Sapulpa High School - Sapulphan Yearbook (Sapulpa, OK)

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— Twelve T H E SAPULPAN 19 3 2 BOARD OF EDUCATION E. L. WILLIAMS, President DOCTOR VV. P. LONGMIRE C. I. MAUCH, Vice President SAPULPA SCHOOLS I he story of our school is as interesting anil amusing as a fairy tale, for long ago the site of our school was an Indian country, beautiful and rugged. In 1886 the first railway train came to Sapulpa. Sapulpa was the end of the division line. The first retail store opened in 1893 and the following year Sapulpa boasted a population of three hundred citizens. The parents began to realize the need of educating their children and one of the prominent citizens offered his livery stable office as a school room. This marks the beginning of the Sapulpa school system. A young woman was hired to teach. Each of the seven pupils enrolled the first day furnished his own text books. After a few years a one room building was erected and an old war colonel came to wield the hickory stick. I'he newspaper on February 1897 gave the number of students enrolled as forty. Each pupil furnished his own desk and his own text books.

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ADMINISTRATION

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T H E S A P IJ L P A N 19 3 2 Thirteen CHARLES TARR S A PUL PA SCHOOLS I he city and schools grew rapidly so that by 1898 three teachers were employed at the new two story building. At the end of the school term in 1902 the first class received graduation honors. There were only two members in this senior class. Not until 1904 was a brick building erected and by December ot the same year the enrollment had reached five hundred forty-six with eleven teachers. I his building was partially destroyed by lire in 1911. I he Board ot Education decided to repair the building and to enlarge it because of the growing population. 1'oday the Sapulpa school system has seven ward schools and most of them are larger and all of them are better equipped than the one of which they were so proud twenty-five years ago. The Sapulpa Schools with a total enrollment of three thousand two hundred pupils, are under the control of the Board of Education. I his Board consists of six members, one from each ward in the city of Sapulpa. The treasurer and the clerk are not official members of the Board. The Sapulpa Schools are the pride of our city and are among the most progressive in the United States.