Barker Central High School - Latrator Yearbook (Barker, NY)

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0l l THE LATRATOR l l ALMA MATER Just outside our little village, With its buildings tall, Stands our noble Alma Mater, Known and loved by all. Chorus: Raise your voices Seniors, Juniors, Each and every oneg Help to praise old Barker High School, For the victories won. Our strong ties can ne'er be broken, Formed in B. H. S. So we'll love and honor Barker Far above the rest. Raise your voices Seniors, Juniors, Help us to express, All our love for Barker High School, Dear old B. H. S. Though we'll leave old Barker High School With its memories dear, All our joys and all our sorrows, Will still linger near. Chorus: Raise your voices Seniors, Juniors, Loud her praises tellg Hail to thee our Alma Mater, B. H. S. All Hail. -Alice C. Brown Page Threo

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he forward vision of the residents of Somerset was never more apparent than on January 30, 1912, the day Union Free School District Number One dedicated its school on University Hill in Barker. More than 400 people attended the ceremony and banquet held in honor of the Board of Education and Trustees: Dr. W G. Sprague, Frank B. Putnam, A.F. Blood, RP Landy, A.E. Frost, LA. Foote and L.M. Bateman. The new building measured 62 feet by 76 feet and was constructed of buff-colored brick with trimmings of Indiana limestone. It contained eight classrooms, principalls room, teachers' room and a library, along with spacious halls and two modern lavatories. It was heated by steam with forced ventilation supplied by electric fans. Well-water was piped into the building using an automatic pump. This attractive modern building and the people whose vision created it would set the tone for the next 82 years and beyond the birth of the Barker Central School District.

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Mr. Clarence R. Robbins