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oj- tfis. Jbout(i tSioux (2ihf Puf-rCia £cfiooC )Sj7— )Qjj The schools of this community ore now nearly one hundred years old. The first school house in this community was a log cabin in Covington. It stood on the present site of the Lewis and Clark Elementary School. Mary Pinkerton taught the first school in this log cabin in 1857. Later a frame building was built on the same site. In 1880 a brick building was built on this site. Additions to this building were built In 1924 end in 1952. The building is called the Lewis and Clark Elementary School after Captain Lewis and Captain Clark of the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition. In 1884 a brick building was built on the present site of the high school building. The first high school work of the South Sioux City Schools was done in this building. The first class graduated in 1894. It consisted of two people. Lulu Stamm and Isabel Mitchell. Lulu Stamm Eimers and Isabel Mitchell Hall are both deceased. No further classes completed high school work until 1897 when a class of four were graduated. They were Clint Manning, Susie Mitchell, Icy Knowlton and Ortie Brenneman. Later the high school was transferred to the old normal building which is now the junior high. This building was built in 1890 as a private normal school. After operating two years, the private school was closed. The building then stood idle for many years. From time to time, families lived in the old building. There are persons now living in South Sioux City who were born in this old building. In 1915, the old normal building was purchased by the South Sioux City school district. A high school was main- tained in this building until 1924 when the present high school building was built. When | came to the South Sioux City Schools In 1921, we hod 16 teachers and about 450 pupils. Now we have fifty teachers and approximately 1400 students. In the 1920 s the school population began increasing rapidly. This growth has never stopped. Due to the increased school population, the Board of Education asked the voters to approve a $175,000 bond is- sue to be used to build a high school building. The bond issue was approved by the voters in the fall of 1923. I remember well the evening that the news came out that the bond issue had carried. The church bells were rung and the high school students started parading on the streets. Later in the evening they came to my home. They sang songs and gave their school yells. They were overjoyed at the news. The next morning when I looked out on my back yard, my new picket fence was missing. The high school building was completed in December 1924, We moved in January 1925. The original bond issue on this building is now paid in full. The schools continued to grow even during the depression. In 1935 and 1936 the Bryan school was built and the junior high school was rebuilt. In 1951 a bond issue for $250,000 was approved by the voters. From this bond issue on addition was made to the Bryan school and one to the Lewis and Clark school. A shop addition was built on the high school building. Looking forward to further expansion of the school, the Board of Education purchased fourteen acres of land two blocks east of the present high school building. A new lighted athletic field has been constructed on this site. There is plenty of room left for school buildings. In 1952 occured one of the most disastrous floods in the history of the Missouri river. This flood caused $13,000 damage to the South Sioux City schools. The Federal Government and the State of Nebraska assumed $8,000 of this damage. The rest was borne by the school district. A high school has been maintained in South Sioux City for sixty-one years. During this time, hundreds hove grad- uated and are scattered over the United States in every state in the Union. Some are in foreign countries. Many have become leaders in numerous fields of endeavor. The schools have grown very rapidly since 1920. It would be interesting to know what will take place here in an- other thirty-five years. We con be certain that the schools will continue to grow and that South Sioux City will de- velop into a fine city. Our schools have come a long way from a log cabin to four modern brick buildings. E. N. Swett Supt. of School s
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oJldvnini At ration E. N. Swett, Superintendent J. R. Stickels Principal Dr. L. T. Gathman Pres., Board of Education Melvin Roger Ray Robertson Cecil W. Orton
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