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Ground was broken in February, 1922, and on May 22 the cornerstone of Rowe Hall was laid. School opened after a fashion on the new campus that fall. Forty boys and Mr. Shriver were forced to live on the third floor of Rowe Hall while they waited for Morewood to be completed. Although there was a kitchen in the present locker room and a din- ing room in the present Chapel, the faculty were forced to cook their dinner the night before school opened over an open fire behind the headmaster's apartment in Ells- worth. The program to give Shady Side renewed vigor included more than merely moving to the country. A new head- master, Mr. Harold A. Nomer, was appointed in 1919 and came here from Lawrenceville. Added to the faculty were Dean Merle M. Alexander, Captain William A. Palmer, and Mr. Charles P. Shriver. A dramatic club was organized and produced its first play, Doctor in Spire of Himrelf, in 1920. After a lapse of several years, S.S.A. again put a football team on the field in 1920. Mr. Shriver directed a glee club and a chapel choir. A student council was organized to en- force the honor system then in use. There was even a Boy Scout troop. After the opening of the country school, the Sargon So- ciety was set up to replace the banned Greek-letter societies. The Newr was revived as Knick Kmzckr ceased publication. St. Andrew's and the Forum were organized on much the same bases upon which they now function. The athletic program took on new life, with inter-house competition playing a major role. Firrnly fixed now in its country location, Shady Side roared along with the Roaring Twenties. The enrollment climbed from the low 114 of the-first year to 243 in 1930. Two new activities, the Seven Arts Club and the Aero Club made their respective appearances in 1924 and 1928. A var- sity socccr squad took the field in 1928, varsity wrestling began in the winter of 1929-1930. A gun club was organ- ized hrst in 1923, reorganized in 1927 under Mr. Louis C. Celestin, and continued in existence periodically until 1942. There were attempts to have a hockey team at one time or another, but the uncertainty of the winters prevented hockey from ever becoming a major sport. Even a polo team fought for dear old S.S.A. for several years in the late twenties and early thirties. 1 ll 1 During the depression an effort was put forth to have the school operate under a seven-day boarding plan instead of the Hve-day system. In 1934 all boarding students were re- quired to spend the week-ends at school, classes were held six days a week, and special permissions were necessary for a boy to go home over week-ends. Special entertainments were provided for the full-time boarders, including full- length movies in the gym on Saturday nights. Prominent local ministers preached on the campus for the Sunday morning church services, and at one time the school even employed its own chaplain. Several years later, however, Shady Side returned to what seemed to be the more prac- tical and advantageous plan of five-day boarding. After emerging from the depression somewhat beaten but far from bowed, Shady Side lost the headmaster who had served it since 1919. Dr Harold A. Nomer resigned during the summer of 1937, stating that he had acted as long as any man should in such a position. Mr. Demas E. Barnes replaced him, acting as head for one year. Mr. E. Trudeau Thomas was appointed headmaster in 1938 and was joined by Mr. Roger B. Merriman, former head of the Arnold School, in the fall of 1940 as a result of the merger in that year of the two schools. Mr. Thomas resigned in February of 1941 to go into the armed service. In the summer of 1942 Mr. Merriman followed his footsteps, accepting a commission in the Navy. Mr. Clifton O. Page assumed the position of acting headmaster from September, 1942, until june, 1944. Dr. Erdman Harris, the second headmaster to come from Lawrenceville, began his first school term at Shady Side in September of 1944. The merger with the Arnold School was announced in january of 1940 after three years of negotiations between the boards of the two schools. Arnold, a college preparatory school similar to S.S.A., occupied the site of our present junior School at 400 South Braddock Avenue. The merger was agreed upon after it had been felt by many that Pittsburgh could not support two such schools. A wave of protest from Arnold students soon gave way to a unified spirit, and the move proved a success. Resulting major changes included moving our junior School to the former Arnold property and the release of several faculty members. Shortly afterward the time came for Shady Side to play its role in a second world war. Forty-four Shady Siders made the supreme sacrifice, hundreds of others participated in the various branches of the services. Students and faculty mem- bers carried on as civilians, participating in first aid classes, air raid protection programs, and war bond sales drives. Conservation of tires and gasoline forced the alteration of -- - 00 pdf? 122
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