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------~­ Central School (demolished) tt -- Lehi Utah County 111~il~lliilli~I~III~i~~11 3 9222 00575 9142 PRESS \ Central School served ~~ Lehi's 1st high school By RICHARD VAN WAGONER By 1891 schools in Lehi had become oven:rowded due to the influx of population connected with the construction of the Lehi Sugar Factory_City school superintendent James M. AndenJOn in a June 12, 1891 letter in the -Lehi Banner" noted that Lehi's three school buildings had a seating capacity of 328 Lehi Yesteryears stl.:dente. Yet the third tenn enrollment alone was 482. LOS church leaders had allowed the schools to use the two upper rooms in the Meeting House. But Anderson noted that 62 students "had to be crowded into windows and comers as best teachers and pupils could arrange.w Explaining that -authentic authority asserts that 1000 cubic feet of air . .. must be wpplied hourly to every pupil; Anderson pleaded for -ample accommodation for our sehool population the coming year.w Getting a new school building proved difficult. Although cash from the supr factory was beginning to flow into the community, city coffers did not have sufficient monies at the end ofthe 1890-91 sehool year to complete the last half of the final quarter. The only financial solution to building another school seemed to be the relatively new concept of bonding. Many oldtimers voiced opposition, feeling that debt should be avoided. Ultimately a compromise was reached for the estimated $15,000 building coste. Fifty percent of the building's - budget was raised through levying an extra tax while the district was bonded for the remaining $7,500. Plans for the six-room Central School with its 40-foot bell tower were drawn by Richard Kletting, who would later achieve fame through his designofthe Utah Capitol Building. Though Lehi citizens had reached some middle ground on the bonding issue, a sectionalist clash arose as to where the new school should be built. Eventually the position of the -uptowners· prevailed and the site of Lehi's earliest molasses mill on the northeast corner of Sixth North and Center Streets was purchased from Samuel Briggs, George Strasburg, and Elisha Davis. On a frigid February morning in 1899 the landmark Central School nearly went up in flames when a spark from a chimney caught fire in a sparrow's nest on the roof. Five hundred townspeople quickly rushed to the school as the curfew bell at city hall sounded the fire alann. Swift action from a citizens bucket brigade (the town did not yet have a fire department) doused the flames. The Home Fire Insurance Company assessed the damages at $25. Although the Central School was much loved by townspeople, it was not always treated with due respect. After a 1906 Republican Primary Election was held in the building, sehool trustees voted to prohibit public gatherings there in the future. The September 20, 1906 -Lehi Banner" explained why: -what a pity it is that an men have not learned to respect public buildings. Among political alldother gatherings there are a few persons so lacking in appreciation of environments that clean floors and furniture are no safe guard against their tobacco expectorations. . . . Common decency should demand that some care be exercised as to fitness of time and place for indulging in such revolting practices." Despite its being built for an elementary school, the Central or Stanford(as it was renamed in 1898) is best remembered by older Lehi citizl'ns M a high school. While some eighth and ninth grade students in the 1890s were taught in special classes in the Thurman and Ross Schools, most young Lehi people interested in furthering their education attended the Brigham Young Academy in Provo. A Jan. 25, 1894 editorial in the "Lehi Banner," after noting that 20 Lehi students were attending the Provo school, asked, "Is it the best policy for us to pursue to be sending so much means out