{"id":926,"date":"2023-02-20T17:10:45","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T17:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uhighhistory.com\/?page_id=926"},"modified":"2023-04-26T14:46:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T14:46:40","slug":"school-history-1950-1959","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uhighhistory.com\/index.php\/school-history-index\/school-history-1950-1959\/","title":{"rendered":"1950-1959"},"content":{"rendered":"<nav class=\"is-responsive wp-block-navigation is-layout-flex wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Footer navigation\" \n\t\t data-wp-interactive=\"core\/navigation\" data-wp-context='{\"overlayOpenedBy\":{\"click\":false,\"hover\":false,\"focus\":false},\"type\":\"overlay\",\"roleAttribute\":\"\",\"ariaLabel\":\"Menu\"}'><button aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-label=\"Open menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-open\" 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class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background:radial-gradient(rgb(202,248,128) 0%,rgb(131,205,159) 88%,rgb(113,206,126) 100%)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>David Gipson scholarship established<\/strong><br>1950<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gibson.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"406\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gibson.jpg?resize=406%2C594&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"David Gipson\" class=\"wp-image-3412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gibson.jpg?w=406&amp;ssl=1 406w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gibson.jpg?resize=205%2C300&amp;ssl=1 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">David Gipson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Initial money to fund the scholarship came from David&#8217;s classmates after Gipson&#8217;s family requested that flowers not be sent. Gipson, a U-High senior, died when he accidently discharged a gun that he was cleaning. Criteria for the scholarship of $50 included good citizenship, scholarship and leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"356\" height=\"342\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/lovelass.jpg?resize=356%2C342&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"principal\" class=\"wp-image-1151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/lovelass.jpg?w=356&amp;ssl=1 356w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/lovelass.jpg?resize=300%2C288&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Harry Lovelass, Principal, guided U-High from 1949-1970<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Thespian Troupe 1156 is organized<\/strong><br>1950<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>&#8217;50&#8217;s academics<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>During the 50&#8217;s, students were able to take a wide array of courses in agriculture, mechanical trades, business education and speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"407\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/metal.jpg?resize=407%2C519&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"vice\" class=\"wp-image-1154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/metal.jpg?w=407&amp;ssl=1 407w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/metal.jpg?resize=235%2C300&amp;ssl=1 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Students learn how to hold metal in a vice.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"391\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/recorder.jpg?resize=391%2C493&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"students look at a recorder\" class=\"wp-image-1155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/recorder.jpg?w=391&amp;ssl=1 391w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/recorder.jpg?resize=238%2C300&amp;ssl=1 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Teacher Bradford Barber shows students how to use a recording machine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"364\" height=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/corn.jpg?resize=364%2C505&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"3 men\" class=\"wp-image-1153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/corn.jpg?w=364&amp;ssl=1 364w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/corn.jpg?resize=216%2C300&amp;ssl=1 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Teacher Ralph<br>Benton shows students how to examine corn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rostrum55.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rostrum55.jpg?resize=432%2C440&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rostrum55.jpg?w=432&amp;ssl=1 432w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rostrum55.jpg?resize=295%2C300&amp;ssl=1 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In 1955, the Rostrum debaters tackled the question of whether there was more nourishment in the fragrance of limburger than the hole of a doughnut.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ball.jpg?resize=450%2C563&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"girls playing\" class=\"wp-image-1156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ball.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ball.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Teacher Miriam Gray demonstrates volleyball technique during this 1950 p.e. class.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/type.jpg?resize=624%2C555&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"typing\" class=\"wp-image-1157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/type.jpg?w=624&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/type.jpg?resize=300%2C267&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;The business department offers excellent preparation for future stenographers, typists, secretaries and businessmen.&#8221; -1952<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Glenn Adams, winner of 11 &#8220;U&#8217;s&#8221;, enlists<\/strong><br>1953<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/adams.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"557\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/adams.jpg?resize=400%2C557&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Glenn Adams\" class=\"wp-image-3415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/adams.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/adams.jpg?resize=215%2C300&amp;ssl=1 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A popular student, Adams won 4 letters in baseball, 2 in track, 2 in basketball and 3 in football. &#8220;Country&#8221;, as his teammates labelled him, enrolled in the armed services upon graduation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Teacher Blanche McAvoy retires after 33 years<\/strong><br>1955<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/blanche.