City Reorganizes West Waterloo Schools for Efficiency
The 1927 reorganization creates two junior high schools at West High and Sloane Wallace, reducing district debt by 75 000 and saving about 6 000 in annual expenses. Remodeling Central and High buildings added modern facilities, boosting capacity to handle 3 536 pupils while cutting teaching staff by three and shifting grades to streamline instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Waterloo
Charles A. Kittrell
E. L. Rohif
Board of Education
Central School
Waterloo High School
Sloane Wallace Junior High School
West High School
Waterloo
Sloane Wallace
Central
Emerson
Whittier
Lowell
Irving
Edison
Kingsley
Kittrell
High Schol
Sloane Wallace Junior High
West High
Sloane Wallace School
Emerson S School
Emervon
Fourth Street
Fifth Street
St. Marys School Opens Paper and Forms Glee Clubs
St Marys School launches campus paper The Magnet with Louis Kakoski as editor in chief and forms TM and girls glee clubs. New activities noted during the year include student groups and performances, reflecting a vibrant school life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's School
Louis Kakoski
Debating team tops four contests with three wins
The team won three of four debates this season, defeating St. Marys at Marshalltown in two contests and Our Lady of Victory Academy in Waterloo in one. Debaters included Edna Atkinson, Rachel Pornong, Mary Frances Marinan, James Eppley, Bertha Mathias, Annabelle Muldehill, and Louis Frost. Enrollment reached four hundred pupils with 65 in the high school, and both departments showed slight growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bate
St. Mary's School
Marshalltown
Our Lady of Victory Academy
Waterloo
St. Mary's
Edna Atkinson
Rachel Pornong
Mary Frances Marinan
James Eppley
Bertha Mathias
Annabelle Muldehill
Louis Frost
New Hawthorne School Opens as Modern Three Story Edifice
The Hawthorne district completed a three story school on Franklin Street between Seventh and Eighth in 1927. Built with existing funds and no tax increase, the facility includes a kindergarten, gymnasium, playrooms, and nurse area. The building features fireproof cement floors, oak trim, terrazzo-like linoleum, and large sunlit windows in the kindergarten.
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East Public
Hawthorne
Franklin Street
Seventh
Eighth Streets
Charles W. Kilne
East
East High
Firth and Mulberry Streets
Manual Arts
St Johns Parish completes large 1924-34 building program
St Johns Catholic parish near Mulberry street finished a decade long building program begun in 1924 by adding a $19,000 two story and basement annex to the church and school. The nine classroom school addition includes a basement auditorium gym and on site living space for nuns. The parish also bought a full city block across Mulberry for athletic field and playground facilities.
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St. John’s Catholic
Mulberry Street
Teaching Sisterhood
St John’s School
Father Lentz
Nicholas J. Lentz
St. Jon's Parish
Public schooling in Black Hawk county 1926-27
County records by A. E. Jewett show 491 teachers and 11,702 pupils in public schools. Teacher payroll reached $648,638 with total school expenditures including buildings and bonds at $1,302,560. Enrollment split across Waterloo, Cedar Falls, La Porte City, and rural schools. parochial enrollment about 1,000 not included. Standardized rural schools receive state funds under a $100,000 annual appropriation plus about $6 per pupil local aid.
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Black Hawk County
A. E. Jewett
Waterloo East
Waterloo West
Cedar Falls
la Porte City
One Room Schools Fire Poyner No 7 and Cedar City
Two remaining one room schools, Poyner No 7 at Raymond with 34 pupils and Cedar City in Cedar Falls township with 30 pupils, reflect rural life changes as winter activities wane. Children now benefit from better instruction, facilities, and hygienic surroundings despite fewer community events.
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Poyner No. 7
Raymond
Cedar City
Cedar Falls Township
Christ Scientist Church Ready in Spring
The First Church of Christ Scientist will dedicate and occupy a new church on Second Street West near Wellington, a project started six years ago with a 42 by 118 foot brick structure, steel roof, green asbestos shingles, and stone trimming. Interior work continues through winter to complete seating for about 500, with the basement area used for Sunday school.
