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A COLORFUL TRADITION-YUH Vxfl-llCH WAY? ln the year l909 when Yuma Taxpayers voted to organize a union High School district, the north half of the old Main Street school located near the northwest corner of Main and Third Streets served the first students with two classrooms and a library lwhich was also an officel. The faculty was comprised of four teachers. In those days, track, baseball, tennis, and girls' basketball comprised the students' sports. Also, according to old records students gave readings at home entertainments, went boating, and captured deer and bears in Mexico and the valley. ln l9lO the first class, twelve seniors, was graduated. By that time growth of enroll- ment had increased until operation of the high school was seriously impaired by lack of classrooms and other facilities. The present main building was completed in l9l 3 and the auditorium and gymnasium buildings in l929. In 1930 steam heat was provided for the main buildings. Between i933 and 1936 a fleet of seven school-owned busses gradually was purchased and placed in operation. Shaded stone bleachers and concrete tennis courts were built in l935. ln l936 cafeteria equip- ment was moved to the main building, and the old stage on the second floor was removed to provide additional classrooms. The library was installed in the study hall, where it grows in size and usefulness. E91
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.fVV ! 6-.fl Lia f's'7 'f ,Af f7+W- 'KM 5 va www, ' fl Fpya' ON PRISON HILL. BEFORE THE ADVENT OF WHAT IS NOW YUHS, YUMA'S FIRST HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAD THE UNIQUE EXPERIENCE OF ATTENDING CLASSES IN THE FORMER TERRITORIAL PRISON. ... I I P E. I71 ABOVE IS A SECTION OF WHAT USED TO BE THE MOST DREADED PRISON WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
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The old prison buildings housed the school in its second, third and fourth years. Stu- dents thought the buildings, cool, quiet, and isolated. Vocational instructions then ran chiefly toward the clerical vein. Mention is given to a high school library, a sewing room, and laboratory sinks. On November 3, 191 l, a constitution was voted upon and adopted. Thereafter the seventh period of each Friday was given to student body members for meetings, which were half business in nature, half literary or musical. SN l DER HALL-WAR Tl ME. l9J
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