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,FE4TURE
History of Lowell - Part III
A tradition continues: 1940-1980
I7WJ U rtr third in a strit* ofkvrortkies nrW« »wy the
Wirorr oflomttt. This instaU*rv nnrti WorU tt'ur it :o
the pretext, f
By Jenifer c
In December of 1941, more boyi were more concerned
with ihr military drtft tat n with the impending graduation.
Oa December 8.1941. the jrhooi'i h»U% were narty doerted
s* moat of the Kudcal bod> stayed Some lo listen ui President
Rrt»ev«ir» declaration cf war.
SOJO afixr graduation, most boys «vnt .'nto v«ne branch
of *te armed forces. During and after tchtot the firS joined
the Ameiion Women's Volunteer Service. They harvested
trw pruluce Out wa* gUng to ipoO. due O lack of ennpowcr,
in Reaumur anJ Vacavule.
Aft 1 school project, students pve 3.300 pints of Mood
in iUc fall cf 1942. The bifegstt project undcruLra by the
Owfem, thouf h, »** to boy enough war bonds to pay for
• II) bf foTtrcu. a miliury homfca 1 airplane. By the cat! of
IW4. the Khool Had p«ued the SI million mirk, and a riving
fortress nrmod The UtwrU Indian »ts oo tb wiy to
Cernwiy.
Cy 1946. fndes, prom* and football pmes were owe
afiin the nv»in lopici of ennverution at tcbool 1A 1948,
Lxroy Stephen retired as principrl, and loteph Hill brcsmc
Lowcll'i ctc%emh principal. Two yrars later Hill was
tnmfcrred to U«t4a Htfh and Edit*i Pence, former princJ,«I
of Cub' Kijh. became principa]. She was the iccond
Lowell ^adtu4e to take the office and tth fin: voman to
be appointed principal of* coeductiofut public high Khool
in Ssn Francisco.
1951 «at the outbreak of the Korean War boccapincwaed
intentMJonal units to ovenhadow school auivities, and the
boj i -JKA again became preoccupied with their military draft
status.
The interior of the KK«( was repainted during the turn*
mer of 1952, greeting rcn>ntirt£ ltudcnu with putel shade*
of pink and green thrwghiMt ihc entire building. Alto
established this year was a tarnunutc break between periods
every morning. The break was a prrt of the tcrmlulc ua*il
the period system w» aboluhcd.
In 1955 the position of chief administrator of the ichooi
again changed with the retirement of Pence. I.A. Peritxi.
Choose from these
designers:
Formal Attirt
(rts. S608, room 74) or Jeffcry FooKtmt. 8609, room 230). both of
whom jtavc fpedal dbcuunt coupoo. It win pay jou lo sec V|vl or Jcffrty
soon!
former vice-principal cf Washngton High, took the ico.
Pcrino armed jua in tine to cekbrvic Lowell'* cememiai.
Preparations begin in *55 fof the eelebntxm which luted
through the entire '56 school yrar. Daring ttu year. etui.ta»
were promtsal that the new South West High School wufcj
become Lowell. In a ccttmony >t tb« Laheshorc tie the
mayor bid the cornerstone of the new buiMLig.
The new Lowtll opened in 1962, transferring students lo
the 25 acre. S5 million Lake MfrveJ tite Oppooena to the
concent of ai academic high schonl. argued thct such
a school wu dctrcmental to the uber schools of Uc city.
Ttte B>«rd o( tducation dcckJ^l to miiru»n LoweU's stan*
ding asa strktly ecademic, non-diuricted school, bin i: lutt
its nimh grade »nd became a three-year high schor-i.
In 19*8. Perino left and Barum Knowlej took bU post*
tioa. Knotfloiratitutedthe "Lowell Ptan." later known as
"Project Uo-Site," which i'ttnyfuced the modular system,
expanded class ticne for specific courses and cheated tSic
Lowell Charter, the outline for student government.
fVrwwr of the tdtool's maximum ca^ctty of 2,300
sUJcnts, an admiwons committee was formed ii» 1971 v*
thM only students who detnonurated high academic achievement
in junior iajh were cnrolleu. This caused the filing of
a diicrimiaation suit by the Youth Law Centrr in September
of 1971, alleging ibu the sciunl was discrimtnaling igainst
crtuin students and KM discrimiration was uncomofuoonal.
In 1^72. the Federal Diitria Court iuuod a Judgment that
the constitutional rights of the tomptiintaats had not been
violated.
In 197-1 James W. Keamy replaced Krxrtta.
The fin*, unall group of frahrnen were adrruttod *% a pan
of the school diurict'i redesign program tn 1977. The next
>car a full freshmsn class was admitted, along with a
sophomore djtss. Because of this exptniioa, the campus was
expanded to include sharinf the Frederick Burke School
building with Louise M. Lrtnbard School, whkb became
kuown fta Smtih Ctmpus closed (luring the spring scnester
of 1983.
In 197V Kearney wan .-uigned to a position in central ad*
miniitralkin, and Uncctn High principal. Dr. Alan Finish,
came to Lowell.
(Next huie: LcmrU- present and future.)
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