The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-20
Twelue thousand Men and Women Sent Out to
Higher Education by Richmond High School

Pupils in high school during this
school year recall wildly the "sardine
effect" with which they were crowded
into the small business college build
Ing Teachers and pupils alike confess
that year was about as comfortable as
fish's existence on land
But In 1889 the building was COM
pleted and classes were resumed on
the corner of South Twelfth and A
streets. The new building, which IS
the present Garfield building, had
eighteen rooms.
All this while the old building on the
corner OF Eighth and North B streets
and been used for normal and other
educational purposes, but in 1894 it
was torn down and construction on
new building started. With its de-
struction went the most pretentious
public building of the pre-civil war
days In Eastern Indiana. In 1895 this
building. which was named after Pres
ident Garfield, was completed at the
cost Of $40. 100. for the building alone
These two buildings, the one for High
school pupils on Twelfth and South A
streets, and the Garfield building on
Eighth and North B streets, served
their respective purposes as High
school and intermediate school, for q
number Of years.
However. In 1910 the over.crowded
condition Of the Twelfth street build.
Ing necessitated the erection Of q
larger building. For this purpose the
school board OF trustees erected the
present High school building on North
Ninth street and connected with the
Eighth street intermediate school. The
building cost about 100000, Is equipped
with all the modern conveniences, sci
ence and physics laboratories, domes-
tic science kitchen, manual training
and art department. The public art
gallery was also located in It, The
building has forty rooms besides the
gymnasium, auditorium and store
rooms.
Floor Built Under Feet
Many interesting reminisces are re-
called by the class Of 1911, the first to
graduate in the new High school build
ing, and the other pupils who were
in school that year. Work on the
building went on throughout the year.
1T was no uncommon happening to
have the carpenters come in and lay
a floor under your feet" said Principal
Kelley, who was teacher in the build
Ing at that time.
I'VE had noises on all sides of us,
and every one. pupils and teachers,
were prepared for boiler shop career
by the end Of the school year." q
pupil recalled.
THE cement steps were all poured
during school sessions that year" said
Principal Kelly. land the smoke would
rise up in volumes filing the recita-
ton rooms When the smoke got too
thick we would dismiss school and go
home"
With the opening of the High school
in the new building in 1910. the fol-
lowing teachers we're employed. in
GLIDING BENJAMIN w. Kelly, the pres
ent principal; John F. Thompson. as
sistant principal and botany instruc-
tor; Martha Whitacre. Bertha E. Haw-
kins, Elma Nolte and Anna Finfrock,
who are still members of the High
school teaching body. Other teachers
connected with the school then are:
C. w. Knouff. principal; Edith Tallant,
instructor Of English; Franklin L. La
mar. head Of the department of phy-
steal sciences; F. l.. Terrence, instruc.
tor in mathematics; Caroline Stahl,
head of the department of German;
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w. D. Waldrip, head of the history de-
partment; G.. e. Hamilton, head OF the
Latin department; Will Earhart,
school music teacheri Alice G. Locke,
head of the art department: Arthur
Murray, head Of the English depart
ment; Guy D. Miller, principal OF the
commercial department Of the school:
Margaret G. Black, instructor in the
commercial department; Edna john
son, instructor in German.
The present teaching staff includes
beside those already named: S. 8. Yer
non and Garnet Thompson, science;
Inez Trueblood, Flora Brcaddus, Ruth
II. Newton, Mary Morrow and Pansy
Newly, English; W. O. Wissler, S. d.
Neff and Dorothy Gebauer, history;
G. c. Sipple, mathematics. and Anna
Bradbury, Spanish and mathematics;
Elizabeth Smelser and Donna I. Parke.
Latin: Florence Bond. French; L. B.
Campbell. John R. Jones. Margaret
O'Neil, Woodgie Ray Elliott, Tressa G.
Sharpe, Commercial department: Ebert
Vickrey, Charles o. Mays, w. B. Ward,
Harry F. Ross, industrial department;
Emma Bond, Stella Kelsey, Dorothy
Gebauer, Domestic Science and Art
departments; Emile Maue and Ralph
Sloane, art and music departments;
August J. Eckel and Margaret Wicke-
meyer, physical education; Helen L.
Fox and Florence Ratliff. librarian