The other two buildings devoted to school purposes in Bayard are the brick school which, until the present time, was used by the high school, but is now used for the junior high school. This building, erected in 1917, has twelve rooms and is modern throughout.

The third school, the original district school building of Bayard, was erected about twenty years ago and is not modern. It is devoted to grade work and more especially to the younger students and primary work.

The teaching force is twenty-seven, which, for a city of 2,500, shows the advancement being made in school work and along educational lines.

While the school census of Bayard shows but 550, still last year 629 students were enrolled in the schools, due perhaps to the fluctuating population of the city which at certain seasons of the year is rated around 4,000.

The Bayard School

Believing that the majority of the people of the community are interested in the new school building, the following is a description given for their consolation.

The building is a brick structure fifty-nine and one-half feet wide and eighty-six and onehalf feet long, is two stories high with a basement. The structure faces the south on which side and at the extreme ends are found the main entrances. It is built of a rough-fini.shed, dark red brick and trimmed in grey face brick.

City Government ok Bayard

The town of Bayard was incorporated on November 13. 1900. The first Town Board consisted of: E. M. Stearns, J. H. Long, F. O. Wisner, C. H. Burk, Ward VerValin.