New Hanover High School - Hanoverian Yearbook (Wilmington, NC)

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E D I C AT I O It is a good thing to be rich, and a good thing to be strong. But it is a belter thing to be beloved by many friends. — Euripides. John J. Blair was born at High Point, North Caro¬ lina, of Quaker parents. His great grandfather was the founder of Guilford College, which influenced for a long while the life of that section of the slate. Mr. Blair began his education there and finished it at Haver- ford College, Pa. He was endowed with artistic ability of a high order, and possessed the artistic temperament to a great degree. These traits influenced his administration of the schools which he had in charge, and were largely responsible for his emphasis on harmony in all his relations with parents, children and teachers. His insistence upon this made noticeable in the deportment of the children gen¬ erally a courteous demeanor and a kindly attitude toward animal and plant life. Mr. Blair’s influence in Wilnrngton was felt in help¬ ing community efforts, in inspiring a sentiment for a more beautiful city, in creat ng a desire for out of door sports, and in introducing into occasions of a public nature a gentle sociability that was bred of his courteous soul. The schools owe him

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orewvrc £§} LTHOUGH this is not the only Sandfiddler that has ever crawled out of the staff room of the Wilmington High School, please remember, O hind and gentle reader, that the last one which did wend its way from this stalely building made its appearance in 1911. So under a great handicap, the staff of 1921 has striven with earnest endeavor to mal e this volume a collection of fond recollections and pleasant mem¬ ories of days spent in dear old Wil¬ mington High Schocl.

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JOHN JAY BLAIR