Technical High School - Techoes Yearbook (St Cloud, MN)

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-6 O Board of Education The act1v1t1es of the Board of Educat1on this year have been both numer ous and varied First due to the erection of the new 1un1or hlgh building new furniture and fixtures were negotiated for and an o1l burner auditorium chairs and cafeterla equipment were installed Then in conjunction with P T A Work the board set aside several rooms in the Junior high for a hard of hearing class As the year progressed committees introduced the subject of bulldmg a grade school in the northern section of St Cloud Action was taken on March 24 1931 when a special election was held resultlng ln fax or of the desired building Besides frequent committee meetings the board holds regular monthly sessions which occur on the first Thursday after the first Friday IH each month P J Seberger Presrderzt Dr M A Slvlnskl Secretary George Reis Treasurer Wm Shleld Harold Schoelkopf Dzrectors 0 Q o-,po Q 0- 0 l AGL YLJLJRIEEN . . . y . I. . . . . y 7 Y 7 ' Y . . . , - - 0 , . . , ' I . . . . 7 . . . . Hubert J. Hansen .........l.....,.........,,............. Vice-President . , ..........,.,.,,..,.....l.,,.....

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Q 9 I Q O The natlon wlde mflux of students to hlgh schools found St Cloud ln 1913 wlth a bulldlng the old Umon lncapable of accommodatlng the lncrease Consequently Wlth W W Smlth presldmg the board of educatlon composed of Jullus Adams C S Bunnell R W Maxson supermtendent A M Slmmers and J H Hams convened on December 14 1913 for the purpose of arranglng an electlon whlch would determlne the slte for a new hlgh school bulldlng The three sltes 1n questxon were the Old UHIOH bulldlng the Thlrd Avenue locatlon and the Lake George sltuatlon At the electlon held on December 3 1914 the last named won out by a majorlty of 209 votes The tlme of optlon to J O McConnell for 2510 000 was extended to February 1 1915 and on May 25 1915 negotlatlons were completed for the purchasmg of the property for the above named sum The archltectural contracts were placed ln the hands of Tyrle and Chapman of Mmneapolls On August 2 1915 Jullus Adams secretary of the board presented a resolutlon whlch provlded for the lssuance of bonds totalllng S75 000 for the purpose of erectlng the bulldlng The plans of Tyrle and Chapman were submltted and approved on October 9 1915 and on October 25 1915 blds Constructlon Company The dlrt began to fly early 1n March and by January 3 1917 the bulldlng was completed a wonderful erectlon 178 feet long 148 feet wlde and 45 feet hlgh Wednesday January 31 of the same year found slx hundred students assembled ln the hlgh school audltorlum for the dedlcatlon Mxss Elizabeth Clark prlnclpal preslded Brlef talks were gwen by W W Smlth C S Maxson the new superlntendent Jullus Adams and C S Bunnell Accordlng to the St Cloud Tlmes of that date the speakers exhorted the students to take advantage of thexr new bulldlng and to attend school wlth the purpose of attalnmg the llberal educatlon Whlch thls new lnstltutlon could glV6 so well After the ceremony school was dlsmlssed at 10 o clock to allow the new Techltes a half day hollday Slnce that memorable date many lmprovements ln every phase of school llfe have been achleved and have glven the Technlcal Hlgh School an envlable ranklng wlth lts contemporarles ARCHITECT S DRAWING OF TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL 9 Q . , . l I . 1 l, . . , . . , , . . u , I 1 ' 1 1 1 I y 1 1 4 ! Y l 1 1 1 ! I 7 ' . . 1 1 , 1 , , ! 7 . 1 Q Y 1 ' 1 , 1 , Y . ' ! 7 . Y Y . for constructlon were opened and the general contract was glven to the Johnson Y . I . . . 7 . ! , . ! 7 , . . , . . g . ' . . . . , in 0 , . , . . . ' v . . , Y YUu O O .qf, . l 'XC I, l'lIlHlLIiN.l

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I I 4 To the Members of the Class of 1931 Greetings l covet for the Semor Class a purpose that us both wholesome and alluring a purpose so Fine that the one of honest effort wall Fund msplrataon wltlnn the circle ol nts Influence Very sincerely yours H B GOUGH Superintendent I . . , W 0 I I Q .