By North Battleford Archives

Graduates of 1909 and History of North Battleford High School

Jun 15, 2016 | 7:56 AM

-Tammy Donahue Buziak, Archivist, City of North Battleford Historic Archives

“To understand the history of an individual, it is necessary to know something of his ancestry and environment, and so we shall introduce our account of the sturdy little youth called North Battleford High School by a few words with regard to the town of North Battleford and its Public School.

In June, 1904, the first tent was pitched on the present site of North Battleford. Today the town has a population of two thousand; it is the chief divisional point on the main line of the Canadian Northern Railway. Already branch lines radiate from it to the Northeast and Northwest. The town is equipped with waterworks, sewerage, and electric light systems, and is growing rapidly — a splendid environment for a big educational centre.

The citizens of North Battleford recognized early that their town was destined to become an important centre and they laid broad the foundations for education. A large Public School building, one of the best in the province, was built in 1907. It contains eight large class rooms and an assembly hall capable of seating four hundred people. In the basement are girls’ and boys’ play rooms and sanitary lavatories. The building is heated and ventilated by the Pease-Waldon Company’s system of steam heating and hot or cold air ventilating. It is safe to say that the conditions of comfort, convenience, health and cleanliness found in this school at all season of the year are not surpassed anywhere.

The school was opened in January, 1908, with Mr. H.M. Allen, B.A., Principal, and three assistants, including the teacher of the Roman Catholic Separate School district.  In July, 1908, Mr. Allen gave up the position to study law, and was succeeded by Mr. J.S. Huff, B.A., who is now Principal of the High School and Superintendent of the Public School.

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The enrollment for September was thirty-seven; this has steadily increased until now, including grade eight, there are nearly sixty students registered.  The next step will be Collegiate Institute standing, and an application for this will be made to the Department of Education at the beginning of the next term.”

-excerpt from North Battleford High School 1909 Yearbook

Special thanks to Robert Kirkby for this donation to the City of North Battleford Historic Archives.