Draper High School - Draperian Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

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6Qf7fl3 ff I MR. ZIMMER OUR LEADER WHO HAS GIVEN US THE INSPIRATION TO DO GREATER THINGS Mr Zimmer coud you glve us a few mfereshng facls concernmg Draoer7 Our prmcrpal leaned back comforlably swlv c aur look d sear mgly and lhen broke lhe :ce by flashing hls genlal sm le and nodd ng ns head rn hearry welcome So slarled an rnlervuew whuch resulled IH a groupmg ol lacls wh ch bolh amazed and asnamed us l-low llllle we knew of our Alma lvlaler Twenly ssx years ago Mr Zummer be came prnnclpal over 64 sludenfs and 5 Teachers who mel dauly In a small wooden sfruclu e on Jrhe oulskrls of Schenecfady Classes ranged from Klndergarlen l Eughlh grade Draper rn l9lO' Twelve hmes allerahons were made unhl now we have lhe large fully sux room buvldlng where over Two lhousand sludenfs are educaled Draper In l936l We asked Mr Zummer whal sublecrs he had 'raughl and hrs answer was somelh ng luke lhrs Well lve laughl malhemallcs sciences all lhe hxslorues Lalun commerclal arulhmeluc soclal sciences book keeping commercval law We couldnl llsl lhem all lhere were so many Born on a Schoharse farm Mr Zummer learned wha? work really was l-le had lo do lhe cuslomary farmers chores besrdes walkung seven mules 'lo school There were School our prlnclpal allended lhree colleges namely Columba Slale Colege lor Teachers ln Albany and Syracuse and lhen To prove lnal ne hadnl hao enough ol school work he allended summer school for 'rhlrleen successive years Cul lasl oueshon berng answered we fhanked Mr Zlmme lo ine n+evv ew and lelf hum lo gore over lhe huge slack ol papers al hs elbow For lwenly s years from oco emo I IH lhealrn on rerespo b ly racers ac vmes has resled on hls shoulders B he seems lo lke 1+ o one can fund hum al any hme smllng and cnafhng happ ly beh nd fha? huge glass opped desk ID The olllce ,, . , . in his ' el- h ' , e a+ us che ' ' E l ll ' ' ' ' l , . . ' ' l l ly h l O lhen no scheduled buses and aulomobiles. Aller gradualing from Schoharle l-llgh 7:l5 ' l ck in lh rnlng un+'l 4:30 ' le o , all h X ns7 ll? lor D V lf I ' I I . ul . l I , l r ' Q ' l ' I: J , -+

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ALML M BM QHEYQ TO OUR DEANS who have so enrsdwed our hugh sclwooi We we deducate thus DVQAPEIQIAN

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DEMOCRACY APPRECIATION I