Campus HS Building Layout

Aerial photo from the 1962 Campus Yearbook

History of Campus (From USD 261 Web Site)

Campus High School opened in the fall of 1960. Its official name at that time was Rural High School district 191. It was formed to serve the elementary schools of Haysville, Oatville, South Riverside and Enterprise. The name "Campus" was chosen by the students who were to attend the new high school. Prior to the opening of Campus, students from these elementaries could choose between Derby, Clearwater or Wichita for high school attendance.

When rural H.S. 191 was formed in 1958, a bond issue of $4 million was passed to build two high schools. The present Campus High School was to be called North Campus High School and a second South Campus High School was to be built in Haysville at the corner of Meridian and 71st street. By the time Campus was completed in 1960, costs had run to $2.75 million with only $1.25 million left for the south high school. Construction on this South Campus High School began immediately, but only five buildings were completed. Campus High School opened in the fall of 1960 with an enrollment of approximately 1200 students.

Several things made Campus unique at the time of its construction. The obvious thing is its architecture. The story is that several school board members visited schools in the southwestern United States when looking at design plans, thus the unique layout of the facility. The facility was also unique at that time in that it had a pool, was air-conditioned and all-electric. Early drawings of the facility included an airplane runway along the northern boundary of the campus so the school could teach aviation. The south campus actually did have a runway, which was occasionally used until the late 60's. All of this combined to bring about much resentment in the community of Haysville. Rumors persisted for years that the facility had heated sidewalks. The builder had placed tunnels under the sidewalks to carry air to the buildings. This made and still does make the sidewalks heat up and melt snow, thus the reason for the rumors.

Public sentiment became even more negative when the Wichita district annexed part of Rural High School 191 in 1961. This took almost half the student population of Campus High School. The south high school site would remain empty from 1961-66. In the fall of 1967, Freeman elementary opened on that site.

Campus had 4 additions to the original facility in the past 40 years. the library has been expanded, locker rooms were added to the gym, classrooms were added to the west side of "G" building a new science building and gym addition were completed in 1999. (Much of this information was taken from a short history of the Haysville School, put together by Mr. Wayne Holt)

htt://www.usd261.com/campus/history.htm

New Cafeteria to Open Soon

Campus Cafeteria May Be Opened Soon. Colt Special newspaper, Sept. 29, 1960, pg. 2.

More Air-conditioned comfort will greet the Campus Colts in approximately six weeks as the cafeteria opens its doors for the first time.

The cafeteria will offer a three program plan for lunch. A plate lunch will be offered for those who wish a full meal including meat, bread, salad, vegetable, dessert and milk. The plate lunch menu will change every day. A cafeteria-style lunch line will be offered for those who like to choose their own food and to be as little or as much as they want. The third lunch program will be a snack bar, where sandwiches, soups, desserts, chocolate shakes, homemade ice cream and milk will be served.

The cafeteria will open at 7:45 in the morning to serve breakfast to all students who wish to eat at school. The breakfast menu will consist of fruit juice, dry cereal, sweet rolls, toast and jelly, milk and hot cocoa.

Menu boards will be placed at both entrances of the cafeteria to list the menu of the day and also the prices of all three lunch programs.
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Students Choose Name

The Colt Special will be the official name of the Campus High School Newspaper as decided by the student body September 14 in the first school assembly.

The votes went as follows: Colt Special 314, Colt .45 208, Hoofprints 213. The two most popular write-ins were Campus Capers and Pony Express.

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Enrollment at Campus Tops 900

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Colt Special News Sept 29, 1960
Enrollment Tops 900
A total of 913 students make up Campus High's first student body. There are 167 seniors, 89 boys and 78 girls; 214 juniors, 116 boys and 98 girls; 241 sophomores, 113 girls and 128 boys; 291 freshmen, 146 boys and 145 girls.














Guymon Wins Football Opener

The Campus Colts lost their first gridiron contest by the score of 37-0 as they played the Guymon Tigers in Guymon, Oklahoma, Sep. 16.

The starting lineup for the Colts was Ray Landsdowne, right end; Vic Green, right
tackle; Mike Mauggins, right guard; Lester Epp, center; Dennis Anderson, left guard; Jerry Koger, left tackle; Norman Godfrey, left end; Jack Miller, quarterback; Jim Watson, left half; Don Hazelton, fullback; and Richard DeVore, right half.
Coach Unruh said, "It was disappointing to lose by such a 'good' score, but the lopsided score was due to the fact that we were out of position on defense several times, and that we also gave up the ball deep in our own territory several times. I think the boys realize that they can do much better and they will come back strong this week."

pg. 1 Slade Rates High On Test
Norman Slade Campus High senior, achieved a semi-finalist rating in the National Merit Scholarship contest taken last year at South High in Wichita. Alan Tucker, another Campus senior from South, scored high but did not qualify for the semi-finals.