With the erection of the new $225,000 high school building, which will be completed in the fall, the city will have three schools. The high school already is accredited and ranks with the best. The teaching faculty of twenty-seven is of the highest grade and must show excellent ratings, first grade city certificates being required.

Six churches add the moral tone to the city, which in addition to the fraternal orders and clubs, make the social life of the highest and most moral.

School Facilities

With the completion of the new $225,000.00 high school building, which is to be modern and equipped. Bayard takes rank among the cities of the state from the educational standpoint. The new Bayard high school is one of the most thoroughly modern buildings devoted to educational work west of Lincoln and Omaha, in the entire state. Bonds for the erection of this building have been voted over a period of two years. The first issue of $40,000 was voted in 1918, the second issue of $60,000 voted in 1919, and third and largest issue, of $125,000 voted in 1920. This allows the city $225,000 for a school building which will stand as a monument to what has been done along educational lines in the city and county.

This high school which is constructed of firebrick and reinforced concrete, presents a beautiful picture. It is located at the edge of the residential section, easily accessible from every part of the city, and stands on a prominent point overlooking the broad North Platte valley. The upper part of the building of yellow