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Of the 45 students posing for this
Ambrose school picture in 1910, only
16 are boys. The woman teacher is at
the back in the schoolhouse doorway.
The man on the right may be another
teacher or the school superintendent.
The children range in age from about
5 (front row standing, left) to the
early teens (front row, seated).
There are about 34 students in
Mrs. Birland’s new Ambrose School
classroom in 1914. The schoolroom
is lit by windows, not electric
ceiling lights. Each student
has a desk, but there are chairs
which students would use when
moving up front to recite or read
for the teacher.
The Ambrose school opened in
1913. Students from kindergarten
through high school attended until
1962 when the high school closed.
There were two classrooms on the
first floor and offices and a study
hall on the second floor. The
basement was the play area. In the
1920s, the people of Ambrose
decided to build a gymnasium.
Volunteers contributed labor and
materials to construct the
underground gym. The building to
the left of the main school
building is the entrance to the
gym. Photo courtesy
Ambrosend.com.
Crosby High School was built in
1928. This building was destroyed
by fire in 1971. Photo courtesy
The Crosby Journal.
Current Divide County High School
in Crosby. Photo courtesy
The Crosby Journal.
The Ambrose High School Class of 1931.
This class includes 17 students, almost
equally balanced between boys and girls.
Approximately one-fourth of this group
attended college, normal school (teachers’
college), or trade school after high
school graduation. Photo courtesy
Ambrosend.com.
A grade school class in Crosby,
ca. 1930. The 46 students in the
photograph appear to represent several
grade levels. Note the electric
lights, the globe suspended from the
ceiling, and the blackboards
surrounding the classroom. Photo
courtesy
The Crosby Journal.
The faculty of the Ambrose school
district gathered for a portrait
in 1949. A third class high
school, the faculty included only
three high school teachers, two
of whom had administrative
duties as well. The man standing
in the back row is Mr. Davy,
Superintendent of Schools who also
taught History, Mathematics, Science,
Agriculture, Health, and Physical
Education; Mrs. Davy, standing in
the rear, was the principal and
taught English, Commercial
Subjects, Physical Education, and
Office Skills; Mrs. Moxness, left
front, taught the primary grades;
Miss Strangstadlien taught
Mathematics, Bookkeeping, History,
Geography, and English; Mrs. Lynch,
right front, taught the
intermediate grades. Photo
courtesy
Ambrosend.com.
Divide County High School graduating
class of 2008 poses for a class picture
in the school playground. There are
32 students in this class, approximately
15% the size of the class of 1962, the
last year before consolidation. Photo
courtesy
The Crosby Journal.
A recent kindergarten class in
Crosby studies in a well lit,
informally organized space.
Photo courtesy
The Crosby Journal.
A junior high class at work.
The classes are much smaller in
2008 than they were in 1930.
Photo courtesy
The Crosby Journal.
