Sheridan High School - Bronc Yearbook (Sheridan, WY)

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THE OCKSHEPERIDA 31 1891- 1892 HIG 1892- 1893 1893- 1894 1894- 1895 1895- 1896 1896- 1897 1897- 1898 1898- 1899 1899- 1900 1900- 1901 1901- 1902 1902- 1903 1903- 1904 1904- 1905 1905- 1906 1906- 1907 1907- 1908 Mrs. Marion Dillon, Intermediate. Mrs. E. C. Topping, Primary. Ida M. Rider, Principal. (Some high school subjects were taught.) Mrs. Marion Dillon, Intermediate, County Superintendent of Schools, 1897-1901. Mrs. Albina June, Primary. II SCHOOL, SHERIDAN, WYOMING. B. E. Ogden, Supt.; B. E. Ogden, Principal. (High school organized.) B. E. Ogden, Supt.; B. E. Ogden, Principal. (Eirst class graduated: Della Morgareidge Collier, May Earley Walters, H. B. Zullig.) B. E. Ogden, Supt.; B. E. Ogden, Principal. S. R. Douglas, Supt.; S. R. Douglas, Principal. Lena A. Stover. J. V. Crone, Supt.; J. V. Crone, Principal. Mrs. Bida M. Reid (one-half year.) Grace Partch (one-half year.) J. V. Crone, Supt.; J. V. Crone, Principal. Lena A. Stover. J. A. McNaught, Supt.; J. A. McNaught, Prin. Lena A. Stover. J. A. McNaught, Supt.; Flora Lee, Principal. Elizabeth Reid. J. A. McNaught, Supt.; Flora Lee, Principal. Lena A. Stover. J. A. McNaught, Supt.; W. E. Dejarnette, Prin. Lena A. Stover. J. A. McNaught, Supt.; Lena A. Stover, Prin. (One-half year) County Supt. of Schools, 1903-1904. T. W. Cox, Principal (one-half year), Bertha M. Cooper. C. R. Atkinson, Supt.; L. H. Harrison, Prin. Bertha M. Cooper. C. R. Atkinson, Supt.: Bernardina Johnson, Prin. Bertha M. Cooper, F. Herbst, Lena A. Stover (one-half year.) C. R. Atkinson, Supt.; Bernardina Johnson, Prin. Bess Beardsley, F. Herbst, Lena Stover. C. R. Atkinson, Supt.; Lena M. Stover. Prin. Alma L. Blaisdel, Kate Foster, F. Herbst, Grace Montgomery. C. R. Atkinson, Supt.: Lena A. Stover, Prin. Mrs. Carrie Wurts Bandy, F. Herbst, Harriet Hutton, Rowena Whittier.

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30 THE OCKSHEPERIDA EXPLANATION. History of Sheridan Schools, written by Miss Lena Stover, collected by Phil Brown. The information for the years 1882-1887 was obtained from the following persons: O. R. Collier, Mrs. Minnie Thurmond Eubank, Mrs. May Loucks Garbutt, Frank C. Hunter, Mrs. Virge Held Ladd, Mrs. Ida Thurmond Laub, .Mrs. Della Collier Alorgareidge, Mrs. Louvina Reece Smith, all of Sheridan, Wyoming, who were pupils ot the school during a part or all ot the period; J. F. Hoop, Mrs. H. Henschke (Mrs. T. M. Cotton), .Miss Minnie Whittington, all of Sheridan, Wyoming, who were residents of Sheridan during a part or all of the period. A letter in regard to this period was written to Mr. J. 1). Loucks, Port Or ford, Oregon, who located in Sheridan in 1882, but no reply has been received. Letters were also w ritten to “Doc” Brundage and Vess Hardy, both of Sheridan County, but no replies have been received. Some information was obtained from the records of the County Clerk’s office, but no information in regard to this l eriod could lie obtained from the office of the County Superintendent of Schools, as the records of this office date only from 1888. Sheridan, Wyoming, April 23, A. D., 1915. SCHOOLS, SHERIDAN, WYOMING. 1882- 1883 First school organized. Clara Works (Mrs. Mueller) (winter term). 1883- 1884 J. D. Clark (winter term). 1884- 1885 Mrs. Fanny Green (summer term). J. D. Clark (winter term). 1885- 1886 Clara Cotton (Mrs. B. F. Perkins) (summer term). S. J. Kane (winter term) ; term completed by T. M. Cotton. 1886- 1887 Mrs. Minnie Paxton (summer term). N. H. Robinson, Principal, Mrs. Minnie Paxton, Primary (winter term). Mrs. Paxton, County Superintendent of Schools. 1887- 1888 J. F. Hoop, Principal. Regina Ganibs, Primary. 1888- 1889 J. F. Hoop, Principal. Regina Ganibs, Primary. 1889- 1890 J. E. M. MacComtac, Principal. (Some high school subjects were taught.) Lena Nash (Mrs. W. H. Walling), Primary., 1890- 1891 J. A. Becker, Principal. (Some high school subjects were taught.)

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32 THE OCKSHEPER1DA 1908-1909 1909-19IO I910-19II 191 I-1912 1912-1913 1913-1914 J. J. Early, Supt.; Newton Knapp, Prin. Lena Stover, Rowena Whittier, Arta E. Kocken, Alice Venters, F. Herbst. J. J. Early, Supt.; J. T. Hawkes, Prin. Vie Willits, Arta Kocken, Leonard Murphy, Ruth Evans Castor, F. Herbst. J. J. Early, Supt.: J. T. Hawkes, Prin. Arta E. Kocken, L. J. Murphy, Edna Cooper, Melissa Furr, Rosalia Lee, F. Herbst, Maud Binford, Helen S. Lord. J. J. Early, Supt.; J. T. Hawkes, Prin. Arta E. Kocken, Melissa Furr. Edna Coo] er. Leo P. Sherman, Sara A. Burrows, F. Herbst, Helen Lord, Maud Binford. T. J. Early, Supt.: J. T. Hawkes. Prin. Arta E. Kocken, Melissa Furr, Edna Cooper, Leo P. Sherman. A. A. Miller. F. Herbst. Emma F. Miller, Helen S. Lord, Mary Robson. J. J. Early, Supt.: J. T. Hawkes, Prin. Arta E. Kocken. Melissa Furr. Ida B. Hull. Edna Cooper, A. A. Miller, B. C. Forsythe, F. Herbst, A. Carolyn Johnson, Helen S. Lord. Clara B. Aldahl. 1914-1915 J. J. Early, Sunt.: T. T. Hawkes. Prin. Edna Cooper. Ida P . Hull. A. A. Miller. B. C. Forsythe. Man- Persing-er, Grace A. Gunderson. A. J. Little. Florence Wells. F. Herbst, Helen S. Lord, E. J. Daigle. Mvranda Evjen. Florence Rhine. (Article published in “The Sunday Enterprise.” April 26, 1914.) From T7 to r.64; ounils is the growth of the Sheridan public school from 1882. when the first school was opened here, to the present time. Tn the brief period of thirty-one vears our school system has grown from one small fourteen-foot square log cabin to seven buildings, all crowded to their capacity and from one teacher drawing but a nominal salary, to a staff of forty-two. drawing salaries aggregating very close to $32,000 a year. There are dozens of people living in Sheridan who remember the first schools in this section and the crude methods then employed. The first school house was one of the small log cabins erected bv the Mandells in 1879. about half a block west of Brooks street near Smith street. This building was used as a dwelling by J. D. Loucks. who founded Sheridan, and it was later used as a school. Miss Clara Works was the first teacher and she had seventeen pupils, among them being many local