A B Davis High School - Maroon and White Yearbook (Mount Vernon, NY)

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LDV. JUOW 1 mr. aguia '6Mr. Davis was the Mount Vernon High School. And the Mount Vernon High School was Mr. Davisf' a former Davis graduate recently wrote. , Mr. A. B. Davis, the first principal of the Mount Vernon High School, was the adminis- trator in 1900 when the high school moved to its own huilding on South Fourth Avenue, and he continued in that position when the school moved to the present huilding. In March, 1933, upon the occasion of Mr. Davis, seventy-fifth hirtiday, the name of the Mount Vernon High School was changed to A. B. Davis High School.

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If'. 6Llf'50lfL For the first time in almost twenty years a Mount Vernon Superintendent of Schools was elected to an olhce in a national education organ- ization, when Mr. Jordan L. Larson was recently chosen second vice-president of the American Association of School Administrators. At a Board of Education meeting, a committee of the Mount Vernon Teachers Association headed by its president, Dr. Alfred M. Franko, honored Mr. Larsonis election. Dr. Franko said, alt is axgreat honor when one remembers that Mount Vernon stands 232nd on the list of cities as to size, yet in almost all we do educationally, we stand at the top of the listfi It was also stated that the uround of applause that greeted Mr. Larson's nomination and his election was the greatest and most prolonged ever known at such a con- ventionf, Surely we are honored to have such an able person as Mr. Larson as the administrative head of our school system. We can feel confident that he will do everything in his power towards the speedy establishment of a new high school for future Mount Vernon families. isa Elwvlea Miss Catharine I. Rhodes, Assistant Super- intendent of Schools, as well as lending an ex- perienced hand to the child guidance clinic, the Curriculum Study Committees and the expanded testing program, served recently on the editing committee of THE EXCHANGE, a release of the Metropolitan School Study Council. More- over, considering one of her most important pieces of work to be that of helping to solve the building problems, she assisted with surveys and plans tor a new high school designed to provide facilities for all the boys and girls of the com- munity. W Even though Miss Rhodes supervised all these activities, she still found time to visit fre- quently all the secondary schools, including our own A. B. Davis, so that she might know at first hand the present school needs. Our thanks to Miss Rhodes for the many grand things she has done for us. 7

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.70 jde Cfcm 0 19 0 ln dedicating your Annual to all those who have helped to create a Golden Age in Mount Vernon High School and in Davis High School, you have paid a gracious and Well-deserved tribute to the students who have pre- ceded you at Davis and to the teachers who have given devoted service to our school. The past is primarily important as a beginning of the future. Pride in the past is of value only if it causes us to shape a future of which We can be even more proud. The proud past of our school should cause every one of us to be vitally concerned with what Davis will become in the next fifty years. The Work of building a high school that will pro- vide for all the young people of our community the edu- cational opportunities that are best for them is an un- finished task. Your interest, your effort, your support are needed if the next great step forward to better educational opportunities for the youth of Mount Vernon is to be successfully taken. I hope that years hence, when this greater high school has become a well established reality, you will be one of those loyal Davisites who can proudly say, NI helped to build that schoollw May the years ahead be good to you! A familiar figure around Davis is, of course, Dr. Howard G. Spalding, our principal. Wfhether we see him in the classrooms, the halls, or the office, his pleasant smile greets us as we go about our Work. He is responsible, too, for a great many behind-the-scenes accomplishments at Davis as well as those tangible results which we come across every day. One of the intangible achievements of the past year of which We seniors may be espe- cially proud is the revitalizing of the Davis spirit. For this fine accomplishment We owe much to our principal. Naturally, the marvelous success of the athletic teams, the nationally recognized achievements of the Hi-News, the fine service of the G. 0. Store, the purchase of the resplendent band uniforms, the band's magnificent concert, and the professional performances of the Dra- matic Society have done much to create this spirit. But Without Dr. Spalding's inspiration and encouragement We feel that the spirit that we love would not have been so distinctly in evidence. We as seniors, thank Dr. Spalding sin- cerely for each and every service that he has given us during the three years we have been in high school, and We hope that we can live up to the fine standards which he has helped to set for us here at Davis. 9