Worthington High School - Trojan Yearbook (Worthington, MN)

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Wit .,: , gg ..:':: 1 -' 1: :, .. f ,. ,' .. 7 ,. ,:1i'1'., ,A N ' 33 . ,. , . - : - , -- Mi 'mc-A .. -- M et'-:i-if -it '- , v . 51.-:.-,,,,,-:-Etggt:15,-,t.,,i,-,f.,tq,i, :si---5,..s5 4,--aleisms.liggmme-:s:ei::i1g: -e ,iiQ2ffifg9,,x,, Nfiiitt . ..... , - W W n U up . ,L,, ,. .S 3 ,L,L . . W ,,LL ,. ,M ,. gg t Ji , ,, L.,, ,f.,,,.,. ,. 4- h- 1 'miie This venerable building continues to educate iunior Few were able to visualize the size of the senior high or forecast its usefulness to high and iunior college students. the area at the time construction was begun in 1956. Workshops for Learningg People Merit Thanks Block-long corridors lead to versatile facilities housed in Worthington High School dedicated in April, 1958. Fall Enrollment Statistics 1949 1959 Central .. . . . 1,060 1413 Jr. High .... . . . 397 539 Sr. High .. 483 589 Jr. College ........ .. 125 195 Crippled Childrens' . .. .... . . 16 Sixteen room West Elementary put into use in 1956. Progress continues, the present generation demands secondary education to make itself more useful in the atomic age. To provide facilities which meet these demands, the local board Qt education began planning and constructing a senior high school building in 1956. As senior high students picked up their books to go to classes in the new building in April, 1958, iunior high students made immediate use of all available space in the old building which houses junior high and iunior college classes. By the end of 1959, the high school buildings shouted for expansion within the next decade. We can't find room for everyone, they cried. In the fall of 1959, the board of education assumed administrative responsibilities for the Southwest Crippled Children's School which is prepared for a capacity enrollment of sixty-tive. Being the only school of its kind in the state indicates it will become an important educational institution for the handicapped throughout the state of Minnesota. Before 1959-60 was over, the Crippled Children's school asked, Have you observed how I have been able to give hope and courage to some thirty students? Because the community is also interested in higher education, it set up a committee to make surveys and begin research as to the feasibility and possibility of locating a four- year college in Worthington. By the end of 1959-60, this committee could hear a dream building whisper, I see no reason why I can't supply higher education to students in this area who desire it.

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Little red school house dedicated to posterity in August, 1958. Buildings are symbols of progress. They represent ideas and ambitions of people. By examining these pages, the reader will note not only changes but also growth in the area ot education in this community. Prior to 1950 the elementary education of many students was carried on in the one room rural school. Consolida- tion became the practice and soon the rural school began to disappear from the scene. The city of Worthington felt the effects of consolidation with increased enrollments in the Central Elementary School. There simply was not enough room to house com- fortably and teach adequately the more than one thou- sand students in attendance. As a result, the local district held bids for the construction of a new grade school in l954 with construction beginning the same year. One hundred elementary students were the first to oc- cupy the West Elementary School on January 9, 1956. The year l96O finds each of the buildings wondering what to do with the students entering the door. At the end of the day each school sighs and pleads, When will they build more so we may sew up our split seams. Decade Builds Central elementary enrolls more students than any other building. Handicapped students ap- preciate available facili- ties. Sanitorium becomes school for crippled children in September, 1959.

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. . S. Students Reveal Increasing Interest Roger Groenewold, Mary Hay, Barbara Hegg, and David Minge appear minute against the United Nations building background. fr Early American colonial hats must be coming back in style. Dave Minge and a friend from Oregon, delegates to the National Student Council Convention, appear right at home in front of the governor's mansion at Williamsburg, Virginia. Kanellis Receives Award Mr. Bruno Jacob, secretary of N.F.L. from Ripon Wisconsin, presents a dis- tinguished service key to Mr. David Kanellis, as Mr. E. A. Durbahn and Mr. A. T. Sanderson look on. The district service key presented to Mr. Kanellis is one ot two awarded in the United States each year by the N.F.L. Mr. Jacob also presented the school with a plaque which Mr. Sanderson is holding. This plaque is a national award, it is one of twenty-two pre- sented each year in the United States for excellence in speech.