Battin High School - Red and White Yearbook (Elizabeth, NJ)

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RED AND WHITE I937 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE BATTIN I-IIC-EI-I SCHOOL ELIZABETH NEW JERSEY

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FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS, OF ELIZABETH The illus+ra+ions on This page piclure rhe evolulion ol public high schools in our cily. 52 Broad Slreei lleasedl was lhe firsl building used as a free public high school in Ellzabelh, I887-l889. ' The enrollmenl lolaled one hundred and lorry-eighl slrudenls, Oclober, I887. Lucre- lia R. Sayre was +he principal. Subsl'i'lule The horse and buggy 'lor lhe siream-lined car al lhe door and eliminale lrhe commercial al'mosphere, and 'lhere you are. The generosily ol Mr. Joseph Ballin made possible lhe building and properly nexl in use and loca+ed on Jrhe si+e ol 'lhe presenf Ballin High School. The presenlralion lo lhe cify was made in I889. The building was in use 'lor lwenly-'rhree years unlil June, l9l2. Miss Sayre again direcled The lives ol one hundred lwenly-lhree sludenls as principal from I889 lo I895. For a briel inrerval ol Iwo years, l9l2 To I9l4, I-he academic deparlmenl' ol lhe high school occupied a .building a+ Cherry and Murray Slreelrs, wilrh Mr. William F. Lilrrle as principal. The regislralion in Ocrober, I9I2, had reached 542. Ballin High School now occupies The presenl sire , Q I on The corner ol Broad and Soulh Slreels. lls dignified porlrals appear on +he opposile page. Beginning I9l4, lhe following genllemen have served as principal: William F. Li'l'l'le, Frederick E. Emmons, Franklin Pierce, Harold G. Ferguson, Porler W. Averill, and William lvl. Duncan. In I929, Balrin became +he girls' high school. The presenl enrollrnenl is l645. The Jellerson building, a boys' high school, was compleled in l929, wilh Mr. Porler W. Averill as principal. Enrollmenr in 1936 lolaled I64O.