of our town?" But lack offunding and the need for older boys to work in the sugar beet fields interfered with higher education in the community. The May 30, 1895 "Banner" reo Lehi's Central School was constructed north of present Wines Park in 1891. ported that local conditions delayed the opening of schools by three weeks. The article also lamented that the level of enrollment for the last quarter had dropped from 691 to 518 students. The loss apparentlyrepresenting"boys whose services were required on the beet farms." The Nov. I, 1906 "Lehi Banner" editorialized on thismnflict betWe<"1 education and the sugar beet industry: -In harvesting sugar beets the labor is of such a nature that the boys' services are almost indispensable. Even ifadult workmen were to be found willing to work for wages, the expense of topping the beets would thereby be so materially augmented that the profits of the crop would be in many instances entirely cut off." Emily Wan lass, vice presidentof thehigh school student body in 1907, also addressed this issue in an insightful essay. Arguing that Utah shou Id require all children between the ages of six and 18 to attend school year round, she pointed out thct in Lehi dozens of boys were not in school. "Where are they?" she asked, "Many arein the sugar factory workingfor paltry wages, others are digging potat.ot's, while many are in the beet fields. But the grea~r number are loafing around the 8aloons and street corners .. . or among the railroad tracks, stealing coal and selling It for merely enough money to supply them with tobacco, or are spending their time with cattle hunters in the hills." Ultimately the conflict between education and the sugar beet industry was partially resolved by closing schools for a "Beet Vacation" during, See ~':~on Page 3 .J j ~~. J..3~;l§J;liP.(~~~~~il! ~ s. ~•• •ijj,"'1'A"~i .,~ I- ' .r!" f -1:.11 1,fJ,""Vltf"~:~~Ij~1; ~!$.# n, F. 'i'~'t ~E,rl.f Ii': . ~~ $l $!/ "N$' 1'f.~~7JP eryears: Central was Lehi's first '. ~ l' Oc:tober harv.t. from front page D the The diffICUlt financial position of the Lehi School Dmrict, however, was of long-term concern. Lack of funclsin 1896 forced Khoot. to close three weeks early. TheMay7,1896 "BMner" commented on this chronic shortfall: "Utah .•• ia differently mtuated to all the I'Mt of the world in one particular at least and that is the number ofchildren beingraieed. In the old world You cannot find, generally apeaking, more than two or three children in a family, but here they c&p be ~ound in numbers range ingfrom mx to twelve in a family, hence the children are inc:reuing much futer than the means allowed for their education.· The paper's insightful observations would be mmilarly accurate . today where Utah ac:hoot. have the Iara-t pupillteecher ratio and the _d-loweet per pupil expendituN in the nation. In late 1896 the problem -med fUrthercompounded when theatate ....iaturemandated that -All chilin thia State between the ages of eight and fourteen must attend .:bool at·least twenty weeks each )'e&I' unleee they ue excueed by the .:bool board for 80IIle good reason .. prcmded in the law.Toaccommoclsteeighth and ninth Ir&de students in a high school settine. four rooms in the attic of the Central School weretinished in late 1898. G. N. Child became the first principal of the Lehi High School at thia time. W.KarIHopkins, whoeucceeded Child in 1907,addedtenthandeleventh grade cl&.UN to the school. The Sept. 19, 1907 -Lehi Banner" predicted that with 24 students reg- m- ( I \.. istered Lehi would have the largest graduatingthree-yearclau in Utsh County.Emotionsranhighthatfali uatudentboctyofflC8r8wereelected for the fim time. A. J. Phillips became Lehi High Schoors tim stuclsnt body premdent. Other student leaders were EmilyWanl.... vice-preeident;Guy Evane, .ecretsry and treasurer; executive committee Silu Terry, Earl Holmstead, Eliza Phillips; Clyde Dorton, man.... ofathletica; and Mary Jackson, manager a( debating. . 