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TABLE OF CONTENTS Early Schools in Des Moines 8 History of East Des Moines School District 10 Grant Park School District 14 North Des Moines School District 15 Oakdale School District, Greenwood Park School District 16 Curriculum 16-17-18-19-20-21-22 Growth of Des Moines 23 Elementary Schools Adams School, Brooks School 24 Casady School, Cattell School 25 Cowles School 26 Douglas School, Dunlap School 27 Edmunds School 28 Elmwood School 29-30 Findley School 31 Ft. Des Moines School and Garton School 32 Granger School 33 Greenwood School 34 Hanawalt School 35 Hillis School, Hoak School 36 Howe School 37 Hubbell School, Jackson School 38 Jefferson School 39 King School, Logan School 40 Longfellow School 41 Lovejoy School, Lucas School 42 Madison School 43 Mann School 44 McKee School . 45 McKinley School, Mitchell School 46 Monroe School 47 Moore School, Moulton School 48 Oak Park School 49 Park Avenue School 50 Perkins School 51 Phillips School 52 Pleasant Hill 53 Rice School 54 Samuelson School 55 Smouse School, Stowe School 56 Studebaker School 57 Van Meter School, Wallace School 58 Washington School 59 Watrous School, Willard School 60 Windsor School 61 Woodlawn School 62 Wright School 63 Junior High Schools Brody 64 Callanan 66 Franklin 67 Goodrell 68 Harding 69 Hiatt 70 Hoyt 71 Irving 73 Kurtz 74 McCombs 75 Meredith 76 Merrill 77 Weeks 78 Wilson 79 Frederick Douglass Learning Center 80 Senior High Schools East High 81-82-83-84 Hoover High 84-85-86 Lincoln High 86-87-88 North High 88-89-90 Roosevelt High 91-92 Tech High 93-94 Greater Des Moines Education Centers 94
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http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/51851 <![CDATA[100_Des Moines School Photos]]> 2014-11-25T07:58:35+00:00

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100_Des Moines School Photos

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This is a page from the collection "Bicentennial Reflections: History of Des Moines Public Schools, 1876-1976" by Dr. Robert R. Denny, published by the Des Moines Public Schools in Des Moines, Iowa in 1976.

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East High School (Photograph) E. 12th and Court Irving SchooL (Photograph) 10th and Pleasant Old North High, (Photograph) 8th and College Garfield SchooL (Photograph) 629 Third Street Four Mile SchooL (Photograph) E. 39th & Easion Irving SchooL (Photograph) 10th and Pleasant 1961 - Fire Department (Photograph) Burning Crocker School Roosevelt Heating Plant (Photograph) East High (Photograph) Moving Day - 1912 1974 - Demolishing (Photograph) Park Avenue Annex Shop Picture (Photograph) Hubbell - 1932 (Photograph) 1st grade class Cattell-1911 (Photograph) Faculty Meeting
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http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/51850 <![CDATA[099_Photos of Des Moines]]> 2014-11-25T07:58:36+00:00

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099_Photos of Des Moines

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This is a page from the collection "Bicentennial Reflections: History of Des Moines Public Schools, 1876-1976" by Dr. Robert R. Denny, published by the Des Moines Public Schools in Des Moines, Iowa in 1976.

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Locust Street Bridge and Coliseum (Photograph) Union Station (Photograph) 6th and Cherry Beginning of Grays Lake (Photograph) Traffic Boys 1930's (Photograph) Sabin School New Roosevelt Shopping Center (Photograph) Old City Hall (Photograph) 2nd and Locust - 1905 2nd County Courthouse (Photograph0 1861 - 1901 - 6th and Court Piety Hill - 1916 (Photograph) Ft. Des Moines - 1915 (Photograph) WAC Training Center - 1944 (Photograph) Railroad Center- (Photograph) Old De Moine House (Photograph)
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http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/51849 <![CDATA[098_More Advertisements]]> 2014-11-25T07:58:36+00:00

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This is a page from the collection "Bicentennial Reflections: History of Des Moines Public Schools, 1876-1976" by Dr. Robert R. Denny, published by the Des Moines Public Schools in Des Moines, Iowa in 1976.