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"376\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/blanche.jpg?resize=376%2C440&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Blanche McAvoy\" class=\"wp-image-1960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/blanche.jpg?w=376&amp;ssl=1 376w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/blanche.jpg?resize=256%2C300&amp;ssl=1 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blanche McAvoy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. McAvoy taught biology from 1922-1955; in 1963 an award was created in her honor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>U-High students choose Eisenhower in mock election<\/strong><br>1956<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/clarionette56-1024x855.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"337\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mock.jpg?resize=500%2C337&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mock.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mock.jpg?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The president and his running mate, Richard Nixon, received 251 votes; the democratic candidate, Adlai Stevenson, received just 48 votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Student body exceeds 400 students<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Students debate Elvis Presley&#8217;s shaking hips in the Clarionette<\/strong><br>October, 1956<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/elvis.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"826\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/elvis.jpg?resize=640%2C826&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Elvis Presley\" class=\"wp-image-1993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/elvis.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/elvis.jpg?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elvis Presley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Are we becoming juvenile delinquents because we listen to Hound Dog and Don&#8217;t Be Cruel? Elvis&#8217; records would be nothing without his movements.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;I have come to the conclusion that teenagers are under a hypnotic spell which paralyzes their minds and keeps them from thinking straight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/anderson.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"334\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/anderson.jpg?resize=334%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dorothy Anderson\" class=\"wp-image-1551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/anderson.jpg?w=334&amp;ssl=1 334w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/anderson.jpg?resize=223%2C300&amp;ssl=1 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Students, like Dorothy Anderson, &#8217;56, cranked up the radio to songs by Fabian, Paul Anka and Bobby Rydell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/writtenwork.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Guidelines for written work<\/a><\/strong><br>1956<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>U-High provided guidelines for student work including manuscripts, commas, apostrophes, and capital letters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>For the first time in school history, U-High gets its own building<\/strong><br>1957-58<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/metcalfbuilding.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/metcalfbuilding.jpg?resize=900%2C627&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Metcalf Building\" class=\"wp-image-1287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/metcalfbuilding.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/metcalfbuilding.jpg?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/metcalfbuilding.jpg?resize=768%2C535&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Thomas Metcalf Building, 1957<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/moultontoday.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/moultontoday.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/moultontoday.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Thomas Metcalf Building (now Moulton Hall) today.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During its first 100 years, U-High always shared a building with either college and\/or grade school students. In 1957, The Thomas Metcalf Building was renamed to University High School. At the same time, Old Main, where many of U-High&#8217;s classes had been held, was torn down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remodeling took place throughout the year. The old playroom was converted to a student lounge. The old, cramped office was put on the main floor, and several glass cases and a trophy case were added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/moulton.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/moulton.jpg?resize=500%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"girl entering doorway\" class=\"wp-image-1540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/moulton.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/moulton.jpg?resize=260%2C300&amp;ssl=1 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Entering the Thomas Metcalf Building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During that year student lockers seemed to be moved on a daily basis; the dance room, the lunch room and even on the bridge between Old Main and U-High<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background:radial-gradient(rgb(202,248,128) 0%,rgb(131,205,159) 88%,rgb(113,206,126) 100%)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/homecoming57.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"740\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/homecoming57.jpg?resize=1000%2C740&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"homecoming program\" class=\"wp-image-1394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/homecoming57.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/homecoming57.jpg?resize=300%2C222&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/homecoming57.jpg?resize=768%2C568&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Homecoming 1957<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>ISSCS student Harry Menton begins his high school career<\/strong><br>Fall, 1957<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Menton won 11 varsity letters during his high school careeer and in 1961 was named the outstanding high school graduate in Illinois. Menton, who had attended ISSCS since age 7, scored a touchdown for the varsity football team prior to his first day of school..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The school buses dropped Menton and the students from ISSCS off at the front door of U-High every morning. It &#8220;was always a humbling experience,&#8221; said Menton. &#8220;You were still a &#8216;home kid&#8217; and that never really changed. Most of the kids from the home had a really hard time fitting in at U-High.