Rock Springs High School - Sagebrusher Yearbook (Rock Springs, WY)

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full years course and placing six new machines for the students in this depart- ment, and adding a teacher, exclusively, for commercial work; increased the high school faculty from three to Eve regular teachers and then added one alternate teacher; planned to fit all boys and girls at home, for college and business life. At North Side, they put up a modem eight room one story building, with fz'ery modern convenience in the matter of heating, light, sanitation, halts, fur- SOREN LARSEN, President, askings, and the building is the pride of the district. This North Side school pefmitted the Board to give up City Hall, used formerly and for a number of ream for the high school and one grade, and thus stopped the rent that had heen so long paid. This new building and the re-arrangement of the others, increased the teaching force, naturally, and the Board felt that the qualifications 9 ..

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West Flat School House. H School- Board of District No. 4 ll DIRECTORS:- SOREN LARSEN. President CHARLES CROFTS. Clerk FRANK KERSHISNIK, Treasurer MEMBERS: T. SEDDEN TALiAFERRO,Jr., Senior Member ADAM BARRASS THOMAS LeMARR The present Board of Directors, practically coming into office in 1908, has' made a record for School District Number Four. it is as follows: rhe Main build- ing twelve rooms, has been redecorated and hard wood Hoors placed; the halls re- modelled and also new Hoors: reiurnished four rooms with new and modern desks; re- placed the 01d roof; built Cement walks of full size in front and with curb- ing, and added new walks on the ap- proach to the build- ing; put in a cement new CHARLES CROFTS. Clerk, . 3 - Very briefly summarized, retaining wall the whole length of the front; added new and sanitary drinking fountains and placed in the rear of HIV building, connected with, modern toilet rooms; added to the high school equip- ment, both in the reg- ular library and in school texts, and fur- nishing a physical lab- oratory; including a strong commercial department with a two

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for teachers should be added to, and so the maximum salary for good talent and Well trained men and Women, has been raised to conform to other like city school systems of the'state'ancf about, All of. these additions and improvew ments and increased salaries have taken money, and yet the Board stands today' without, any outstanding Jebts; fts bills a paid and money on Band to carry all current expenses; and. not one cent of additional tax called. for from the tax payers, T.- SEDIAJENj TALIAFERRO; JL, Sembr M-emBeri. Friends are much better tried in bad? f6rtune than in good-w Aristotle. , 7 To be deprived of the person We IoVe, is a happiness in, com: parison: to- liyi'rrg. with. one we hate-LaBrUyer..