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96 Bill Sevens Says- Strength is one of the features of this Chevrolet "Four Ninety". Its sturdiness the basis of it's reputation as a dependable car. Fully equipped $590 Des Moines You enjoy solid comfort due to itsstrong body construction-its pliant chasis and springs, and the generous use of Chrome Vanadium steeie. OLDFIELD MOTOR CAR CO - 1100 Locust St... The Florsheim Shoe Is synonymous with true economy "Florsheim" exclusiveness of style stands more pronounced than ever before in the advance spring models that await your inspection. "Florsheim" Styles $5 and $6 "Worthmore" Styles $3.50 and $4 Our Shop Is At 610 Wal. If it Isn't a Fit It Isn't a FLORSHEIM DES MOINES SAVINGS BANK Do you know what makes one bank better and stronger than another? It is the amount of CAPITAL & SURPLUS and the business ability of the Men conducting the institution. This bank has CAPITAL AND SURPLUS and liability of Stockholders, amounting to $ 1,300,000.00 and the following OFFICERS and DIRECTORS are conducting the business: : : : : : P. M. Casady, Pres. Simon Casady, V.-Pres. Homer A. Miller, Cash. C. T. Cole, Jr:, Asst. Cash. James G. Berrybill L. Harbach E. C. Finkbine J. H. Windsor G. M. Hippee Edw. A. Temple N. S. McDonald Des Moines Savings Bank "Where'll we go?" "Why the GARDEN of course!" "There's always a good picture there." "More than a movie" "Distinguishing the best from the rest" Coming of the "Greater Younker Store" 1909 maris the completion of our new six story-quarter block store, which will be one of the largest and most influential mercantile institutions in the central west a tribute to the progress of Iowa and of Des Des Moines Younker Brothers Iowa's Foremost Store Des Moines
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http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/51848 <![CDATA[097_Advertisements]]> 2014-11-25T07:58:36+00:00

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097_Advertisements

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95 C.C.C.COLLEGE *5000 BUSINGS MEN In Iowa and surrounding states owe their success to the training received in the CAPITAL CITY COMMERCIAL COLLEGE We have thousands of graduates in good positions in all parte ot the United States. Banks, Insurance Com- panics, Wholesalers, Jobbers, Manufacturers, Railroad Companies, Express Companies, and other large houses always come to us for help. Do not fail to send for out handsome free catalogue. CAPITAL CITY COMMERCIAL COLLEGE Des Moines, Iowa *A directory of almost 5000 ex-students will be sent on request. Have YOUR CASE Correctly Diagnosed at Still College of Osteopathy 1422 LOCUST STREET By Specialists IF WE CAN T HELP YOU WE WILL TELL YOU SO ... . Charges Reasonable This College is thoroughly equipped with the latest appliances and offers you the best services. Next term begins Feb. 1, 1907. C. E. Thompson, A. M.; D. O., President; William E. D. Rummell, A.M., LL. D., Secretary and General Manager. 1422 Locust St. Swell Spring Clothes FOR YOUNG MEN You young men who are not acquainted with clothes sold by Frankel's are unfortunately overlooking the best clothes made in America for young men. Don't take our word for it, but come and see them. College Brand Clothes, $25 and $20 H. S. & M. Clothes. 25 down to $16.50 Clothcraft Clothes, 15 down to 7.60 Frankel's 513-517 Walnut St. DES MOINFS, IA. Golf and Country Club, Pool and Club House Des Moines. Iowa
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http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/51847 <![CDATA[096_Greater Des Moines Education Centers]]> 2014-11-25T07:58:36+00:00

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096_Greater Des Moines Education Centers

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This is a page from the collection "Bicentennial Reflections: History of Des Moines Public Schools, 1876-1976" by Dr. Robert R. Denny, published by the Des Moines Public Schools in Des Moines, Iowa in 1976.