11MiAthleticCoiJncil,empowered to promote·clean, .yatematic, twentieth century amateur aport,- con- . sistedoCtwostudents,amemberof the Khool board, a _bera( the faculty and a replW8lltstive bumneumail from town.. Anticipation wuhighthatLehi'.bMketballteam - GeorgeNorman, Earl Holmatead, William Davia, Floyd and Warren Schow, Abel Phillips, Frank Yearance, and Guy Evans - would otTer tough competition for the "SiIver LovingCup·awarded to the beat basketball team from Utah County's mxcompetinghigh achools.Notonly did the Lehi team win this prize, but it alllO went on to win the state tournament in 1908 and again in 1909. In 1908Lehibecameafull-t1edged high school with creation of the twelfth grade. All students were still housed in (our attic classrooms of the Central School_ The first graduatea ofLehi High School (cl ..s of 1909) included Vernon Andereon, William Davis, Guy Evans, Emma Goates, Earl . Holmstead, George Holmstead, Norman Holm.teed, A. J . Phillips, Mary Powell, Joseph Smith, and ) high school Silas Terry. It was not until 1910 When the 8Chool was .,ld for aalwhen the.Gt-ammarSchool wascom- v. . the bell would have been diep1eted that the Central School w.. carded had not Blanche Lanen, a used exclusively for the Lehi High member of the graduating cl... of School. 1913, obtained the relic. It ia now in In 1921 the new Lehi High School, the Hutchinp Museum collection, on the 80Utheast comer of Center though not on public display. Left; unoccupied, the old Central and Second North, was completed. The Lehi Second Ward, which had School was frequently vandalized. been meeting in the Lehi Taber- The Oct. 13, 1932 ~i Sun· annacle, then moved into the Central nounc:ecl that bide were beingacSchool. It w.. used as a Mormon cepted for the Central School propchapel until 1928, when a new Sec:- . arty. ond Ward building was completed. Dr. G. S. Richards purchaaed the The Central School bell, whicb. aite and the building wu demolhung in the belfry for 40 years, was . i.hed iil 1933 by local contractor rung every morning - lim at 8:30 Ch_F_therstone.InAuguat 1935 and then again at 9. The bell could Mrs~JoaephineCooperbuiltahome be heard anywhere in the cornmu- on the 7 East 600 North mte. The nity and its early moming ringing house n.mains there tocIsy. meant the customary setting of clocks throughout the community. ( On AnnisticeDay, Nov. U, 1918, the Central belljoined the chorus of bells rung throughout our nation signaling the end oCWorli War I. ) ) r::.---------_ · \ ..,:'",,, t. ' , .... ' Clippi"!: 'ienlce Phon~ : (SOl) 328-8678 ? ) \9q3 LEHI FREE PRESS fltl. Lehi School District took care of education of local students for many years By RICHARD VAN WAGONER On Feb_ 17, 1854, the Lehi City Council paued an ordinance which ereated the Lehi School Di.triet. 'l'Iu.tru.teeewereempowereci to and col1ec:t taxes for estab_ Iwhine and maintaining schools. Threeda)'8 later when electione were held in the Log School Preato Thom.., Daniel Collett, and William Bureeu became the town', ftnt .chool board. By 1857 the Log School could no Ionpr _modate all atudenta who wi8hecl to .ttend el.... The 'nthm.Oftlce, whichhadbeen built durine the IUDlmer oll854 .t .po prozimately U. W. M.in, aerved for.tIm.... claaroml fortMcher Martha Wino. Sometime in 1857 or 1858 con.tructi0ll of the Ward Meeting H_ had procr--l to • point WMr. the upper .tory could be u8ad for 8Choolwork. C. D. Evane, in • letter pub1iahed in the Oct. 20, 1860, -n...t N_,· noted th.t "In the city ol L.IIi, an excellent tabernacle h.. " - ' cOmpleted, 8ituated 0_ which i& • commodiOWl and wellftnilhecl8Chool room.· Tbouch both the l48c:hooland the Meeting H_ .:hool room w_belncUMdin thef.l1 of 1860, lIIoreclauruxn ap_ w.. needed ... In 1883 8Choo1 ~ Daniel S. Thom.., C.nuta Petenon, .nd Tbom.. Karren proceecled with CCIIIatruction at. new school build· inc. f_ feet WHt of the Meeting H_. On Much 26 the tru.teee peti· tioned the city council for .urplu. wheat In the city treuury. Thirty buMi& .... 