172 HIS*rORY OF PASADENA. 



The first term of the school was taught by Miss Bessie Harris, of San 

 Jose. The next term by Miss Fannie Carroll, of Pasadena. During the 

 summer of 1879 a small building was erected near the above lot, as a tem- 

 porary school-house. Miss Lucy Newell, of Santa Clara, taught that year. 

 In the fall of 1880 Miss Minnie Joslyn, of Orange, began the term, Mr. C. 

 H. Case, of Pasadena, continuing it till Christmas, when Mr. R. B. Warren, 

 of Orange, took the school for the remainder of the year. He was suc- 

 ceeded again by Mr. Case. [For further history of this school, see Chapter 



35-] 



On the ist of January, 1883, a new postofl&ce called Hermosa was 

 granted to these South Orange Grove people,* with F. M. Glover as post- 

 master — the office being located at northeast corner of the school lot ; and 

 in 1884 Mr. Glover was succeeded by C. H. Case as postmaster. [See 

 Chapter 35.] 



In 1883-84 a large, fine school building was erected on the summit of 

 their school lot, now known as " Columbia Hill," at a cost of about $4,000. 

 In 1885 this building and its magnificent grounds were given by the district 

 to the "Sierra Madre College," the people hoping thereby to secure per- 

 manently in their midst a higher institution of learning. The college 

 struggled along in hard straits for two years and finally failed, with heavy 

 debts encumbering all its property, and to pay which it was at last sold. 

 The place was bought, and building altered, enlarged and reconstructed by 

 its present owner, making the fine and sightly residence of Chas. D. Dag- 

 gett, Esq., on Columbia Hill. 



In 1884 the population had increased to such numbers that two new 

 school-houses were built at a cost of $4,300 for the two — one at Monks Hill, 

 and the other on East Colorado street, corner of Hill Avenue. An article in 

 the Valley Union of March 8, 1884, said: "The school census of Pasa- 

 dena for 1883 showed an increase of over fifty per cent on the census of 

 1882, and the attendance for this school year (1883-84) shows the same in- 

 crease over last year, so that we have in October, when our schools are fairly 

 commenced, about one-fourth more pupils than we have funds provided for, 

 and at the close of the school year we have three pupils to provide for with 

 the funds designed for two."* To meet these necessities for the time, a 

 special tax was voted by the district. School grounds at Monks Hill were 

 donated by Painter & Ball, and a small building was erected thereon. 

 These grounds were afterward exchanged for the present more suitable 

 location, where the nine-room "Washington School" now stands. But a 

 lot for the Colorado street school had to be bought outright, and cost $175. 

 Each building was planned to accomodate about eighty pupils, from first to 

 sixth grade, although seats for only half that number were put in at first. 



*An official report showed 222 pupils in school during the year, with 160 as the average attendance 

 per month. 



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