4/4/2023 0 Comments Compton high school![]() We continue today to meet, overcome and manage any changes and challenges that we face within the 21st century, just as we did so successfully in the past. In 1996 Compton High School celebrated its rich 100-year history of academic and athletic excellence along with its diverse population. Over the years, the face of the Tar-Babe has dramatically changed. The Baby Tartars have had many nicknames over the years: Little Tartars, Tartar babies, Babes, and “Tar-Babes”, which so happen to be the most popular. ![]() Regardless, of the separation, the college “Tartars”, continued to wear Maroon and White, but the high school “Baby Tartars” changed to the current colors of Columbia blue and White. In 1953, due to the growth of the population with-in the school and the city of Compton itself, it became necessary to separate the high school and college facilities. By 1935 the building was reconstructed and Compton was back to the business of educating its students. In 1933 an earthquake destroyed the administration building, but this did not stop the growth of the students’ enrollment. The college was known for being “Adult” Tartars while the high school was considered “Baby” Tartars. It was this time that the mascot changed from a lion to the TARTARS (A Mongolian Warrior). In Compton, Calif., in the late 1960s and early ’70s, public school students sang Lift Every Voice and Sing after the national anthem at the start of classes each day. Two years later (1927) a community college was added to the campus so that graduating seniors could pursue a college education within the campus. Between 19, the student body increased to a whopping 1,000 students thus forcing the major construction of twelve new buildings. The colors were Maroon and White as opposed to our current Columbia blue and White. During this time the school mascot was not a Tarbabe, as it is today, but rather a Lion. Back then the Ladies wore ankle-length skirts as pant wearing were not permitted, while the Men wore suits and ties. From 1898 to 1901 the student enrollment was 153 students, which was larger than its’ beginning. Did you know that in 1896, Compton High School was a one-room School House? It graduated its’ first class in 1898. ![]()
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