1oenecI and a 61-foot. . . adobe builcllna aubMquently oal\ed the "Southw.t School· w•• _p\etecl for • city aKIncil meet- ing on Jan. 2, 1864. During the school year of 1872 the old .dobe city haH on Main Street, between Firat and Second Weat, served as. temporary overflow for growing school needs. On Oct. 23, 1872 the .chool board bought • comer lot .t 159 East and Fourth North from T. F. Gr.yandbeganconatructionofthe Northeast Schoolju.t three blocks south of the r.il~d depot. According to the di.ry of J.me. Kirkham thia one-room wooden school was dedicated on Jan. 26, Lehi Yesteryears 1873. The Jan. I., 1875,lAhi City Council Minutes noted th.t the coat of the building wu $282.95. This .tructur., atill .tanding in 1993, was ren.med the "Roea Schoolhou.e· in honoroflong-time tMcher J. Edgar RoN. The Northw•• t (Fr.nklin Schoo\) w.s built by Lehi School District on • triangular p~ of property on the _ t lide of Fifth Weat.t State Street. By 1891 Lehi schooll had become overextended due to the influx of popul.tion con· neeted with theconatruction ofthe Lehi Sug.r Factory. City school luperintendent J.mes M. Andenon in • June 12, 1891 letter in the "Lehi Banner" noted th.t Lehi's threeachool buildings h.d • _ting capacity ol328 Itudents. Yet the third term en- roUmentalone was .s2. LDSchurch \eadera had aUowed the schools to use the two upper room. in the Meeting House. But Anderson noted th.t 62 students "h.d to be crowded into windows and comers al best teachera and pupils could arrange.· Explaining that ".uthentic .uthority auerta th.t 1000 cubic feet rL.ir . .. mUlt be lupplied hourly to.very pupil," Anderaon pl..d for "ample accommodation for our ac:hoolpopui&tion thecomingyear." Getting. new school building proved difficult. Although cash from the lugar factory was beginning to flow into the community, city coft"era did not have autrlcient mOlINe .t the end of the 1890-91 school year to complete the leat half of the fin.l quarter. The only fUWIdal 8Olution to building another school_ed to be the rel.tiv.ly new concept olbonding. Many oldtimera voiced opposition, feeling th.t clebt Ihould be .voided. Ultim.tely a compromi&e was re.ched for the ..tim.ted $)5,000 building coats. Fifty percent of the building'1 bUcfaiet waa rai&ed throuch levying an extra tax while the diatrict was bonded for the rem.ining $7,500. The ditrlCUit financial position of the Lehi School Diatrict w.s of long-term concern. Lack of funda in 1896forcecl.choolltocloMthree weeklearly.TI)eM.y7,1896"8an· nero commented on this chronic lhortf.l1: Utah ... 1. differently .ituated to al1 the rest of the world in one particular.t le••t and th.t is the number of children being raised. In the old world you c.nnot find, gener.lly speaking, more th.n two or three children in a f.mily, but WI 1930ilh photo depicts the Lehi Primary School OD the left and the Grammar School on .t he right. The view is from the TaberDacle comer. here they can be found in numbers ranging from six to twelve in .. . family, hence the children are inCTeasing much falter th.n the mean. allowed fortheireduc.tion. The p.per's insightful obeervations would be simil.r!y accurate in 1993 where Utah achool. h.ve the largest pupiVteacher ratio .nd the second-lowest per pupil expenditure in the n.tion. In l.te 1896 the problem _mecI further compounded when the state legilla. ture m.ndated th.t: "Al1 children in thil State betw..n the .... of eight and fourteen m Ult .ttend achool .t \east twenty Weekl.1Idt yearun1eaathey areexcUMd by the school board for 801118 fOOd reaeon as provided in the law." To aco;ommod.te .ighth .nd ninth grade atudenta in • high school setting, four rooml in the attic of the Central School were finished in l.te 1898. G. N. Child became the firat principal of the Lahi High School at this time. Other element.ry Ichoola erected by