Shelbyville High School - Squib Yearbook (Shelbyville, IN)

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igh Schools ol the Past Q 1 .LSL In 1894 the first high school was built at the corner of Tompkins and Broal- Wav. Since 1918 this building has serveil as the administration center for our city school system. Shelhyvilleis first institution of higher learning was the Academy, on the site of the present Charles Major Elementary Building. From this Academy the first class was graduated in 1872, a class in- cluding Charles Major among its ineinbers. 2 ii 10117177117 uc i I I I ! fV:!eeff:9:9:!:e!e!e!eie!E It -2922952291 55 1 'Z 1 mm ln-In M X - . i' 1- -1 Vi .24 ---I ki J 9114:

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One room schools have become ex- tinct, replaced by beautiful elementary buildings and a public rather than pri- vate secondary education systemg teach- ing methods have been greatly improvedg modern equipment supplements the Well established class room devices, and at- tractive interior decoration and land- scaping have transformed our schools from narrow places of detention to popu- lar cultural centers. And Yesterday 1 ixfg, . X E11 CQ?-N 1' 'fi I 1 i au-1 of ' if L 3 1: ?X Xq. . l or 'E'- QI-FL El: W1 gnu y f Jff s' 'ff o-.0 tsma--fe'-'R lgd

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Uur High School Today 1, S.. ki r' r T110 PI'GSi'1lt11ig1'1 School building is L1 far cry from the one room schools which first Sl'1'YCd our communitv. It was erected in 1910-ll.