Shortridge High School (Indianapolis, Indiana)

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Shortridge High School is a public high school located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Opened in 1864, it is the oldest free, public high school in the state of Indiana.Shortridge High School is the home for the International Baccalaureate program of the Indianapolis Public Schools. Shortridge High was the previous home to the law and public policy magnet program.Shortridge High is known for having an unusually large number of well-known and/or highly accomplished alumni/ae. Among them was author Kurt Vonnegut who once said of his alma mater:The academic excellence and unique social ambience of the school in the 1950s were described in the novel Going All The Way by Shortridge High alumnus Dan Wakefield (published in 1970 and adapted to film in 1997).HistoryShortridge High has a long and interesting history. It was established as the Indianapolis High School in 1864 as the state’s first free high school. Abraham C. Shortridge was recruited to become school superintendent in 1863. Shortridge was a strict educator when it came to drilling students and faculty alike. However, he was innovative in many ways, including the hiring of female teachers and the admission of African-American students. By 1878, Shortridge High School served 502 students.The school was a lightning rod for civil rights almost from the beginning. At its inception it was primarily white. In 1903, in a football game with Wabash College, Wabash coach Tug Wilson substituted an African-American left tackle by the name of Samuel Gordon. The Shortridge team captain led his team off the field after a scene. Gordon kept his sense of humor, noting he was sorry the game was called on account of darkness.

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