the Lahi School District included the Sego Lily (1897), Pri· mary(I905).ndGrammarSchoola (1910). During 191~ serious de8ee~R~e3 - c rol ea 'Be tIe. lOt. roy ,lib ITa E: :tori 'air 'evti ~ .Yestery;ears Continued front page 1~ bate in Utah focused on school conllOlidation. Though Lehi citizens had jealous1y fought administrative eentralization, it had become too expensiveforeachcommunitytohave its ownechool district. In 191,(, the Lehi School Distriet, alons with manyotber small units statewide, was abolished by the Utah Legislature. On June 30, 1915theLehiechool system along with thoee from. Alpine. Cedar Fort, Fairtield,Ameri- . can Fork, Pleasant Grove, and Lincoln (Orem) became the new Alpine School District. As a result of con8Olidationthe property title of each Lehi school was transferred to the Alpine School District. The last _ion of the Lehi Dis~school board was held on July It' 1915. The final statistical report for the 191'("15ecbool year counted 887studenta(468male,'('19female). The ba.rd had employed six male te.chen, whoee av...,. monthly salary was $81.67, and sixteen fe- male teachers who, earning onethird 1... than their male peers, averaged $61.40. Alpine School District's first board, appointed by state commissioners, consisted of the following men: S. E. Bunnell (Lincoln -Orem), Charles G. Johnson (Pleasant Grove), Eli J. Clayeon (American Fork), S. I. Goodwin (Lehi), and AHredAndenon (Alpine, Highland, Fairfield, Cedar Fort). The f"U'St public election in the distriet was held Dec.,,6, 1916. . PRESS \CentralSchoolserved ~ Lehi's 1st high school By RICHARD VAN WAGONER By 1891 schools in Lehi had become overcrowded due to the influx of popUlation connected with the construction of the Lehi Sugar Factory_ City school superintendent James M. Anderson in a June 12, 1891 letter in the "Lehi Banner' noted that Lehi's three school buildinp had a seating capaCity of 328 the position ofthe "uptowners' prevailed and the site of Lehi's earliest molasses mill on the northeast corner of Sixth North and Center Streets was purchased from Samuel Briggs, George Strasburg, and Elisha Davis. On a frigid February morning in 1899 the landmark Central School nearly went up in flames when a spark from a chimney caught fire in a sparrow's neat on the roof. Five hundred townspeople quickly rushed to the school as the curfew bell at city hall BOunded the fire alarm. Swift action from a citizens bucket brigade (the tOwn did not yet have a fire department) doused the flames. The Home Fire sh.:denta. Yetthe third term enroll- Insurance Company asaeased the ment alone was 482. damages at $25. LOS church leaders had allowed Although the Central School was the schools to use the two upper much loved by townspeople, it was rooms in the Meeting House. But not always treated with due reAnderson noted that 62 students spect. After a 1906 Republican Pri"had to be crowded into windows mary Election was held in the buildand corners as beat teachers and ing, 8Chool trustees voted to pro- , pupils could arrange.' Explaining hibit public gatherinp there in the that -authentic authority asserts future. The September 20, 1906 that 1000 cubic feet of air . . . must -Lehi Banner" explained why: be wpplied hourly to every pupil," -what a pity it is that all men Anderson pleaded for "ample ac- have not learned to respect public commodation for our 8Chool popula- buildinp.AmongpoliticalaJldother tion the coming year.' gatherinp there are a few persons Getting a new school building 80 lacking in appreciation of enviproved difficult. Although cash from ronments that clean floors and furthe sugar factory was beginning to niture are no safe guard against flow into the community, city cof- their tobacco expectorations. . . . fen did not have sufficient monies Common decency should demand Lehi's Central School was constructed north of present at the end ofthe 1890-91 school year that some care be exercised as to Wines