Collingswood High School - Knight Yearbook (Collingswood, NJ)

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We hoye tried to odd o t o u r t h dirnension to our school's well-known th re e dimensions, Thot Collings- wood l-ligh School is out- sto n din g scholosticolly, drornoticolly ond othletic- olly is olreody recognized. Our oim, through the Knight, is to ploce the oublicotions on the some plone ot success thot hos been ochieyecl by the other dimensions. We hoye odded o fourth dirnensionl lt is with the sincerest hope thot you will toyorobly occeot the V935 Knight thot the stott presents to you tor your oooroyol,

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QUARTER of o century ogo, four yeors ofter the founding of Collings- wood I-ligh School, the first Knight oppeored. This wos o poper- bound, seventeen-poge, monthly mogozine ond it continued os such until l929, when, due to the odvent of o bi-vveelqly nevvspoper, the Knight ceosed to be o monthly mogozine ond become the school's onnuol publicotion. Although this is only the seventh issue of the Knight os o yeorboolq, it hos developed so rcipidly thot lost yeor it received o first closs roting from the Notionol Scholostic Press Associotion. There cire two types of yeorbooks, the senior closs book ond the school onnuol The subject of the former is solely o presentotion of the grodu- oting closs ond its troditionol post, chongirig present, ond prognosticoted futures The mojor theme of the school onnuol is o true picture of the scholos- tic life ond yoried extro-curriculor octivities of the entire student body, The onnuol is the type of yeorbook we hoye tried to moke the i935 Knight, Although this issue is not rodicolly differ- ent, innovotions hoye been odded to our l935 model, A modernized onnuol is the dim of the stoffg school life is the grond T motif of the book.

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' E I C T ll l-lE Biographies of Famous Americans describes the late Edward Col- lings Knight as being a capitalist and inventor, This short description does not mention his fine traits, such as philanthropy and strong character, that are true of this illustrious native of Collingswood. When Edward Knight was only ten his father, Jonathan Knight, died. Edward worked on the family farm in order to help his mother, Rebecca Col- lings Knight, At the age of fifteen he moved to Philadelphia to accept a position as grocery clerk. After this his rise to financial fame was rapid. l-le subsequently became owner of a sugar refinery, several local rail- roads, a steamship line, and a large real estate business. l-le was active in the political and social life of his period, He held many local political offices and was nominated for Congress. T The hardships of a railroad journey in the South led to his invention of the first sleeping cars, which were commonly called Knights Shortly after this invention he sold the patent rights to the Pullman Com- pany. i As a fitting memorial to his mother he gave seventy acres of land and a perpetual fund for its care, as a park, known as The Knight Park, to the people of Collingswood. ln appreciation of this gift to the town the high school was officially named the Edward C. Knight l-ligh School.