Topeka High School - Sunflower Yearbook (Topeka, KS)

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EDUCATION in Topeka started in pioneer homes. As the population grew, settlers built Topeka's first one-room schoolhouse on Madison Street. Starting in the l86O's, more people settled in Topeka, creating a need for more schools and higher education. With its first 36 students THS officially opened in Lincoln School on September I8, 1871. Nineteen twenty-eight began a three-year period to build the present THS. Washburn University, also in To- peka, is one of two municipal universi- ties in the nation. Students come from all over the nation to attend Washburn, which has a highly reputable law school. ln 1954, the case of Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education was the first step towards equal rights and integration in the schools. THS was designed to accommodate students to the year 2000. The media center and the special education de- partment are showcases for the state of Kansas. THS has an approximate en- rollment of 1800 students with a faculty of 92. There are 274 courses offered to the students from Boy's Food and Girl's Auto Mechanics to Human Anatomy and Physiology. Students have graduat- ed from the chalk and slate of earlier years to the computers of todayg for education has always been a major part of Topeka's growth. 5- A---a 5 '55 -1.1 yL..1:f1.4,,.-,g.- j',:' .1 . ,.,. -. . . Vg .. ,- -... . -. sf - - 1 , 1. .,. .,... -.....- . :,. , . - , f- .' J Hb . , -V - - 1 --.-- 11 z'--,f --- -2. 'V '. L, 1:.,.'f - , vu- -4, , :' -, 1-.- : 'lJ '1 -J , ' ,Z 1: -9 -' 1' V ,.,. ia. ,gl-'A ,.:1 L :ff -' A .-V, .., ..- S, 5,-' f '....- , 5 -. ---.sa .,, . .,,-. .- ,.. .. -.., .. . . V- -,,-6, ,- .-.. W, - .s,,. -1. 5-1X.'--'7,',,...'1Tg,Q3': 'tm '-.IJ fs.f-E. Y' - .1 Q , ,.., c. ,,, ..--P ,mv 4: H, . . , ,,. U Qu ...,,. . ,-, 3,14-.,i - .., ., .. .. -1 ,. -VY --.ls ,,'...U,...-....,,a.,,,.i: N., ... ... , .-,- +.f. -1 --,. 4 V ,,L.V.. .N .,. ,- . . . . N ' t. is, SA' i ,. , NA, , ,, t 6, Q A., ,..-if-, ,- ,. - ff -. --t,...-L...-,. ,:..2?,f, gf, - -' . .. V Y. my wind . , 3, , , -,.-.. r 5-L3 , '-.3-1-J -'PVIZ' I.- ..-1 ,A - .. N- -, -.-- -.. f- .C-'-C: ' -v- -- 7 tx ,N .V-A s, t .,t,...- ..- --. . .-4,-A .inf-5 - - ' - ':-1f ',- . X r.1-1-x..Zf1 f -' . , l 214,-L:-Q:-f 1 J ' - ' 'w-:?f1.v. '- ' f N-,-,.. f--A X s .1-74.1 2.14 ' 'i X1 Tfitfiliriifigmn S Sift? Q ..

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FROM Topeka's early pioneers to her students today at Topeka High School, his- tory is being made. The pioneers were the people. The fron- tier was their experience. A century ago, history was made - the kind of history we labor to learn in school. Compared to the pioneers, our struggles are small. The Indian raids, Quantril and the Civil War, disease and grasshopper plagues were real lessons of life for those hardworking Kansas farmers who called a sod house home. This bicentennial year we are remem- bering those early settlers of Topeka. We dedicate the 1976 SUNFLOWER to the past pioneers who helped shape Topeka and the present pioneers of Topeka High School who will shape the nation in the future. .. 14 1 fr

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