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94 A contract was let in June of 1970 for expanding the counseling and library space at Tech High. This area also includes the Career Placement Center. The contract amounted to $50,000. An additional contract was awarded in 1974 for installation of air-conditioning of this space. The Tech High aviation laboratory existed for a number of years at E. 18th and Euclid. This was a site acquired from the U.S. Government as a surplus site. The need for a new aviation laboratory became apparent and contracts were awarded in August 1974 for a new building on a site at the Des Moines Airport, S.W. 31st and McKinley. This new laboratory, approved by F.A.A., was completed in September 1975. The students from the following major areas of job entry education are participating in a house building project each year. Students of Des Moines Tech have completed their fourth house. Carpentry Cabinet Making Printing (Publicity) Sheet Metal Electricity Refrigeration-Air Conditioning Painting/ Decorating Additional programs at Des Moines Tech include: Title I Secondary Reading New Horizons Title III Career Interest Student Survey Title III Rent-A-Kid Career Placement Alliance of Business with Pittsburg-Des Moines Steel Handicapped Driver Education Police-School Liaison Program Business Education Co-op Program Office and Secretarial Co-op Program School-Community Worker Program Trades and Industry Co-op Program Learning Resource Teacher for the Hearing Impaired Learning Disabilities Teacher Des Moines Technical High School is one of the few secondary schools in our nation offering 29 major areas of job entry education. Students may also enroll in a college preparatory academic program or a general education academic program in addition to one of the major areas of job entry training. Each year approximately 90% of the senior class are gainfully employed and 24% are college bound. Principals— 1942 - 1946 Perry Frazier 1946 - 1969 Elmer Betz 1969 - Don Blackman Greater Des Moines Education Centers 1452 - 2nd Avenue 1961 - Indianola Road In 1968, following a wave of racial incidents in the schools, and during a time when some students were beginning to question the more restrictive aspects of schools on their personal freedoms, the Board of Education opted to open a voluntary attendance program for dropouts. That program was also to be made available to certain expellees by Board action and to "kickouts" after a 30 day waiting period. Space was made available at the Julia B. Mayer Community Center on the near north side (known previously, for years, as the Jewish Community Center). The program opened in January, 1969. By June of that year the enrollment had outgrown that facility and the present site of the North Greater Des Moines Education Center was leased. The school, located at 1452 - 2nd Avenue, was named by the students. In December, 1972, a South Center was opened in a leased facility at 1961 Indianola Avenue. This Center was the result of a push by the Community Development Agency to expand the program. Both Centers presently serve students in the ninth grade and above who have not adjusted to the conventional school setting. The popularity of these alternative education centers has shown that they serve a unique segment of the school population. Special programs in the Centers in addition to the usual secondary curriculum offerings (highly individualized) include: Pre-Career Industrial Workshop Career Placement and Credit Vocational Exploration Neighborhood Youth Corps II Governor's Youth Opportunity Program Driver's Education Directors: 1968 - 1974 Charles S. Greenwood 1974 - Vincent Scavo TECH AVIATION LAB. (Photograph)
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http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/51846 <![CDATA[095_Des Moines Technical High School]]> 2014-11-25T07:58:36+00:00

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095_Des Moines Technical High School

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93 Tech (Photograph) DES MOINES TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL 1800 Grand Site 4.1 acres A technical high school for Des Moines was established in 1942 in the building which was formerly known as West High School. It was an outgrowth of a program of training adults for employment in defense activities which the school system had been asked to provide. The late Roy C. Wool- man, director of industrial education, took an active part in the organization of the technical high school. From 1942 until the end of World War II the high school program and the training of adult workers for industrial firms engaged in defense activities were carried on side by side. Meanwhile the school had grown from an enrollment of less than 300 the first year to approximately 450. This later enrollment was augmented by returning veterans seeking technical education. At times the number of veterans in training exceeded 250. After the war enrollment in the technical high school grew more rapidly, exceeding 700 in 1948, 900 in 1952, and 1100 in 1954. There was little growth in enrollment between 1954 and 1957, due primarily to crowded conditions at the former location. Since it was apparent that there would be an increasing number of high school students in the city and that the technical high school would continue to grow, the Board of Education was faced with the necessity of providing more facilities. The present enrollment of about 2000 shows the trend. Late in 1951 it was learned that the Solar Aircraft Company planned to vacate the building at 18th and Grand Avenue. This building was con' structed about 1916 by the Ford Motor Company for use as an assembly plant. It was acquired by the Solar Aircraft Company about 1940, being used as a plant for fabricating parts for jet engines. After study of many problems involved, it became evident that this building would provide the space required by a growing technical high school. A plan was developed to bring together at this location the technical high school, the administrative offices of the Board of Education, the furniture factory and repair shop, and the supply department and warehousing for the district. This program was presented to the voters who authorized the purchase of the building in May, 1952. According to agreement it was then leased to the Solar Aircraft Company while their new plant was under construction. The original building is approximately 450 feet long, 120 feet wide, 5 stories high in front, plus a ground floor level under the entire building and a sub-basement under approximately two-thirds of the building. The addition at the front of the building houses the auditorium; radio and television broadcasting booths, offices, and equipment; separate gymnasiums for boys and girls; and a swimming pool. The construction of the original building was such that it could not house any of these activities. There is ample space for the technical high school to grow by increasing enrollments in various areas and by providing instruction in new areas not now included. In addition the school will continue to expand in providing educational opportunities for adults. Tech High School in the mid-1970s continues to offer its specialized program of vocational and technical education to the students of the entire Des Moines school district. During the 1970s the following programs have been added: 1. Licensed Practical Nursing 2. Agri-Business 3. Marine Corps Jr. R.O.T.C. 4. Business Education A. M.T.S.T. training B. Legal secretarial training C. Medical secretarial Training D. Personnel receptionist training E. Business Communications 5. Trades and Industry Elective Courses A. General metals B. Practical electricity C. Industrial safety D. Blueprint reading and estimating E. Aero-science 6. Academics A. Math laboratory B. Reading laboratory C. World geography D. Value-conflicts E. U. W. Today F. Revised English curriculum
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http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/51845 <![CDATA[094_Roosevelt High School History]]> 2014-11-25T07:58:36+00:00