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-small-font-size\">-Elaine Graybill, The Pioneer, Spring 2000<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>ISSCS student Bernie Latta recalls being ostracized as a &#8220;homer&#8221;<\/strong><br>1950&#8217;s<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Latta, whose mother died soon after he was born, lived at ISSCS from 1955-59, and attended U-High during that time. He recalls that it could be &#8220;tough&#8221; at times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Some of the other kids wouldn&#8217;t have anything to do with us,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The high school girls who didn&#8217;t live at ISSCS wouldn&#8217;t talk to me&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/homers.jpg\" title=\"\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mchistory.org\/blog\/isscs-bus-school-street-normal-late-may-1958\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"737\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/isscsbus.jpg?resize=1000%2C737&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/isscsbus.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/isscsbus.jpg?resize=300%2C221&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/isscsbus.jpg?resize=768%2C566&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(from the McLean County Historical Museum) Those in the bus windows are (left to right): Leroy Rogers, Richard &#8220;Dick&#8221; Yeager, Ronald &#8220;Eli&#8221; Whitney (leaning out of the window), unidentified (the boy below Whitney), Richard &#8220;Dick&#8221; (aka &#8220;Ice&#8221;) Icenogle, and Harold Stoneking. The first two guys standing in the bus door are unidentified, but the third one (looking over his shoulder) is Ed Walsch. Judy Green (wearing scarf) is walking beside the bus, and the tall boy at the far right is Edward \u201cEddie\u201d Miller.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>ISSCS students recall highs, lows of attending U-High<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>For students of the Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Children&#8217;s School, attending U-High afforded many opportunities, but also many challenges. Author Elaine Graybill documents those in <a href=\"http:\/\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/isscs.jpg\" title=\"\"><strong>this story<\/strong><\/a> for the 2000 Pioneer newsletter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>1958 ISSCS graduates from U-High<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mchistory.org\/blog\/photo-of-the-week-117-isscs-graduates-1958\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"937\" height=\"739\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/isscs58.jpg?resize=937%2C739&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ISSCS students\" class=\"wp-image-1802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/isscs58.jpg?w=937&amp;ssl=1 937w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/isscs58.jpg?resize=300%2C237&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/isscs58.jpg?resize=768%2C606&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 937px) 100vw, 937px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Seen here are, front row (left to right), Dixie Chambers. Jack Cummings, Judy Harvey, Dick Peifer, and Betty Jo Naseef; back row (left to right), Bill Marrs, Leroy Witte, Joe Menton, Don Peterson, Richard Yeager, and Ronald Whitney. Menton was the U-High homecoming king.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/classnight58.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/classnight58.jpg?resize=500%2C464&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"girls\" class=\"wp-image-1548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/classnight58.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/classnight58.jpg?resize=300%2C278&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The 1958 Class Night featured a Wild West theme, popular on television at the time. At left, the Senior Sweetheart Dancers looked out on stage as they prepared to perform.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/58coach.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/58coach.jpg?resize=800%2C696&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"students prep for prom\" class=\"wp-image-1391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/58coach.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/58coach.jpg?resize=300%2C261&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/58coach.jpg?resize=768%2C668&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Prepping for prom, 1958<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Clarionette votes on name change<\/strong><br>1959<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">1959: Students vote on changing the Clarionette name to one of the following: The Pathfinder, The Pioneer, Frontiersman, The Log. According to Clarionette staff, &#8220;The Clarionette has no real meaning. It&#8217;s only value is sentimental\u2026the only reason it hasn&#8217;t been changed is for lack of a new name.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"356\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/59clarionette.jpg?resize=356%2C364&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"students look at paper\" class=\"wp-image-1159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/59clarionette.jpg?w=356&amp;ssl=1 356w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/59clarionette.jpg?resize=293%2C300&amp;ssl=1 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jim Ringel and Sue Trail get material ready for the last Clarionette issue of the 1958-59 school year. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1959homecoming%40.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1959homecoming%40-1024x685.jpg?resize=1024%2C685&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-3143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1959homecoming%40.jpg?resize=1024%2C685&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1959homecoming%40.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1959homecoming%40.jpg?resize=768%2C514&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1959homecoming%40.jpg?w=1046&amp;ssl=1 1046w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Items from homecoming, 1959<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gasstation59.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gasstation59.jpg?resize=512%2C620&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"students in car\" class=\"wp-image-1566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gasstation59.jpg?w=512&amp;ssl=1 512w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gasstation59.jpg?resize=248%2C300&amp;ssl=1 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Clarion ad, 1959<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/uhighhistory.com\/index.php\/school-history-1960-1969\/\">Next<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Gipson scholarship established1950 Initial money to fund the scholarship came from David&#8217;s classmates after Gipson&#8217;s family requested that flowers not be sent. Gipson, a U-High senior, died when he accidently discharged a gun that he was cleaning. Criteria for the scholarship of $50 included good citizenship, scholarship and leadership. 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