Evergreen Home Institute - Evergreen College - Evergreen
High School - Evergreen Elementary School
Much of the information about schools and the principals was
derived from "History of the Evergreen School" by Marvin
Tanner, Oma West Tassin and Mabel Mounger Grant. This was
published on page four of "The Evergreen Centennial
Program", April 23, 1972. From H. C. Kemper who was the
first school principal of the Evergreen Home Institute in
1857 to Raymond Mayeux who was principal the last year of
Evergreen Elementary School in 1988, attempts have been made
to document the tenures of all principals who served the
Evergreen schools. Please send information on any other
schools in the Evergreen area so they may be documented.
1. Principals of Evergreen Home
Institute, Evergreen College, Evergreen High School, and
Evergreen Elementary School:
1857 - H. C. Kemper - from Kentucky was the first principal
of the Evergreen Home Institute.
During the Civil War, the school was closed and served as a
military hospital. No public schools existed after the war,
but small private schools were established.
The 1865 Founders and first Trustees of Evergreen Home
Institute which served most of the state of Louisiana.
Cappel, Joseph
Ewell, John
Frith, T. P.
Irion, Robert
Marshall, J. H.
Mathews, M. M.
Miles, Lemuel
Pearce, Alanson
1867 - J. Prescott - the school reopened and he was followed
by W. C. Brown.
1868 - Mr. and Mrs. Dans - stayed only one year.
1868 - 1975 - Professor William Hall - under his guidance,
the school became the seat of learning in Avoyelles Parish.
In 1975 Hall was elected parish judge and later became
Avoyelles Parish Superintendent.
(1869 - Algernon Shropshire - from Chicago - a discrepancy
exists in the written information about this principal)
1875 - J. Hopkins
Mr. Shaddock from Virginia.
Mr. Henry Branch died of typhoid fever.
1889 - Charles C. Weir from Mississippi. The name of the
school was changed to Evergreen
College.
1896 - Daniel Harmond
W. L. Dickins from Kentucky
1899-1900 - W. J. Dunn and Miss Sallie Glass, his assistant.
January 1900 - The school was private, but became public
along with the other Avoyelles Parish schools.
Corrie Everett was added to the faculty and Lucy Glass, Walter Fisher, Annie Miles, and Jack Heard were the graduates that year.
Corrie Everett was added to the faculty and Lucy Glass, Walter Fisher, Annie Miles, and Jack Heard were the graduates that year.
October 4, 1904 - the Evergreen school district was
consolidated by the Avoyelles Parish School Board and all
schools within a radius of four miles of Evergreen were
consolidated with the Evergreen High School.
1916 - Evergreen High School became a
state-approved high school.
1910-20 - Mr. William Freshwater He lived on campus in the
principal's residence, which became known as the Freshwater
Building.
1921-25 - Fletcher Rodgers During his tenure some students
resided in the Freshwater Building.
1925-39 - L. O. Jeansonne A new school building was built
in 1931 and in 1938 the Home Economics Building was added.
1939 - Mr. Jeansonne died and Mr. Anthony Smith succeeded
him.
1950 - The new cafeteria was built.
1951 - A gymnasium/auditorium was built.
1956 - The new vocational agriculture building was
completed.
February 13, 1958 the school building and the Home Economics
Building burned and on Monday (17th), classes resumed with
grades 1-5 at Church of the Little Flower Hall, grades 6 & 7
at the Bayou Baptist Church Educational Building and grades
8-12 in the gymnasium and Vocational Agriculture Building.
June, 1958 - the Avoyelles Parish School Board renamed the
new school under construction at the EHS site the
Evergreen Elementary School and appointed Marvin
Tanner as principal. Mr. Anthony Smith became the principal
of Marksville Elementary School.
1958-59 EES students attended classes in the gymnasium and
Vocational Agriculture Building while the new elementary
school was being constructed. The high school students from
the Evergreen school zone attended either Bunkie or
Cottonport High Schools, with the exception of John Smith
who moved to Marksville with his family and graduated from
Marksville High School.
Morrow, Keith
Mayeux, Raymond