Park in 1891. to complete the last half of the final fitneBB of time and place for indulg· ported that local conditions delayed also addressed this issue in an inquarter. ing in such revolting practices." The only financial solution to Despite its being built for an the opening of schools by three sightful _ay. Arguing that Utah building another ~hool seemed to elementary school, the Central or weeks. The article also lamented should require all children between be the relatively ,new concept of ' Stanford (as it was renamed in 1898) that the level of enrollment for the the agM of six and 18 to attend bonding. Many oldtimere voiced is best remembered by older Lehi last quarter had dropped from 691 school year round, she pointed out opJlOllltion, feeling that debt should citizens as a high school. While some to 518 students. The loss appar- thct in Lehi dozenaofboys were not be avoided. eighth and ninth grade students in ently representing-OOys whose ser- in school. "Where are they?" she asked, Ultimately a compromise was the 1890s were taught in special vices were required on the beet "Many are in the augarfactory work1Wac:hed for the estimated $15,000 classes in the Thurman and Ross farms.' The Nov. I, 1906 "Lehi Banner" ingfor paltry wages, others are digbuilding ~ta. Fifty percent of the Schools, most young Lehi people buildmg'.,budget _s raised interested in furthering their edu· editotializedon this conflict between gingpotatoetl, white many ~rein the thl'OUjJh levying an extra tax while cation attended the Brigham Young education and the sugar beet indus- beet fields. But the greater number try: "In harvesting sugar beets the are loafing around the saloons and the district was bonded for the reo Academy in Provo. maining$7,500. A Jan. 25,1894 editorial in. the labor is of such a nature that the street corners . . . or among the Plans for the six-room Central "Lehi Banner,· after noting that 20 boys' services are almost indispens- railroad tracks, stealing coal and School with its 40-foot bell tower Lehi students were attending the able. Even if adu It workmen were to selling It for merely enough money were drawn by Richard Kletting, Provo school, asked, "Is it the best be found willing to work for wages, to supply them with tobacco, or are who would later achieve fame policyforustopursuetobesending the expense of topping the beets spending their time with cattle would thereby be 80 materially aug- hunters in the hills.' through his design ofthe Utah Capi- so much means out of our town?" Ultimately the conflict between tol Building. Though Lehi citizens But lack offunding and the need mented that the profits of the crop had reached some middle ground on for older boys to work in the sugar would bein manyinstance~entirely education and thesugar beet industry was partially resolved by closing the bonding issue, a sectionalist beet fields interfered with higher cut off.' EmilyWanlass, vicepresidentof schools for a -aeet Vacation' dUrin~ clash arose as to where the new educstion in the community. See YESTERYEARS on Page 3 achoolshould be built. Eventually The May 30, 1895 "Banner" reo thehigh school student body in 1907, Lehi Yesteryears - - ru·/~~~ll~2/;*~~l/7 '7 ~?/~·Ys¥.l;'8:lil1:~~lj I'A7J.Ff~;' ~ -,..,;'i ~f,~~ ~r.p·l.fl· 1iI.::i- ~~ ~;; I ~l.r( ~~~.6I.1l' ' . .f /.' eryears: Central was Lehi's first high school from troDt pace &be Oc:tob.r harv..t. 'I'M difficult financial poeition of dw IAbi School Di.tric:t, however, lonc·t.rm eone.rn. Lack 0( funuin 1896forcedllChoolatoc:1oM tbrMwMk. .arly. 'l'MMay7,1~ "BMner"cam_Won thi8c:hronic: .banfall: "Utah ... ia difI'.nntly mtuated to all dw net of the world in one plU'ticuJar at J..at and that i. the nW'llberof'c:hildren b.illlrraiaecL In dw olcI world you cannot find. pn..ally 8pealtilllr, mor. than two or tJu-. c:hildNn in a family, but Mre tIM)' can II. found in numben ralllrinc from to twel.. in a family, '*- dw c:hilcbwt ar. inc:ruailllr 1Iluc:h feater than dw meana al· Jow.cl for th.ir education.'nIe pap..