Columbia City High School
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History of Columbia City High School
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Trivia Question: What year was the first yearbook published? Answer: 1909. It was called "The Columbia City High School Annual" and in 1910 "The Senior." In 1911 the yearbook committee decided the name should be more representative of the entire high school and renamed it "Columbian." They requested that this name be given due consideration the next year before adopting another. . |
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1905 a new high school building was erected beside the second West Ward
School, one-half
block north of West Van Buren Street between Elm and Walnut streets. Two and
one-half stories tall, the brick structure was considered one of the best
constructed buildings in northern Indiana at the time. It contained an
assembly room, classrooms, two offices, two laboratories with equipment,
library, gymnasium and several other rooms. Located south of West Ward
School, rebuilt in 1889, the high school completed the school block, which now stood ready to
educate generations of local children from 1st to 12th grade.
Kindergarten was added in the 1940s. The second West Ward School was built in 1889:
Even in the early 1900s athletics were an important part of high school, with girls participating as well as boys. Sports included baseball, football, basketball and tennis. The tennis courts were at the rear (west side) of the building. In 1903 the Athletic Association was organized to oversee the sports programs.
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