former capacity. A spacious auditorium and gymna- sium was added five years later. It was dedicated on October 11, 1929. A capacity audience of fourteen hundred attended the dedication exercises. The present high school plant, representing a cost of approximately one hundred forty thousand dollars, is one of the best to be found in any small community in Wisconsin. Q