Excerpt from Decanois, 1915 During the summer, 1863, the location of the high school was changed to the basement of the Baptist Church, which was then located on the northeast corner of William and water-streets. Sessions were held there for the following six years. In 1864, the school year was lengthened to nine months, and a short time afterward a three years' course of study was adopted. In August, 1866, three lots on the northwest corner of East North and Broadway streets were bought, to be used as a site for a high school building, but no further action was taken until later. The first class graduated in June, 1867. The class consisted of four members, all girls. In April, 1868, the first work toward the erection of the new school was begun. The structure was completed in the following year. At a cost Of twenty-five thousand dollars. The first sessmn in the new high school building was held in September, 1869. Three teachers were employed there, and Mr. Samuel Jack was principal. A class of eight graduated in 1870. In 1871 the course of study was lengthened to four years, and consequently, there were no graduates that year. In 1892, there being a demand for more room, an addition was made to the front of the high school building. Three years later, in 1895, another addition was made, this time at the rear of the building. The school was then fitted with three session rooms, thirteen recitation rooms, two laboratories, a drawing-room, and a library. During the year 1899-1900, there were seven hundred and thirty-one pupils enrolled. The faculty numbered nineteen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.