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First
Church of Christ Scientist
Second Street
Wellington Street
Immanuel School Enrollment Gains as Year Ends
Ninety pupils enrolled at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran school, about ten more than last year. The two story brick building houses byp classrooms a large auditorium and a gymnasium used by church societies and students. EB Studt leads grades five to eight since 1913 and ABE Gerlach teaches primary to fifth. Pastor Ravi oa. Hoo Sruanh leads religious instruction in advanced grades.
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Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran School
EB. J. Studt
A. BE. Gerlach
Ravi Oa. Hoo Sruanh
Amanuel Fy Angelical Church
Central School Modernized and Partially Rebuilt in Waterloo
The historic Central School, now with its third story removed, retains its red brick facade but shows remodeling by the West Board of Education. The project cost about $10,000 and adds improved lighting, new toilets, and a stucco exterior. The changes create facilities for elementary grades that would cost far more in a new building.
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Old Central School
Waterloo
West Board of Education
Trinity Church Dedicates New $92,000 Building in Waterloo
Trinity American Lutheran church in Waterloo dedicated its new sanctuary on September 2 1927. The buff brick structure at South and Fourth streets features exquisite art glass windows valued at 6500 and a large interior with auditorium study choir room and basement facilities. Architect John Bartley led the project which cost 92000 and followed seven years of growth from 15 members to a thriving congregation.
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Trinsity American Lutheran Church
Waterloo
South
Fourth Streets
K. PF
Herbert Moehlmann
Auditorum
Trinity American Lutheran Church
Central Christian Congregation
John
Bartley
Enrollment in East Public Schools Grows Steadily
Water loo shows steady public school enrollment gains as population rises. Charles W Kline, superintendent of east district schools, reports increases of 145 from 1926 to 1927 and 244 from 1925 to 1927, based on the first 13 weeks of each year's first semester.
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Charles W Kline
East District Public Schools
Waterloo
Enrollment at Our Lady of Victory Academy rises modestly
Two hundred seventy students enrolled at Our Lady of Victory Academy in the last year, with none in the high school department. The gain is slight from the prior year as the school maintains a program of athletics integrated with its regular curriculum.
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Pnt
Our Lady of Victory Academy
Teaching Staff in East Schools Sets High Standards
The East public school district in 1927 employed 160 teachers and cadets with 9 lacking college training, 75 with two or more years, 54 with four or more years beyond high school. The district emphasizes qualified staff, competitive salaries, and stable staffing to ensure high classroom instruction.
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Fast
East Board of Education
Waterloo
Gates College turns 44 with broad geographic reach
Gates college in Waterloo marks 44 years of business training with 280 day students from 90 cities and nine outside states. The school now draws 75 miles from Waterloo while 90 percent of grads secure local business positions. Stenotypy teaching resumes after eight years. the college offers business, secretarial, stenography, banking, accounting, and teaching, plus electives and arts programs.
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Gates College
Waterloo
Minnesota
South Dakota
Missouri
la Salle Extension
Grates College
Iowa
Who's Who In
Ime Rodamar
Pioneer -National Bank
Fred Northey
Northey Manutfactuing Company
J. J. Miller
Waterlo Savings Bank
Verne Bartling State Bank
Ilby
Pref
Thomas ‘Tobin
Vinton
Pifth
Jefferson Streets
Tibin
W. H. Brown
Almon F. Gates
Wateriono
Brown
Syndicate
Waterlesvening Courter
On Park Sy.me Weat
A. F. Ted Tm
Bruce F
Fb Raat Camne
Ang Hag Bebew
Wre
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Christian Science Church
NEW Hawthorne School
Walnut
Iitrle
OT. John's Parish
Christ Scientist
Trinity Church
Immanuel School
Hawthorne School
St. John’s
St. John’s Church
The
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Alcow Ee
Jon Plake
An Prancen
Mit Tawthorne
Lincoln Lafayette
McKinley
O. L. V. Academy
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Out OF City
Business College
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