College High History
Pupils who attended lab schools at what is now the University of Central Missouri were privileged to learn from students at one of the best education colleges in the country.
The university’s lab schools originated when the Missouri General Assembly granted $50,000 to construct the first building in 1906. The high school opened in 1913 in the original Training School. A fire destroyed that building just two years later, and it was replaced in 1916 by a new Training School, which we now know as the Humphreys Building.
In 1938 the Training School was redesignated as the College Laboratory School. After the Lovinger Building was constructed in 1968, the lab school moved to the new location. The high school closed in 1976, followed by the elementary school in 1980.
When you tour the campus today, you will see a memorial to the high school outside what is now the Student Recreation and Wellness Center. Designed by UCM Professor Emeritus of Art Richard Monson, the memorial has three brass pillars with green and white stained-glass panels designed by alumna Rebecca Hite. A bronze plaque on each of these pillars tells more about the history of the high school and its Colt mascot.
Source: Johnson County Historical Society
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