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William Hardin Adamson High School, formerly Oak Cliff High School, is a public secondary school located in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas (USA). Adamson High School enrolls students in grades 9-12 and is a part of the Dallas Independent School District. ==History== In 1891 the newly-incorporated Town of Oak Cliff voted to seek bids on a school building. The newspaper reported: “Resolved by the city council of Oak Cliff that the mayor be instructed to advertise for plans for a modern three-story brick school building with brick cross walls () to be erected at Oak Cliff, Texas, to contain twelve rooms for school purposes and the cost of said building, complete, not to exceed the sum of $22,000,…” The cornerstone was laid at the corner of Patton and Tenth streets for the school in September, 1892 under the auspices of the Masonic grand lodge of Texas. In 1891 William Hardin Adamson was named superintendent and Oak Cliff Central School operated at that location until a new building was constructed to house the high school in 1915 at the corner of Ninth and Beckley. The old building was then operated as an elementary school until 1926 when it was torn down and the students assigned to John H. Reagan and James Bowie schools and later to the new Ruthmeade School (now John F. Peeler). 201 East Ninth Street has been the site of a Dallas’ high school facility since 1915. The school is named for Wiliam Hardin Adamson, who became superintendent of the Oak Cliff School District shortly after moving to Oak Cliff in 1901. The school district later was annexed by the Dallas Independent School District, and when Oak Cliff High School was constructed, Adamson was named principal of the new school. He served as principal until 1934 and died a year later on 26 May 1935 at age 71. A week later, the school system renamed the school after Adamson.〔 Adamson High School was one of six high schools in Dallas in the 1930s and 1940s; the only other high school in Oak Cliff was Sunset High School, which was located about 19 blocks from Adamson High. The location of Adamson High School is just four blocks from the Texas Theater where Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, was captured. The 1924 Oak Cliff High School football team won the state championship, one of only two DISD high schools to win a state football title (Sunset, in 1950 with the now-discontinued "City" championship, is the other).〔Dave Campbell's Texas Football, 2008 edition, page 362〕Carter High School was forced to forfeit its 1988 Class AAAAA title. Around 2009 DISD planned to raze Adamson. Some Adamson alumni created a movement to have Adamson declared a Dallas landmark so that the district will be unable to raze the existing campus.〔Wilonsky, Robert. "(Adamson Alumni Gathering for Last-Minute Appeal to Dallas ISD Trustees Tomorrow Night )." ''Dallas Observer''. Wednesday September 23, 2009. Retrieved on September 23, 2009.〕 DISD is acquiring other property so it can build the new Adamson.〔Wilonsky, Robert. "(In Oak Cliff Neighborhood, the Complex Negotiations Behind New Adamson High )." ''Dallas Observer''. January 15, 2010. Retrieved on January 15, 2010.〕 On June 8, 2011, W. H. Adamson High School was granted historical status by the Dallas City Council.〔() City Council protects Adamson High School with landmark designation〕 Additionally in June 2011 the school was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.Today there are two buildings. The old building was the freshman building while the other one was for 10-12 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「W. H. Adamson High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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