Laughter, Falling Water and Time
The suggestion made by The Tribune that the new Prospect Park School be named after Sidney Pratt, the son of the mayor of Minneapolis, who died in the hospital at far away Manila where he went as a volunteer to answer to the call of his country meets with nothing but approval on all sides. … Read more
If there is one class of students at East High which deserves more than any other the honor and praise of the student body, that class is composed of those boys and girls who work their way through school. The rich man’s son (often a worthless sort, though sometimes quite the contrary) does not, and … Read more
When the new building now under construction for the MacPhail School of Music is completed, Minneapolis will have one of the largest buildings in America devoted exclusively to the art of music and drama. Located on the northwestern corner of LaSalle Avenue in Twelfth Street, it will be of fireproof construction containing seventy-four soundproof studios … Read more
The Pillsbury Gates at the near end of Fourteenth Avenue SE have always been the University of Minnesota’s front door. Decades before Stadium Village, Washington Avenue, and the West Bank were born, professors, students, staff and guests arrived in Dinkytown on horse-drawn street cars, bicycles and trains. They walked through these gates and took up … Read more
In 1932 Calvin W. Jarvis, one of the Principals of Central, wrote a brief history of Central and estimated that over 15,000 young men and women had graduated from Central during the fifty years from 1880 to 1930. During the 52 years from 1930 to 1982, at least 25,000 more students have graduated, which means … Read more
South High School. Minneapolis, Minnesota. One of six high schools, cost including new addition, but without equipment, $600,000, caring for about 2000 pupils; has auditorium seating 1860 manual training domestic science and commercial courses; gymnasium, shower, bath, penny lunch, conservatory, faculty of 80. Our Public School property is valued at $8,500,00. –Minneapolis Selling Co. Postcard-1920 … Read more
We have tried to tell of the progress of West High, the Lake District, the City and the State of Minnesota, and to show the relationship among them… From the Annual Publication of the Senior Class of West High School Minneapolis, Volume Seventeen, 1925
Way back in 1875, Minneapolis Township built a two-room, wooden school on the southwest corner of Minnehaha Avenue and 38th Street. At that time the school was part of what was District #113, It became part of the city school system when the neighborhood was annexed in 1887, and was named “Bancroft” the same year. … Read more
North High School began thirty-nine years ago, in 1889. The old school was situated where the Logan School now stands. At that time it provided for both grade school and high school students. The section of the building which now faces Fremont Avenue was erected in 1896. The first lunch service was begun in 1901. … Read more