Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-08-18
ONE GREAT HIGH
SCHOOL is ASSURED
By Action Of Normal In Di3con-
t'nuing It's Work-Board
Accepts Offer

At meeting Of the City Board
of Education Thursday evening
President T. ]. Coates, Of the
Eastern Kentucky State Normal,
made the formal announcement
that the Model High School
would be discontinued. He offer
ed to the city board. the use of the
rural school building on the Nor
NAL campus for the purpose OF
housing the Madison High School
until the new city school build
ing is completed. The Board
voted unanimously to accept the
offer.
This move augurs a new era
for the city high school. The
sentiment was expressed at the
meeting that it was the biggest
move in the history of public ed
ucation in the city. It will be the
first time in many years that
there will be only one high school
in Richmond. 1t means a unity
ing of the forces of secondary ed
ucatioh. The high school pat
ronage will no longer be dividec:
but the interest Of the entire cit
izenry of the city VIII be unitoi
in one common cause. The cf-
feet of this unity of effort should
be very marked in the school
spirit which always surrounds
high school 1t will mean =
Strengthening of the faculty,
better showing in athletic coz
tests, in debating contests anf
all other inter-h1gh school COM
petitive movements. 1t will not
only increase the enrolment to a
point in the blue grass cities, but
it will bring to the city high
school the quickened interest Of
many citizens who have only
been passively interested hereto
fore The esprit du corps will be
much improved.
The Board unanimously adopt
ed the following formal rcsolu-
ton:
Whereas, the Eastern Kentuc-
ky State Normal School has ar
nounced that il intends to- aban-
don the purely high school field
Of instruction and will. as a con
sequence, not receive the s;xtv
odd high school students that it
has taken care of in years past;
and.
Whereas, many Of these high
school students will want to con-
tinue their high school education
i'll the Madison High School; and,
Whereas, the new city school
building VII non be completed
before January 1st, 1928, at the
earliest and.
Whereas, the Board OF Educa-
ton of the City Of Richmond, has
not at its disposal the quarters TO
house properly the city high
school when merged with Model
High School; now. therefore,
Be it resolved, that the Board
of Education Of the City OF Rich
mond, accept the generous pro
posal of the Normal School in Of
fering the use Of its rural school
building in which to house the
Madison High School until the
new city school building IS com
pleted. The Board Of Education
regards the merger of the two
high schools as one Of the great
est forward steps in the city's
system of public education made
in recent years. It heralds the
time when all of the school pat
rons of the city will be united in
their sentiment and support be
hind the City High School 1t
means a minimum enrolment in
the high schdol of Us and pro-
bable enrolment of 200. With
the great increase in school spirit
and enthusiasm which will natur-
ally accrue, Richmond will take
her rightful place among the blue
grass cities in the quality and dis
tinction of her high school