Sheridan High School - Bronc Yearbook (Sheridan, WY)

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rw- . - -L C... f,.-34-.Eggs -..v,WE.-,A.?.,T.,A. ,v K, . QF, L21 V r , A.,,A.. .. . .. . ,., ,. . . i SHERIDAIWS NEIV HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING For the past ten years many people have known that Sheridan needed a new High School Building. The population in the city has increased almost continuously, and in Wyoming, as in every other State of the United States, a larger and larger percentage of the girls and boys have been going to hlh school. In Sheridan for the past several years practically all of the pupils who have fin- ished the work' of the eighth grade have entered high school, and a larger percentage of children finishing the eighth grade in the county, outside of the city, have come to Sheridan for their high school work. In 1921 the State Legislature passed a law compelling all School Districts, who do not maintain al high school of their own, to pay tuition for their high school chil- dren, who want to attend high school in some other district. This law has increased the enrollment in all Wyoniing high schools. In 1923 Sheridan High School became so crowded that parents of high school pupils were dissatisfied to the degree.. that considerable pressure was brought to bear on the School Board in an effort to have them do something to relieve the situation. After much discussion the Board called a bond election in July, 1923. As has been usual in bond elections in Sheridan, only a few people voted, and tsiiiice tlaose opposed to the issue took more interest than the others, the bonds were e eate . In October, 1923, a committee from the Sheridan Lions Club appeared before the Board, at a regular meeting, and reported that they believed that a majority of the property owners of the district were in favor of a bond issue for a new high school building, and stated that the Lions Club were willing to make a canvass of the property owners in an effort to ascertain whether that were true. The Board told the committee that if they found that the majority of the property owners were in favor of a new high school building they would call for another bond election. After making this survey, at considerable expense, and with much labor, the Lions reported back that the majority of the people. who could vote in the bond election. favored the bond issue. VAS a result of this report the School Boardi called another bond election in December, 1923, and the bonds carried. In accordance with a promise made by the School Board, they called an election to vote on a site, for the proposed high school building. in January, 1924. The election resulted in the selection of Neilsen Heights as the location for the new building. At a bond sale, planned and called according to law, in March, 1924, the bonds were sold to Bosworth, Chanute 8z Co., of Denver, Colorado, at 101.166 for 52122 EZEYE45 T5he total amount of the sale-face, premium, and accrued interest-was , .7 . paws-'eff 'ppp J ii'fQiQIQfg ifi 9

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we si' 1 . Friar I1 I , .,,, I g '2 Y-W eigititiqt 5 E H Balm. , M 1 IJ SHERIDAN HIGH SCHOOL, 1896-1925 The oldest brick building, known as the Hill School, was built in 1896, and housed the high school in the two rooms on the second floor. In 1908 the east half of the larwer building was erected which served the district well till 1910 when the west half was added giving the structure its pre ent form. In 1916 the year when the present principal came to Sheridan the two brick buildings were connected by a hall a cafeteria was established on the second floor of the west building and the Hill School with its grades one toI four continued to occupy one of the two rooms on the fiist floor. In the following year 1917-'18 a normal training department and a department of agriculture were introduced. The Hill School was moved into a bungalow and be- came the Model School run in connection with the normal training department. The manual training department built a bungalow for' the agriculture classes and later the agriculture boys built a farm shop. The number of pupils in 1910- 16 was 357. Theu rapid increase in this number reaching 522 in 1920-'21 made the erection of more bungalows imperative. In 1921-'22 the school was occupying ten buildings andthe capacity of the study hall was taxed to its limit. The following year 1922- 23 the enrollment reached 694 and the juniors and seniors were allowed to come to school for a part of the day only doing much of their studying at home. - During these years the curriculum was much enriched by the addition of many new courses such as band orchestra., junior business training business English ma- chine bookkeeping debatlng and public speaking. V In spite of the handicap of inadequate buildings the Sheridan High School has been recognized as one of the best. The happy hours spent by the pupils in these buildings with their friendly associations as they chatted about 'Winged Victory will never be forgotten. On Monday January 25 the pupils and teachers prepared to move from the old buildings and at a given signal on Tuesday January 26 1926 they said good-by to the J. J. MARSHALL Principal 1916-1926. old buildings and joyfully entered the new. TH El VE 4 , , I -I. : as I' II ' I , S I II ' I 1 A 7 I I 1 I I ' I ! 3 . I 1 7 I F I I I E I ,-., I I II P' 1 9 I 7 I Y 1 1 I I II I i l I Y I I fa . I A H ' , I I , I I I I I It I I 'I I v 1 s I' I' I I s ti I .I I I I I 1 I 1 I 411 1 -W' M-NFB,-E f-..,..........,-.ves'----f-f'- 1 - .--l -T--. -W.. I-1 ff--r?..1-3-..,,..,.,::f '1 5-fl Qjix . .. -. .- . . 4 -'