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094_Roosevelt High School History

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92 There has been an enthusiastic display of TRHS spirit toward athletics. In football, the Riders have won the City Series nine times and tied for it three times. The 1954 eleven went undefeated and were crowned mythical State champions. Roosevelt's basketball teams have gone to the State Tournament several times. The Riders were State Champions in 1934 and runners up in 1929, 1933, and 1954. In 1959 TRHS placed third in the State Tournament and played in the quarterfinals in 1953 and 1961. In 1965 they were State Champions once again. The school has won national fame in swimming. Roosevelt has regularly placed members of its teams on the All-American swimming lists. TRHS has won the state swimming title twelve times and tied once. In the city, the Riders have won thirty-two consecutive City swimming meets. Wrestling was resumed in 1955 after fifteen years without a team at Roosevelt. The Roosevelt golf and tennis have placed first in the City tournaments for many years. The track team has been a frequent winner at the Valley Relays, Drake Relays, Oskaloosa Relays, and the indoor and outdoor State meets. The cross country team was started in 1957. The Riders' baseball team has had its share of victories in city and state competition. Roosevelt is not a one-sport school. It has produced winners in all fields of athletics. Athletics at TRHS have become an essential and integral part in the lives of the students. Here is a summary of the various additions to Roosevelt High School. 1. Counseling Addition—1954 Square Ft.—720 Cost— $10,300 2. Main Addition—(Physical Education, Library, Science)—1962 Square Ft.—58,260 Cost—$1,197,160 3. Kitchen and Cafeteria Remodeling—1964 Square Ft.—700 (dishwasher area) Cost—$32,000 Cost includes complete remodeling of kitchen and part of cafteria, plus the addition of dishroom building. Freeway construction in 1966 is drastically changing the land south and west of the school. A portion of the southwest corner of the campus was taken by the highway commission for the relocation of Center Street. Revamping the front grounds area is taking place in 1966-1967. Roosevelt High School has explored new various curriculum courses in the 1950's and 1960's. In several cases the experimental work in BSCS biology, CHEMS chemistry, to name two, have been extended and adopted by other high schools. Roosevelt consistently sends about 85% of it graduates to college who represent the Des Moines Schools on college campuses throughout the nation. Roosevelt High in the 1970s Roosevelt High School had several school additions in the 1960s. In August, 1971 a contract was awarded for $181,000 for the addition of counseling rooms, art rooms, band and orchestra rooms. The main addition included here was the fact that the band and orchestra rooms for the first time would have a section for their own use rather than the stage of the auditorium that had been their home for almost 50 years. The counseling room addition was an expansion of the original one that took place in the 1950s. Again in August of 1974 there was a need seen for a metal shop addition. The contract was let for $145,000 for a separate metal shop addition. This in turn reflected the change in the study body request and the need for an educational space to meet their needs. Roosevelt High School in the 1970s continues to be a high achieving academic high school that sends probably the highest number of its students to college of any of the senior high units. The curricular program includes a number of unique programs. To name a few of them are: Independent Study Pass/Fail Option Student Supervised Lunchroom Student Faculty Liaison Committee Faculty Senate Title III Career Interest Study Survey Title III Rent-A-Kid Career Guidance Handicapped Drivers Education program Police-School Liaison program Open Campus It is felt that Roosevelt High School is continuing to meet the needs of youngsters in expanding its offerings of its programs for the requirements of the student body that it serves. 1972 - Addition of Counseling rooms, Art rooms,Band and Orchestra rooms 1974 - Addition of Metal Shop Site—38.4 Acres Principals who served at Roosevelt: 1923 - 1934 Robert R. Cook 1934 - 1939 J. Edgar Stonecipher 1939 - 1941 C. O. Hoyt 1941 - 1954 Emmet J. Hasty 1954 - 1965 Delmar H. Battrick 1965 - 1966 Charles D. Rowley 1967 - Bruce Gardner
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http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/51844 <![CDATA[093_Roosevelt High School]]> 2014-11-25T07:58:36+00:00

