Dodge Center High School was a

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located in

Dodge Center, Minnesota Dodge Center is a city in Dodge County, Minnesota, Dodge County, Minnesota, United States. Approximately 15 miles west of Rochester, the population of Dodge Center was 2,670 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. Dodge Center is part of t ...

, United States. It existed from the 1870s until 1990. It is grades from 7 to 12.

History

The Dodge Center area was first settled in the 1850s and officially became a town in 1869. By 1870, the one-room schoolhouse, in which a Mrs. Rice taught, had become too small. The people of Dodge Center built a wooden, L-shaped, two-story schoolhouse, costing about $15,000. The first high school commencement exercises were held in 1885. When that school was also outgrown, a red brick "high school" was built in 1898. The 1898 building, at the corner of 1st Ave NW and 3rd Street NW, housed the high school until 1972. A gymnasium, auditorium and two classrooms were added in 1936, part of President

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program. An addition of a library and home-economics room was added in 1950 and an elementary school building was constructed in 1958. Of the 1898 portion of the building (mostly demolished in the 1970s), one stairwell and a classroom still exist. The small 1898 portion, 1936, 1950 and 1958 additions remain standing and are now owned by a private entity, housing several small businesses and a church. A new high school was erected on the western edge of town in 1972 and is still in use. Remodeling and additions began in the Fall of 1996. The 1958 elementary school was utilized by Triton until circa 1998. It is not known when the school chose a nickname or when it started participating in organized athletics. Dodge Center school colors were maroon and gold until the 1930s (or early 1940s), when they were changed to green and white. The nickname was Dodgers. The school fight song was "D.C. Rouser," to the tune of the "Minnesota Rouser," from the

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. In 1952, the Dodge Center High School football team became one of six Minnesota high school teams to not allow a single point in a season. An official school annual was first published in 1948 and called ''Dodger Digest.'' In the early 1950s, the annual was called ''DO-CE-HI,'' then changed to ''Centerite,'' which continued publishing each year through 1990 (the last class to graduate from Dodge Center High School).

Consolidation

In 1990, Dodge Center's school district merged with the neighboring towns of West Concord and

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to form Triton High School. Triton's mascot is the Cobra and colors are maroon and gray. Dodge Center is now home to Triton Primary, Triton Middle School and

Triton Senior High School Triton High School is a public school in Dodge Center, Minnesota, United States. History Triton Senior High was established in 1990 when the communities of Dodge Center, West Concord and Claremont consolidated to create one high school and j ...

. The first commencement exercises were held in 1991. The Triton athletic fields are named for former Dodge Center High School football coach, Wally Hitt.

Notable alumni of Dodge Center High School

Perry Greeley Holden Perry Greeley Holden (October 13, 1865 – October 8, 1959) was the first professor of agronomy in the United States. Biography Holden was born in Dodge Center, Minnesota, to Dennison Franklin Holden and Mary Helen Wilson. He graduated from M ...

, agronomist *

Milton L. Humason Milton La Salle Humason (August 19, 1891 – June 18, 1972) was an American astronomer. He was born in Dodge Center, Minnesota. Biography Humason dropped out of school and had no formal education past the age of 14. Because he loved the m ...

, astronomer (educated in Dodge Center schools, but never officially matriculated) *

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(Class of 1941), well-known psychiatric patient and subject of the 1973 book ''Sybil'' by

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and the 2011 book ''Sybil Exposed'' by

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External links

Triton High School
Works Progress Administration in Minnesota Buildings and structures in Dodge County, Minnesota Educational institutions disestablished in 1990 Defunct schools in Minnesota