Plainfield High School - Milestone Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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In this 1948 issue of the Milestone, we com- memorate the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of Plainfield's system of public education. A century has seen the educational facilities of our city germinate from a minute seed, watered by endless hope and little capital, into the solid, widely diversified in- stitution which trains our youth today. The citizens of Plainfield may well be proud of the fact that their high school is one of the best equipped and highly rated in the state. This enviable achievement, whose birth we mark this year, is the direct result of untiring effort by many men and women of foresight. We humbly thank them, grateful for their work, of which we now reap the fruit. The en- tire project, however, was conceived and given its initial impetus by one man. His portrait may be seen, hanging in a place of honor, by all who enter Plainfield High School; he was Dr. Charles H. Stillman. The difficulties encountered by Dr. Stillman and his associates in organizing such a revo- lutionary enterprise as free public education in a rather conservative town may better be imagined than described. In praise of their labors we can do no better than point to edu- cation in Plainfield today—it speaks well for the men who gave it its firm foundation. During the years since its genesis, the names of two men have stood out as contributing materially to the institution started by Dr. Stillman. Both were superintendents of the city's schools; both were beloved by faculty and students alike. DIRECTORY HISTORY ORSEDUGATIONEING RIEATIN EEL Diag e tee ise teeter rae ee ae tee fe eee | INTRODUCTION? TO) THIEME pers 2 art avs beh eae ae tors 28 Weer er ree eae er ee et 4 DEDICATION, ynec ws fe vec See tice =. a aan ae RM eee Rear etony oN oa eee 6 ADMINISTRATION . . 7% Scdh 6 Rote Fics bs) 3) atte a can te ied ee eee ga ni eR Te 8 FACULTY (sacar 22s achana han tees Oe cen, Sy Heer ack iNeed Tee aera 12 SENIOR “CEASS © ic) eR pee et Prelate te dep eee ee ae ge ere eG Se eee 16 JUNIOR .CEASS cco SR RS feo neni ake, orca ee eR ee or et 42 SOPHOMORE: CLASS. neta ok SDS Sh ere iat, ioe, ae ges Pr ere ae eee ie ys ce ea 46 FRESHMAN “CLASS ie et See y pet acd oto en ia catecpee ars aR nee earn Bp a 50 CLUBS: i dae: Gta SERED eget ey cite Ay ck OSM Te (ac ee ee ee ae 54 BOYS ‘SPORUS) 3 sexed hee Ce tut SA cee le, oe orice ee ree eee ee a eee 78 GIRLS SPORTS oo) oF See pes Sr een cfd afm cSt tee aA ae le gee ee ee cc 92 UNDERCLASS LISTS 96

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Laying of Cue nee eye The first was Henry Maxon, who guided the schools through their critical period of ex- pansion. It was while he held office that the new high school building replaced the old Stillman School. Several new grammar schools were constructed to accommodate the grow- ing body of young people who sought enlight- ment. The first public school swimming pool in the state was installed in the new high school under Mr. Maxon. The second man was one whom most of us students remember and revere, Frederic Cook. Superintendent of Schools until 1944, he saw the extension of the high school building, with the addition of such improvements as the gym and shops. In his memory stands the Cook Memorial Library, a collection of books on American history in which he was interested. The Class of '48 is honored to be able to commemorate in this yearbook the one hun- dred years of free public education in Plain- field—truly a ''Century of Progress. ON was: Netém bey 1904