Durham High School - Messenger Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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l : 1 -' W N E 5 G E R QUWVYUU 4 - B 0 19 Z 5 D The Part that Durham High School has Played in the Educational Progress of North Carolina in the Past Year HE culture and prosperity of our country depend in a large measure upon the enlightenment of the masses. The social, political, and eco- nomic welfare of a community depend upon this process, and for this reason North Carolina, being far-sighted enough to see that future citizenship will be strengthened and guided by that greatest factor of our daily life-educa- tion- has organized one of the greatest public school systems in the country. It has given the right to every boy and girl in the State to have a high school education. In promoting this idea there are in each city a number of modern and up-to-date school buildings, sufficient to care for the entire school population of that city. The State is continually progressing, thinking of new ideas, acquiring better equipment, and instituting more modern curricula for the schools. It is in truth educating itself into educating its youth. Durham has for some time been a leading educational center, known for its public schools and other institutions of learning. Before giving some par- ticulars of the progress of the Durham High School, it seems wise to cite some instances of the progress of our city. During the past year, in Durham, the Southern Conservatory of Music has moved to a large, modern building on the Alston Avenue roadg Trinity College has evolved into Duke University, with a future in sight of ranking as one of the largest and finest universities in the United States, and has entered upon a building program unsurpassed by any college in the stateg the Durham Business School has expanded its quarters and is now able to accommodate a larger number of students, a model city auditorium has been planned and is expected to be completed by next fall, the Educational Depart- ment of the VVoman's Club has begun the movement of supervising and selecting the children's movies at a special matinee once a week. Many other projects and movements, such as city extension, the VVashing- ton Duke Hotel, Carolina Inn, the appropriation of funds and scholarships by the Business and Professional Woman's Club, Y. VV. C. A., Rotarians, and many other organizations, may be given as further proof. ,As a tiny mechanism in this large scheme the Durham High School has played its part so well that it has won an enviable reputation. This winter ni

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A N E. '5 :Ei S G ER ? 5i'f'la'5Yr'i '0v -v '34'5'5WV'5 m'i 0 gg-ggav 6 Chnl' - lr . 1.5-..Zffeiau4?oZZqa3fa-nr 1f1r.c?g2'0 Y1?,S 'gs'uisEs 4 5 Q 19 Z 5 Q the basketball championship of the State was won by the D. H. S. VVhitc W'hirlwind, an honor which could only have been achieved by superior mental and physical education. Although no signal honor has been gained by the contestants in other sports, they have all made fine records and this year a tennis team has been organized in the school. The D. H. S. representative at the Guilford College declaiming contest won first place, while the representa- tives at the Wlake Forest declamatory contest and the 90l9 contest at Duke Cniversity won second place. The debating team of 1925 won its way into the semi-finals at Chapel Hill. The Girls, Club of the High School has insti- tuted a health record for girls, and has raised a hundred dollar scholarship fund. At. the State Fair, in the annual art, contest, art students of D. H. S. won first place. The Alumni Typewriting Contest was won by a member of the Commercial Club. The addition of a number of splendid books in the High School Library has made this department a further asset to the schoolg espe- cially has it raised the English department to a higher standard of efficiency. All these moves have been marked steps toward a higher standard of learn- ing, of which the boys and girls, as students of the Durham High School and citizens of the city and state, are appreciative and justly proud. As mmmmmmm in