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093_Roosevelt High School

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91 Roosevelt (Photograph) ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL 45th and Center Theodore Roosevelt High School is nearly half a century old. Construction work on the building began April 1, 1922. It was completed in the fall of 1923 and dedicated on March 2, 1924. While West High was the first high school building in this district, a high school had been conducted for a number of years in Lincoln school at 9th and Mulberry. Although many may have the impression that the history oi Roosevelt started upon its completion October 1, 1923, the history really began in February, 1917, when the first petitions for the school were filed in the office of the president of the school board. In 1921 the contracts, amounting to approximately a million dollars, were let to Kucharo Construction Company. The actual construction was begun in the spring of 1922. In September of the same year the corner stone was laid. Although work on the school was not yet finished, the first school session opened in September, 1923. On March 2 of the following year, the dedication of the still unfinished building took place. The twenty-three acre tract of land upon which the building was erected was selected because of its location and natural beauty. The building, when completed, cost $1,065,000; the school equipment $160,000; the site $65,000; and the landscaping drives, playgrounds, and athletic fields $30,000. The total cost was $1,331,600. Here is a capsule report of the first year at Roosevelt. September, 1924—School opened with an enrollment of 1,282. Auditorium unfinished and so the cafeteria was used for assemblies with stools, boxes and the floor for seats. The campus—bare, ungraded, not a shrub, not a walk. Organizations for the first semester were: 1. Student Council made up of representatives from each home room. 2. Band, orchestra, junior orchestra, boys' glee club, girls' glee club, Cadman Club (a ninth grade girls' glee club), Treble Club (junior high girls' glee club with fifty members). 3. Dramatic clubs—Sothern and Marlowe, Thespian, The Marionettes Maude Adams Club, Otis Skinner Club, Walker Whiteside Club, Punch and Judy Club. 4. The Theodian Literary Club. 5. The Athenian Art Club. 6. The Junior Art Club. 7. The Forensic and Debating Club (senior high). 8. Junior Parliamentary Law and Debating Club. 9. Latin Club. 10. Science Club. 11. Senior High Radio Club. 12. Junior High Science and Radio Club. 13. Canhute Campfire Club. Second semester organizations: 1. Theodore Roosevelt Chapter of the National Honor Society 2. Ocawasin Campfire Club. 3. Junior High Corrall. Graduating classes: January—17 graduated. June—88 graduated. The school is of modified gothic style and presents one of Des Moines' finest views when seen from Polk Boulevard. The building has been greatly enlarged in the last forty years. The counseling addition, and most recently, the new library, science wing, boys' gym, swimming pool, and teachers' dining room have been added. The old boys' gym has been made over for the mechanical arts department, and the old pool is now a wrestling room. The auditorium, with a seating capacity of 2,036, occupies a large area of the Roosevelt interior. The auditorium has served the school, and has also been the site of many attractions for the entire community. The auditorium has been the scene for action-packed pep assemblies; serious Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter assemblies; all-school movies; school plays; the Senior Frolics; and other events. Another auditorium which is much smaller (capacity 174) is the home of the dramatic and speech department. The band and orchestra rehearse on the stage of the large auditorium. The choral groups have a large music room on the third floor. The art and journalism department has supervised the publication of a school paper and annual since 1924. The homemaking department, industrial arts department, and the commercial department help give TRHS students a choice of good vocational courses. Distributive education is a new field that has recently been added to give students on-the-job-training. Of course the academic subjects, language, English, mathematics, science, and history, are strongly emphasized at Roosevelt. The spacious new reference library contains 12,000 volumes, not including pamphlets and bound magazine volumes.
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http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/51843 <![CDATA[092_New North High School]]> 2014-11-25T07:58:36+00:00

