Washington High School - Neshotah Yearbook (Two Rivers, WI)

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zqnmaevmnfuf QGGXL 7941 7 Very soon, however, most necessities were provided, and then began the careful, systematic, continuous program of equipping the school with modern facilities which have become the pride of our community and the envy of others. Our curricular and co-curricular offeringsfthe whole edu- cational program-q kept pace from year to year with material progress in such a way as to win the highest praise of the state department of public instruction. How fortunate we are now to be able to work in a building so well furnished and so well main- tained! Witness our foods laboratory with its unit kitchens and its wealth of color, the science rooms with their cabinets for the display of interesting materials, the enlarged library well stocked with books and magazines, the Neshotah News Staff room, the new high school office, the geography room unique among the schools of the state, the beautifully decorated auditorium, the ceilings overlaid with acoustone, the l. E. Hamilton Pool, where thousands of boys and girls have learned to swim, the athletic bowl lying against a background of river and woodland, in a setting of scenic beauty. To former Superintendent F. G. Bishop, under whose able leadership our school was built and equipped, we are greatly indebted. Superintendent George M. O'Brien, in a brief time, has made valuable additions. Note our new bleachers in the gymnasium, our modern speaker system, our new playgrounds bordering the river, not to mention the plans already underway for equipping the Bowl with bleachers and flood lights for night football. But the school building, important as it is, is not the school. Washington High School is rather that intangible, imponderable spirit that thrives day by day and year by year in terms of personality and character and ideals. What a challenge to us to use our material advantages to the utmost! So ends the first quarter century with a record of effort and achievement, of hope and promise for the future. L. B. Clarke ,f , , f Page 3 ffl

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I :nfs-,H T 31 fr MM' 1 Jwwf1f7AV tWfL,gMmW .P .wifi W TVWWTT fi A guarter-century! No, it just can't be. But the old gentleman with the scythe and the hour glass nudges me kindly on the shoulder and says, USO it is. ln the old high school building the Two Rivers High School, in addition to the main room, in which every student had a permanent desk, occupied only a few small rooms, a niche here and there, while the first and second tloors were used by the elementary grades. Wisely the superintendent and the Board ot Education planned a new building that would be adequate for housing a modern high school with an increasing enrollment and an expanding program. The corner stone was laid on lune l8, l92l. The building was dedicated on November l8, l922. On September ll, l922, the great day dawned, and the history ot Washington High School began. Our anticipation ot occupying so tine a school plant was soon dampened a bit by the need ot readjusting ourselves to totally new conditions. Some of us were actually homesick tor the old school. We learned that it takes a heap o' living in a school to call it home. We had moved into a building costing nearly halt a million dollars, but, in comparison with our present eguipment, it was almost bare. There were no seats in the auditorium, there was no curtain or stage eguipment, ot any kind. There were no seats in the music room or the visual education room. There was only a handtul ot books in the library, a smaller room than it is now. There were no pictures or sculpture on the walls, no trophy case with trophies, no crimson banners proudly proclaiming tive state championships on the corridor walls. The high school otiice was the tiny room now occupied by the Neshotah News Staff. Our spacious, well eguipped geography room had not yet been planned. There were no lockers. The l. E. Hamilton Pool was only a hole in the mud. The cement work and the landscaping in tront ot the school had not yet been completed. There was no athletic bowl, no spacious lawns. The walls were unpainted. The addition, now housing elementary and high school class rooms and the field house, was something tor the future. Our enrollment was about 500, with a course of study consisting ot 28 subjects and a faculty ot 26 full-time and part-time teachers. The Band was only an extra-class activity meeting twice a week alter school without credit. Page 2

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X94 7 Qnmiw Ueffriwuf glad 19414 BackRow1 l.. B. Clarke, . Kr hke, Robert Winn Walter lohnfon, lo a ipa, E Schmeiche Front Row: M ,d ac , Eva W Pwr Smit frrat tt Mi o years the members ot the Quarter Century Club have devoted the major share ot Former Bd. of Ed. President H. Evans, Miss Edna Smith lohn Kraupii, lake Wittqen, Robert Winn, L. B. Clarke are pictured at the first Quarter Century Club dinner in l53t44. their time and energies to the Two Rivers Public School system. The sum total ot their public service is 27l years! The l947 annual statt would like to dedicate their anniversary book to these loyal workers. This exclusive club was the idea ot Superintendent George M. Q'Brien. The only requirement tor admission is to have spent twenty-tive years or more in one ot the Two Rivers public schools. Every spring they hold their annual banguet at which the school board presents new members with a membership cer- tificate, dinner, and gitt award in recognition ot their taithtul service in the teaching tield. The tive charter members include: L, B. Clarke, who spent 34 years in Washington High School, 28 ot which he served as principaly Miss Edna Smith, who has worked as the clerk in the superintendent's otlice tor 28 yearsj lohn liraupa, who- tor the past 27 years has taught at various times mathematics, biology, general science and managed the visual education program and is now assistant boxing coach, Robert D. Winn, dramatic coach and history instructor tor 27 years, and lake Wiltgen, a janitor who has devoted 27 years to his job. ln l9f-ll, three new membership certificates were awarded to Miss Eva Wirth, Miss Mildred Bacon, and Mr. lfwald Schrneichely Mr. Walter lohnson and Mr. A. A. Krusclike joined in l9fl7. Page fl