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Q Qs ?-353459935 , x t 51725. In February, 1924, Randall gl Jordan of Sheridan were selected as architects to prepare plans and specifications for the building. Strayer and Englehart, Educational Engineers of New York City, were selected as consultants, to work with the local archi- tects in the making of the plans. Preparation of acceptable plans and specifications was a big job, which took several months to complete. Plans were finally agreed upon, however, and in February, 1924, the general contract for the construction of the building was let to- Frank Jacoby dz Sons, and the contract for the heating, plumbing, and Ventilating was awarded to the Green Plumbing, Heating, and Ventilating Company. In this same month, February, 1925,.contracts for furniture, shades and floor covering were let to the Mills Company of Sheridan, Bobs' Place of Sheridan, Omaha School Supply Company of Omaha, Ne- braska, Leonard Peterson Sz Company of Chicago, Illinois, Centennial School Supply Company of Denver, Colo., and Fred Medart Company of St. Louis, Mo. The light fiX- tures were purchased from the Wyoining Electric Company of Sheridan, and the stage equipment- for the auditorium was secured from the U. S. Theatre Supply Company or Omaha, Nebraska. The construction of the building was begun in Mfarch, 1925, and completed in January, 1926. The building is 270 feet long and 184 feet deep. It contains forty-four class rooms, laboratories and shops. The auditorium has a seating capacity of one thousand. The total cost of the building, equipment, and grounds was S'p443,000.00. Following are the names of the members of the School Board who served during the time of the planning and constructing of the new High School Building: I-I. C. Stevens, Dr. I. P. Hayes, W. H. Edelman, C. A. Mclntyre, C. S. Mills, C. W. Garbutt, A. F. Hufford, P. C. Duncan, T. A. Morris, and Deyo Hasbrouck. Sheridan's long looked for new high school building has finally become! a fact- a very substantial fact, made of concrete, steel, brick, and terra cotta. The building has been made possible by the willing sacrifice of the people of the community. Its construction speaks distinctly and positively of Sheridan's love for her girls and boys, and of her faith in her own. future. In the construction of this building the community has said that it has nothing of quite so much importance as its children, and that it believes that high school education is necessary for them. The ,people with whom our high school girls and boys are to compete are in the high schools of the United States. Sheridan in securing this splendid new structure, with its fine equip- ment, says- that she intends that her girls and boys shall have opportunities equal to those offered by other communities. The new building is now, and will continue to be, an inspiration ,to the present and future high school students of Sheridan to worki harder, to accomplish more, and to become the most possible. Surely the girls and boys of the community will appre- ciate what has been done for them. In the planning and constructing of the building the School Board, architects, and consultants, kept in mind constantly the fact that they had no money to waste and that they must proceed with the strictest possible economy. The inside of the building has had particular attention given to its planning, not only the lighting, heating, and Ventilating, but to the arrangement of the rooms- library, study halls, recitation rooms, laboratories, and shops-that the greatest possi- ble convenience and utility might be secured for the students. Into this building has been put, not only building materials, and money, but labor, thought, scientific knowledge of arrangement and construction, and sacrifice, and out of it must comei good for home, state and nation, since in this building shall be trained mind, body, and spirit of citizens of America-nation, state, and home. J. J. EARLY. 10'URl'E111N QQ R926 or