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092_New North High School

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90 1957 "NEW" NORTH HIGH SCHOOL Dr. Knezevich in his 1957 School Building Study reported as follows: "It is difficult at this time to report on "Old" North and "New" North. During the time of the study "Old" North was being utilized for senior high school purposes but scheduled for abandonment for such purposes in the 1957-58 school year. "New" North by the same token was not yet completed. The various types of facilities provided at the "New" North High School are indicated below. The interchangeable classrooms are fairly large as the median will be approximately 752 square feet. Excellent special purpose facilities are also noted. Instrumental and vocal music rooms will have over 1,800 square feet. The boys' gymnasium has over 13,000 square feet, and the girls' gymnasium has almost 5500 square feet. There are an excellent pool and a pool stadium with a sizable seating capacity. The science rooms are large, the biology room having over 1,800 square feet. Excellent facilities are provided for industrial arts education with auto and metal shops as well as wood shops. A student center is likewise provided. A large auditorium seating 1,800 people is included in this building. "New" North will be placed on a site of 24 acres in addition to an athletic field which is located across the road from the new building. North High in the 70s During the early 1970's many new courses were introduced in an attempt to provide for individual interests and differences with an emphasis on career education. Some of these courses are as follow: Creative Writing, Journalism Graphics, Semantics, Film Arts, Guided Individualized Reading, Contemporary Literature, Expository Writing, Anthropology, Sociology, Public Issues, American Political Behavior, Asian Studies, Emerging Nations, Geography Project, Office Education, Music Theater, Experimental Child Care, Firestone Project (a career education course with Firestone Tire Company, Aerospace and Leadership Education (AFJROTC) and many others including part-time work programs and independent study. The North High Band spent eight days in Hawaii in June, 1972, and performed in the 100th Annual King Kamehameha Day Celebration. The trip was made possible by a personal invitation from the Governor of Hawaii, the Honorable John Burns. North was the first mainland high school band ever to participate in the celebration and they were so well received that they were given an open invitation to return, which they did in 1975. The "Polar Bear Band" also played in Washington, D.C. in the 1973 Inaugural Parade. Girls' athletics became more prominent in the early 1970's, as volleyball, basketball, track and softball were added to the list. These activities were well under way before the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare mandated that schools must provide equal opportunity for both sexes to participate in intramural interscholastic athletics. More will be done in this area in the future. In the mid-1970's the school administration, the North High parents and the school board are all studying the problem of declining enrollment at North High School. With a building capacity of 1500 and a total enrollment of 700 students, together with a census forecast of still fewer students within the North boundaries, the following solutions were considered: 1. Adding a ninth grade 2. Adjusting high school boundaries 3. Moving Des Moines Technical High School to North 4. Closing North High School and making it into a "Fundamental" junior high school. These concerns would probably not be necessary had the bond issue election in 1963 passed. More than 25,000 voters went to the polls, the largest turnout in the city's history for a school bond election, at that time to vote on a bond issue of $5,975,000 and a 3-year school house tax levy that would raise an estimated $2,200,000. These amounts, plus $400,000 remaining from a building program begun in 1959, would have financed an $8,500,000 project including 88 elementary classrooms, a new junior high school, an expansion of 2 junior high schools and an expansion of 3 senior high schools. North High was one of the senior high schools slated to be expanded with a $500,000 project. The tax levy received approval of more than 63 per cent of the voters but the bond issue carried only 59 per cent while 60 per cent was required. A shift of 208 votes would have given the bond issue the necessary votes to pass. The next year, 30,874 voters went to the polls and passed a new bond issue that provided for a $9,800,00 building program which included $3,200,00 for the new Hoover High School, $1,800,00 for a new south side junior high school, and five new elementary schools. Additions to two elementary schools, Weeks Junior High, East High and Lincoln High were also included in this project. The school bond issue of the late 1960's provided for an expansion of the library at North High School and the addition of two classrooms. The contract let for this expansion was $99,400. North High Principals 1889 - 1892 Miss Louis Patterson 1892 - 1893 Mrs. A. W. Merrill 1893 - 1894 Mr. E. N. McKay 1894 - 1897 Mr. Samuel Cart 1897 - 1898 Mr. C. N. Clifford 1898 - 1900 Mr. A. W. Brell 1900 - 1904 Mr. W. E. Rummel 1904 - Jan. 1905 Mr. W. A. Cruisinberry Jan. - June 1905 Miss Amelia Morton 1905 - 1915 Mr. J.G. Grundy 1915 - 1918 Mr. E.J. Eaton 1918 - 1923 Mr. A.W. Merrill 1923 - 1927 Mr. Curtis Threlkeld 1927 - 1935 Mr. H.T. Steeper 1935 - 1958 Mr. S.E. Thompson 1958 - 1961 Mr. Aaron Hutchins 1961 - 1963 Dr. Robert Denny 1963 - 1966 Dr. Donald wetter 1967 - 1972 Mr. Wendell Webb 1972 - Mr. Rolland Brownell
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