Glen Elder
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Glen Elder City Hall
213 S Market, Box 55
Glen Elder, KS 67446
Phone: 785-545-3322
Fax: 785-545-3342
E-Mail: glcity@nckcn.com
GEHS -- H.S. Comet c.1913 Volume 1, Issue 3
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The material on this and related pages is taken directly from the H.S. Comet -- The Glen Elder High School newspaper founded in 1912-1913.
Thanks to Roger Torrens, Wentzville, Missouri, for contacting me and then giving five original issues of this publication to GlenElder.com. (the issues are being given to the Glen Elder Historical Society) Over 10 years ago, Mr. Torren's mother found and purchased the
copies at garage sale somewhere in Missouri. Curious as to where Glen Elder might be located, Torren's did an internet search and quickly discovered GlenElder.com and the Memoir Lane section of the website. In turn, he contacted the site developer and then
personally delivered the issues to him this past summer. How the copies of this 1913 Glen Elder High School student publication made their way over 350 miles from the school into Missouri is unknown. |
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The paper more closely resembles a magazine / booklet and includes heavy blue paper as a cover. The entire publication is very professionally done and well written. Besides serious stories covering students and teachers, there
are also satires and stories of wit contributed by students. Each paper contains several photos; some will be able to identify parents or grandparents. Likewise, there are multiple photographs and pages of ads purchased by local businesses to cover cost.
In 1913, Glen Elder students were attending the community's first school located on the hill west of town, the two-story building was constructed of native limestone, some of which, after the building was torn down in 1938, was used to build Ernie Norris' Castle
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<< This image (left) is the inside cover or title page found in every issue The Comet is the first paper ever published by the students of the Glen Elder High School. The plan was voted upon and a majority of the High School were in favor of trying it so an editorial staff was chosen. Each class has two representatives from it in the staff. The representatives from the Senior class are Walter German, Editor and Erba Kaull, Business manager, the Junior class by Velma Sheets and Lyle Hadley, the Sophomore class by Russell Thomasson and James Pratt and the Freshmen by Vera Lee and Elith Kaull.
Almost all the High School students and the Faculty are subscribers and a great number of the Alumni. The paper now has ______ subscribers. Since the first issue the Business Mgr. has not found it so difficult to secure subscribers and the business men have been very pleasing patrons.
The Comet goes to several parts of Kansas and into Neb.
The annual which will be the last issue of the Comet this term will be about three times the size of the regular Comet. A great number of issues of the annual was sold before it was printed.
Thanking the subscribers and business men for their patronage we will now take our leave hoping to meet you next year. |
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