-'. inaichtful abMrva· tiona would II. .milarly ac:c:urat. . toda7 wit.,.. Utah ac:boola ha.. tM Iara-t pupillteac:het' ratio and the ~cl-low_t per pupil upenditmw in dw nation. In !at. 1896 tM problem 8MMed tanMrcompounded wIten tMatate lapolaturemandaW that CAlI c:hil· ben in thia Stat. between the .... «eiPt and fourteen muat attend at l...t twenty weeD each ,..,. un .... they are exc:uaecl by tM .c:hool board for _ pel l"M8OII . . prorided in tM law.T'ulccommodate....th and ninth pwIe lltuclenta in a high lIChool aettint. four room. in tM attic: of the CentralSc:hool w... fini.hed in late 18118. O. N. Child became the first principal of the Lehi High Sc:hoolat thiatime. W. Karl Hopkin., who succ:eeded Cbildin 1907,addedtenthandelev. enth c:1.... to the ac:hool. 'I'M Sept. 19, 1907 cLehi Banner" pndic:ted that with 24 studenta reg. ... « .,t .mool 11'' ' ( i.tered Lehi would haYe the largeet p-aduatingth.-.yearc:l... in Utah County. Emotion. ran high that fan .. atuclentbodyoft"lCIeI'S _ree\edad for the first time. A. J. Phillip. became Lehi High Sc:hoor. fint student body president. Other .tudent leaden wer. Emily WanlaA, vic:e-preaident; Guy Evan., aec:retary and tr...urer; executive committ.e Sil.. Terry, Earl Holmat.ad, Eliza Phillipa; Clyde Dorton, manaprofathletic:a; and Mary Jac:kaon, manapr at debatilllr· The Athletic:Counc:i1, empowered topromotecc:Iean,~atic:, t~­ tieth century amat.ur aport, - conm.W oftwo.tuclenta, a member 0( tM IIChool board, a member of the faculty and a r.prMentative buain_an from town. Anticipation w.. hiih that Lehi'. baaketball teem - Geo!'ie Norman, Earl Holmatead. William Davia, Floyd and Warren Sc:how, Abel Phillip., Frank Yearanee, and Guy Evanl - would of'I'er tough c:ompetition for the "SiI· ver LovilllrCup- awarded to the beat baaket.bell team from Utah County'. mxeompetinghigh ac:hools.Notonly did the Lehi team win thia prize, but it alao - . t on to win the .tate tournament in 1908 and again in 1909. In 1908 Lehi became a fuil-tledflad hiatt ac:hool with creation of the twelfth grade. All .tudenta were .till houNd in (our attic c1 ...rooms 0( the Central Sc:hool. The firatgraduateaofLehi High Sc:hool (c:la.. of 1909) included Vernon Ander.on, William Davis, Guy Evan., Emma Goatea, Earl Holmltead, George Holmstead, Norman Holm.tead, A. J. Phillips, Mary Powell, Joeeph Smith, and ) SiI•• Terry. It w.. not until 1910 when the Grammar Sc:hool W"c:ortpleted that the Central Sc:hool w. u .... exclumvely for the Lehi HiaIJ Sc:hool. In 1921 theMW Lettl High Sc:booI. on the aoutheut com.. of Centtr and Sec:ond North, w.. completed. The Lehi Second Ward. which hai been meeting in the Lehi Tabernacle, then moved into the Central Sc:hool. It w.. uNd .. a Mormon c:hapel until 1928, when a n_ Seeond Ward building wa. completed. The Central Sc:hool bell, whic:b hung in the belfry for 40 yean, wa~ rung every momilllr - firat at 8:SO and then again at 9. The bell could be heard anywhere in the community and ita early morning rincinJ meant the c:u.tomary aettinc of c:loc:ka throughout the eommunity. On Armi.tice Day, Nov. 11,1918, the Central bell joined the c:horua of bell. rung throughout our nation .ignalilllr the end 0( Worl4 War I. When tM ac:hool w.. aold fIX' ..IV. . the 11.11 would have Men diac:arcled had not Blanc:b. Larwn. a member at tM graduatinc c:1_ of 1913, obtained the r.lic:.lt ia now in the Hutchinp Muaeum collec:tion, thouch not on public: diapIay. ~ unoc:c:upied. tM old Central Sc:hool w.. frequently vandaliMd. The Oct. 13, 1932 "Lehi Sun- announced that bida were beilllr ac:cepted for tM Central Sc:hool prop- erty. . Dr. G. S. Ric:harda purc:huad the mte and tM building w.. demoli.hed in 1933 by 1oc:al cantnc:tor Chue FMtheratone.lnAuauat 1935 Mn. Joeephine Cooper built a home on the 7 Eat 600 North me. The hOUM \"I'Imaina there today. ( r::.______J )