History of View District Number 52

In 1910, when the Santa Fe Railroad was built, View was organized by the Western Investment Company with Mr. Talley and Mr. Safford as managers. The school district was formed from the eastern part of the Hillside District, Number Forty-four, and was, at first, called Gaudalupe, for reasons apparently unknown at this time. Soon the name "View" was given because of the splendid location of the little town, which sits on a hill, overlooking a pretty farm country. The first school was taught in the Baptist Church by one teacher who had five grades.

In 1911, the citizens voted bonds and increased their taxes; a neat two-room building was finally completed, but, as unfavorable weather prevented the contractors from finishing the house by the beginning of the second term of school, the first few weeks work was done in private residence.

The school continued to grow so fast that, in 1917, the patrons sent a petition to the Legislature and secured eleven or twelve hundred acres of land from the Caps Independent District. Additional bonds were then voted and a fifty cent tax levied. Another room and a hall were added to the school building; that year the school had three teachers and offered the tenth grade work. For the two years following funds and general conditions did not seem to justify more than two teachers and the district very reluctantly accepted this condition. Because of its great desire for three teachers and longer school terms, it seems that View was perhaps the most eager district in the county to increase its taxes, following the passage of the Better School Amendment whereby the tax rate was increased to one dollar. This tax was voted very promptly and the school has had again this year three teachers - Misses Minnie Graham, Lucile Cotman, and Ruby Trantham (who has been in the district for several years); except for the fact that the term was too short, the school was one of our best. A number of good improvements have been made this year in school-room equipment, in the construction of a good coal-house, and in the addition of a good bit of valuable play ground equipment.

View's motto is "Excelsior," and the district is certainly going forward.

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