ON THE FOREFRONT: The Junior No. 1 Stories

Date

Topic

Speakers


December 10


The building of Jr. No. 1 from 1914-1916, the first Junior High School in the East

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Karl Flesch, David Bosted, Carol Hill, and Pat Allen

January 7

The Junior High School Movement and the building of Trenton’s other junior high school

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David Bosted, Pat Allen, and Karl Flesch

January 21

Herman C. Mueller, School Board President and owner of the Mueller Mosaic Tile Company

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Carol Hill and Karl Flesch

February 4

The Segregation/Desegregation of Trenton Schools:  Hedgepeth-Williams vs the Trenton Board of Education

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Pat Allen and Karl Flesch

February 18

Photographing the Decaying Junior No. 1by J. Carlos Vargas (exterior) and Robert J. Sammons (interior)

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Photographers J. Carlos Vargas and Robert J. Sammons, and Karl Flesch

February 25

William A Poland, Architect of Junior No. 1 and over 2,000 other buildings

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David Bosted and Karl Flesch

March 4

Junior No. 1 School Days – a talk with former Principal Albert Williams and teachers

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The above is the video of the talk with Principal Albert Williams.

Former Principal Albert Williams, teachers, and Karl Flesch

March 18

The 1916 Polio Epidemic and the Building of Trenton’s Municipal Colony

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Pat Allen, Carol Hill, and Karl Flesch

April 1

FREE FINAL TALK revisits highlights from the complete series! Email tms@ellarslie.org for your Zoom link!

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All previous speakers