West Joplin School

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="006fa9e3.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#99FFFF" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >West Joplin School<B>   </B></FONT><A HREF="http://www.jaspercountyschools.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jaspercountyschools.org"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>   </B><A HREF="http://www.jaspercountyschools.org/joplin1/id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jaspercountyschools.org/jopli"><U><B>Joplin School </B></U></A></div> <div> The West Joplin Schools</div> <bR> <div> Mr. Arnold continued in charge of the West Joplin Schools during 1874-6, under the same conditions as at the organization, with one assistant in the </div> <div> brick building at 4th and Pennsylvania, and two assistants at the Methodist church, Fourth and Kentucky.</div> <bR> <div> At the close of the term in the spring of 1875, public exercises were conducted in the several rooms and the Joplin Daily News published the names of </div> <div> the pupils who had made in, the closing examinations, a grade of 90 per cent, or more.</div> <bR> <div> The following were in the honor list: Emma Giles, 100; Artie Spencer (A. E.), 100; Ordie Allen, 99.5; Ethel Holman, 98; Emma Bingham, 98; Ida Miller, 98; </div> <div> Millie Smith, 98; Gee Howell, 98; Elsie Mitchell, 97.5; Mamie McClaren, 97.5; Phoebe Reubart, 97.5; Laura McAdams, 97.5; Clarence Franz, 97; Isabel Irwin, 97; </div> <div> Jack Dolan, 97; Wilson McAdams, 97; Frank Reed, 97; Frank Warren, 96; Frank Hobbs, 96; Addie Irwin, 96; Willie Henrichs, 95.5; Anna McClarren, 95; </div> <div> Caddie Goodwin, 94.4; Almanda Prewitt, 94; Joe Reibart, 93.5; Mamie Alley, 93; Ella Weidener, 92.5; Mamie Holman, 92.5; Mamie Norton, 92; and Martha Caldwell, 92.</div> <bR> <div> During the fall of '76 a new school for the west side was built at the corner of Fourth and Byers, the present site of the high school. The new building was a </div> <div> three-room frame. The building was completed during the winter and was opened for the spring term March 20, 1877. G. P. Garland was the first principal of the </div> <div> school and Messrs. Miles and Cornwell his assistants. These three new rooms gave to the west side schools nine teachers for the term 1876-7.</div> <bR> <div> <I>A History of Jasper County, Missouri and Its People, Volume 1, by Joel Thomas Livingston. 1912</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><script language="JavaScript1.2"> /* Disable right click script II (on images)- By Dynamicdrive.com For full source, Terms of service, and 100s DTHML scripts Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com */ var clickmessage="Please send an email if you would like a copy of this photo." function disableclick(e) { if (document.all) { if (event.button==2||event.button==3) { if (event.srcElement.tagName=="IMG"){ alert(clickmessage); return false; } } } else if (document.layers) { if (e.which == 3) { alert(clickmessage); return false; } } else if (document.getElementById){ if (e.which==3&&e.target.tagName=="IMG"){ alert(clickmessage) return false } } } function associateimages(){ for(i=0;i<document.images.length;i++) document.images[i].onmousedown=disableclick; } if (document.all) document.onmousedown=disableclick else if (document.getElementById) document.onmouseup=disableclick else if (document.layers) associateimages() </script></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>