Winona High School - Radiograph Yearbook (Winona, MN)

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1 l f D Working on a shot hot rod. D, Pahnke and R. Hazel- ton check progress before the initial draq . Look to the skies was the Cry in 158 R Ryd- Asian flu was here! Evidencev all the empty seats in Mr. ' ' Stoltrnan's class. men and C. Johnson admire their satellite and missile proiects. This Was '58 l am proud to present this trophy , . . R. Santelman presents the district basketball tro- phy to Mr. Williams as Coach Kenny looks on. -? 41 The fashions of '58-everything from the brand new chemise to the ever-popular bathing suit was modeled by the I. C. girls.

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Winona Senior High School 1916 Through The Years In the summer of 1852 Miss Angelina Gere a girl of 14 or 15 gathered a small group of children together and tried to teach Them a few fundamentals but the first school in Winona that really deserves the name was opened in the fall of 1853 Twenty five students were taught in a frame building at Front and Franklin Streets and funds for this school were paid by the parents of children who attended The Winona Republican of December 2 1856 reported that one hundred scholars were crowded into a room over a harness shop and one hundred more were waiting to get in The Winona High School was organized in 1861 and the first term f school was taught during the summer of 1861 in the second story of what was then known as the Hancock Building lt stood on East Fifth Street nearly oppo site the now destroyed St Joseph s Catholic Church In 1862 it was moved to the City Building where it remained until 1864 when it was changed to a large three-story frame building. In 1867, it was removed to what was known as the Central School and remained there till the dedication of a high school building in 1888. This new school cost 350,000 and had a capacity of 18 rooms. A school library was instituted in 1872. At a special meeting of the Board of Education in 1887, the new high school building was discussed, and a site on the corner and Washington Streets was chosen. At completion the building recitation rooms and one large assembly room which could be div rooms by sliding doors. This was replaced in 1925 by the ln March, 1913, the new Broadway and Johnson. The building pictured on the title page erection of a of Broadway contained 13 ided into two of this book, present Central Junior High Building. high school building pictured above present high school was completed was begun at in 1915 at a cost of S200,000. The gymnasium-auditorium was completed in 1928 and the latest addition, in 1953.

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Wnnona Senior Hugh School Faculty 1916 An elghth grade education was all you needed one hundred years ago to teach In the publnc schools of Winona Starting ID 1887 require ments for teachrng began changung Today a per son must have completed hugh school to enter college and a college education In order to teach Only women taught nn the flrst years of Wan onas public school history Women were con sldered more capable of handling the dlfflcult dnsclplnne problems which cropped up In the classes of those days The theory was that the young ruffuans would be more polite to a woman The theory wasnt always rnght Led by the older boys puplls sometlmes turned classes into tree foralls with chalk erasers and other mas snles flyang around the room . , ' , . . , . I