Gove School – Gold Years of our lives

1. Gove School – Gold Years of our lives 1. Aaron Gove – a short history • 1839 – 1919 - 80 years • Superintendent of DPS 1874 – 1904 (30 YEARS) 2. 1325 Colorado Blvd. – a short history • 1911 – 1976 (west side) 65 years 4050 East Fourteenth Avenue– a short history • 1976 – 2005 (east side) 30 years 3. Celebrating the people there (stories)

2. A Short Biography • Born in Hampton Falls N.H. 9/26/1839. • 1854 Normal, IL. – taught public school at 15. • 1859 taught at IL. Normal University. • 1861-1864 Civil War - 33rd volunteer IL. infantry Major. • 1865-1874 Leader at IL. Normal University. • Anna Steck – president of 1st Denver School Board. • 1874 Hired Aaron Gove as Superintendent. • MA Dartmouth 1878 / PhD. CU Boulder 1888. • President of NEA 1887 – 1888. • 33 degree Mason Grand Commander Knights Templar. • Western Sugar Lobbyist. • Founded the CEA & the Colorado School Journal.

3. Mr. Aaron Gove approximately 1874

4. As DPS Superintendent • Organized DPS Administration. • First split school session & school lunchroom. • First Denver High School with full faculty. • Began first kindergarten in Denver. • Proposed compulsory school age laws. • Wrote his own spelling textbook. • Initiated Coordinator of Instruction position. • Started the CEA & Colorado Education Journal. • Highly esteemed by peers in 30 year career.

5. Building History1911 – 1975 1325 Colorado Boulevard

6. Gove’s Cupola – all 1000 pounds

7. History at 1325 Colorado Boulevard St. • Elementary school in 1911 with 5 teachers. • 1917 –added 5 teachers & became a Junior High. • 1917 - 4 portable classrooms on south side from used WWI barracks with thin walls and coal stoves. • 1919 Teller Elementary in basement & split session. • 1932 gymnasium separated into boys & girls.

8. Wear & Tear on Older School Buildings • Classrooms in the hall. • Teachers lounge in the boiler room. • Closet converted to the men’s restroom. • Chalkboards at elementary level heights. • Gymnasium on 3rd floor above auditorium. • 4 portables outside for expansion. • Wood shop for only 12 students & wood supply room 30’ away. • Gove had a fantastic reputation of high quality.

9. Denver PostFebruary 12, 1950Hill Jr. High planned to open in 1955$21 million bond to voters passed

10. 1959 Harrison Sub-station explosion • Public Service Company’s natural gas transfer station caught fire. • Principal Marvin Powell evacuated all students to the east for safetybefore it exploded. • Denver’s Mayor and the manager of Public Service both wrote letters congratulating Principal Powell because of his quick action and safety for the students at Gove.

11. The Horrible Traffic Accident • March 23, 1966 while crossing Colorado Boulevard to their gym class activities on the east side two students were struck by a truck and killed. • David Flournoy & Bobby Gash. • Annual award in their honor.

12. Crosswalk completed - November 1966

13. Gove’s Legacy – Ahead of Its Time • 1942 Gove selected for National Study on Inner City busing – more natural integration at this location. • DPS gerrymandered student boundaries. • 1969 PHNA started a legal suit based on unequal equipment and facility uses. • 1973 “Keyes Court Decision” – mandated cross town busing.

14. Denver Post 1968 over-crowdedbuilding at Gove

15. Superintendent Oberholtzer’s 1962 proposal • New Junior High at 32nd and Colorado Boulevard. • Neighborhood opposition since Gove was already integrated – busing would have decreased the mix that Gove already had. • Hill Jr. High built in 1955 to replace Gove. • Dr. Robert Gilbert proposed a new Gove be built between 1972 & 1977.

16. More space needed – 3 portables & shop overhaul September, 1970

17. 1976 - 2005

18. Our Deluxe New Building • Engineered & designed well. (so much larger) • Lots of rooms for each department. • Separate gymnasium for boys and girls. • Large auditorium without distracting noises. • Big offices for administration & counseling. • Real restrooms & a nice big community room. • Large windows with natural lighting. • Big Industrial art shops, & separate music and home economic facilities.

19. 1975 - 2012 Time Capsule condition

20. Gove Community School 1976-1977Marty AhleniusDiana FlahiveCaroline MackeyCarol O’Brien

21. Chautauqua - T.R. came to Gove - fall of 79’

22. Succession of Principals at Gove • 1911 Ms. Josephine Moore • 1917 Ms. Jessie Hamilton • 1924 Ms. Mary Morris • 1944 Ms. Ruth Anderson • 1959 Mr. Marvin Powell • 1960 Mr. Harold Burn • 1965 Mr. Robert McComas • 1971 Mr. Bob Baker • 1974 Ms. LaRue Belcher • 1975 Mr. Robert Conklin • 1981 Mr. Walter Nordby • 1985 Ms. Marjorie Knoll • 1992 Ms. Pauline McBeth • 1994 Mr. Lawrence Tarver

23. January 27, 2005 - Denver PostStudent population decreased

24. Demolition of a nice building – January 2012

25. Ahaa –The Illusive Time Capsule was found by Mr. Ron Moyer& former student Cynthia Hamby

26. “The bridge” overpass on Colorado Boulevard came down also. - February 2012

27. Alumni & Faculty at the overpass just before its demolition.

28. Gove’s Historic Cupola was saved from destruction. (anybody want it?)

29. Mr. Green & Mr. Wells holding up the Cupola

30. Stories from Gove – a few to get you started(and more later tonight) • Champagne in lounge at “the move”. • 6 pack of beer in the science refrigerator. • Fortune cookies in social studies class. • Correct daily attendance w/o robo-calling. • “The investigator” Mr. Hartley – It seemed like he always found out. • Oliver, Fiddler on the Roof, & The King & I. • Add your own memories here . . . • What a fun group we all shared called Gove.

31. The End