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OUR SCHOOL 1 he site of our high school has not always been as it is today. Before the Indians ventured into the plains of Oklahoma, it was a lonely region uninhabited by human beings. Long, long before the white man discovered the beautiful rugged plains of Oklahoma, the Indian tepees, soldierly assembled together, formed an interesting little Indian village near the present site of Sapulpa. With the coming of the white man, the little village grew from tepees to crude huts. In 1886 the first railway train came to Sapulpa and Sapulpa was made the division line. I'he first retail store opened here in 189.3. The following year the population was estimated to be three hundred citizens. I hese pioneers realized that the younger generation should he educated, therefore a school system was soon established. One of the prominent citizens volunteered the use of his livery stable office for a class-room. Can you imagine the dignified Seniors of today receiving their education in a livery stable office ? A young woman was employed to teach the seven pupils who enrolled the first day. Each pupil furnished his own text book. The newspaper in February, 1897, gave the number of students enrolled as forty. This village continued to grow. By 1898 three teachers were employed at the new building. The Class of 1902 was the first to receive graduation honors. There were two members in this class. In 1904 a brick building was erected, which was later partially destroyed by fire. By De- cember of the same year, the enrollment had reached five hundred forty-six pupils, and the faculty consisted of eleven teachers. In 19.34 the buildings devoted to Sapulpa’s public school system number seven besides the Booker I . Washington school for colored children. The enrollment is now three thousand two hundred eighty-seven pupils. I he Sapulpa schools are under control ol the Board of Education. This Board consists of six members, one from each ward in the city of Sapulpa. The treasurer and clerk are not official members of the Board. The Board of Education spends many hours planning the welfare of every child in the community. The Seniors are grateful for this unselfish service. We are proud of our school. We appreciate what our citizens have sacrificed in order to give us a progressive school system. We are proud of the high school campus, for it is one of the most attractive spots in Sapulpa during the summer. Shaded walks, well-kept lawns and shrubbery help to make life pleasant as well as profitable. We feel that we have a right to a high school education amid healthful and agreeable surroundings. Therefore we, the Senior Class, earnestly urge all present and former students of Sapulpa High School, together with all other citizens who know the value of good schools, to protect and promote the progress of Sapulpa High School. Mary Margaret Robf.rtsox. Page Seven
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E. H. McCune Superintendent of City Schools C. I. Mauch President I he supreme task of education is to carry the child so actively out into the life of others, and up into ideal interests that a self-centeredness is impossible. I he end of it all is that the child should learn to respond to the normal life situations that lie meets naturally and well; that he should be practiced in living happily, faithfully and ideally in life’s varied human relationships. I '.. 11. McCrxK. I)r. W. P. Longmire XI ember BOARD OF EDUCATION Chari.es H. Tarr Member Page Eight
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