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Nevada City High School - The Quill (371.QUI.1912)(1912) (108 pages)
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ao THE QUILL
School History
The Nevada City High School was instituted in 1862 and was successfully conducted by J. B. MeChesney. Miss Sarah Pratt was appointed assistant in 1866. The schoolliouse was pleasantly located on
the corner of Nevada and Water streets, where the ISpiscopal Church
now stands. The building was constructed of brick and wood, the rooms
being furnished with the modern school furniture of that time, and
containing a geological cabinet and other improvements. I*ine locust
trees shaded the building. The average attendance was seventy.
The growth of the school called for better accommodations and in
1868 an act was passed for purchasing a site and erecting a new buil:ling. The Washington schoolhouse was completed in 1870.
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The mathematical requirement for entrance to the first high school
Wwas.a knowledge of common fractions and denominate numbers, called
the ‘‘Reduction Tables.’’ In grammar a knowledge of the parts of
speech was required. Analysis and diagramming was a part of the
high sehool training. Physical Geography was a high school study.
Much attention was given to elocution and penmanship.
* When the school took possession of the Washington school building, Rhetorie, Algebra and Latin were added to the course of study.
Mr. McChesney was followed by Mr. EF. M. Preston and Mr. Frank
Power was placed at the head in 1869. The class was then large enough
to comfortahly fill a class room. There were three classes in the igh
school, when first nsoved into the Washington schoolhouse: A class, 6
members; B class, 21 members; C class, 31 members.
When the high school was established, there was also a preparatory class under the instruction of Miss Sarah Pratt. She was a gifted
woman and a fine elocutionist. On Friday afternoons, her pupils were
accustomed to entertain visitors with their best efforts in elocution.
The standing of the school as compared with other schools was
good. Pupils transferring to the San Francisco schools were well prepared to enter classes of the same rank and in several instances earried
off the class honors.
There were no requirements for graduation. Most of the girls
attended school until they were qualified for teachers and secured a
school.
In 1878, a definite high school course was prescribed and the first
class graduated in 1880. Up to 1902 the high school was maintained
by grammar school funds, but in that year an election was held, and
a tax voted to furnish funds for the maintenance of a regularly organized high school.
The Washington schoolhouse accommodations were not in keeping
with the growth of the school so on April 25th, 1911, an election was.