Beaver High School - Shingas Yearbook (Beaver, PA)

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REMINISCENCES Sometimes young people scoff at the memories of old men, when they cling per- sistently to the thoughts of the old times. But there is something about the old days that arouses the interest or at least the curiosity of the younger people. Very few people fail to get a thrill out of the stories of the past, especially those of the community in which they live. A friendly spirit seems to linger about the old familiar landmarks and houses once frequented by those whose names have become familiar to us by the stories told by old-timers. ln Indian days Beaver was known as Saucon, which in Shawnee means where a small stream empties into a larger one. The Delaware name for Beaver has never been discovered, but among the Iroquois it was Non-ga-nee-ar-goh. King Beaver, or The Beaver, is frequently mentioned and his speeches are carefully pre- served. He was the famous chief of the Turkey tribe of the Delawares. Another Delaware chief, reputedly the brother of The Beaver, has given his name to our year-book- Shingas. Looking back through the pages of Beaver's history we find accounts of many of the tales told us by our grandparents. Among the most stirring are the stories of the great flood of fifty years ago. Occasionally reports come to us that the melting snows and heavy rains are bringing the river dangerously near to overflowing their banks and flooding the streets of the town. But so far we've never seen that. lf we ask our grandparents, however, they will tell us thrilling tales of how they watched the Ohio River rise at the rate of ten inches an hour in February, l884. In Beaver the people, excited and awestricken by the terrible scene that was being enacted in the valleys below, hurried to the high banks overlooking the river. Later in l9l3 the people of Beaver again saw the rivers on a rampage. The only earthquake on record in the annals of Beaver took place on September 22, l886, at 8:45 P. M. The quake lasted for only one-half a minute and the phe- nomenon was unknown to many of the townspeople. How well the class of '35 remembers the excitement as we looked out the win- dows of the Junior High building and watched the flames eat up the old court house in I932! The court house had been built at a cost of SIO0,000 and was dedicated in May, I877, by the Honorable Daniel Agnew of Beaver, Chief Justice of the Su- preme Court of Pennsylvania. The court house has now been remodeled and is much more beautiful in design than originally, but it lacks the flavor of old associations which make one dream of the days when Beaver was young. Many famous people have visited Beaver, among them Rudyard Kipling, dis- tinguished English literafeur. In one of his letters written from Beaver he describes the Beaver Valley in the following quotation: Imagine a rolling, wooded English landscape, with the softest of blue skies, dotted at three-side intervals with fat Ii++Ie, quiet little villages, or aggressive little manufacturing towns. Beaver's legal history is also very intriguing. Many people remember the last execution which took place in the old Beaver iail-yard in l904. The land on which the county iail stands was once owned by President Millard Fillmore. The iail was built in I858 at a cost of 530,000 and was remodeled in I882 and '83. For many years the site of our present High School was once the locale of Beaver College. May the memories of the days spent in our Alma Mater linger long and sweetly in the thoughts of the Class of '35 as we set sail for the Unknown Port on the Sea of Life.-Mary Thomas, '35.

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DEDICATION Our obiecl' in publishing fhis yearbook is fo preserve for pos+eri+y, not only records of our own high school days, buf also some of fhe fine old picfures and fradifions of our grandfa+hers' day. We hereby wish fo dedica'l'e fhe I935 Shingas fo The Beaver of Ofher Days, and, if in fhe fufure, if accomplishes our purpose, we of 'fhe Sfaff feel 'lhaf our worlc has not been in vain. The class of '35 and +he S+aFF canno+ 'fake 'rheir leave, however, unfil fhey have expressed +heir apprecia+ion of ihe work done by lhe sponsors-Miss Lloyd and Mr. Reber. It is due fo +heir unfiring guidance fhaf fhe class has achieved success.-The Edifors.

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TI-IE BEAVER SCHOOL BOARD Beaver is a Third-class school disTricT wiTh a school board oT seven members, who are legal residenTs oT The disTricTs and serve Tor six years. EducaTion is a TuncTion oT The STaTe which delegaTes This responsibiliTy To The local communiTy, which, in Turn, exercises iTs responsibiliTy Through an elecTed school board, The school board is legally responsible Tor operaTing The schools, and among The duTies The Tollowing are imporTanT: lil DeTermine The budget and Tix The millage. l2l Employ Teachers and oTher employees. l3l Approve courses oT sTudy, lengTh oT school Term, school day, and oTher similar acTiviTies. l4l Approve The purchase oT The necessary supplies and TexT- boolcs. l5l AdopT and approve regulaTions governing The conducT oT pupils and The use oT The buildings. During recent years The Beaver School Board has been Taced wiTh serious Tinan- cial problems and has made every eTTorT To mainTain a sound educaTional program wiThin The limiTs oT The Tinancial abiliTy oT The disTricT. AlThough economies have been eTTecTed, These have noT removed Trom any child in Beaver his educaTional oppor- TuniTy. The presenT policy oT The School Board is To examine very careTully The eTTecTs oT These various economies, and when iT is clear ThaT These have in any way decreased The educaTional sTandard or opporTuniTies aTTorded The children oT Beaver, To resTore and To add any TeaTures needed To mainTain a desirable program. lT is hoped ThaT This policy will provide The children oT Beaver wiTh every needed educa- Tional opporTuniTy. BoTh The Tact ThaT The members oT The School Board serve wiThouT pay, and The TacT ThaT The law places such responsibiliTy upon The Board make iT evidenT ThaT a school board musT be composed oT ciTizens who have The besT inTeresTs oT The children and communiTy aT hearT. We have been parTicularly TorTunaTe in The high Type OT men and women, who have given unselTishly oT Their Time and energy during The years To serve The people and children oT This communiTy. Their loyal and devoTed service has been a splendid conTribuTion To The civic liTe oT Beaver. The members oT The presenT board are: PresidenT, W. Agnew Blissq Vice Presi- denT, Lauson SToney Virgil E. BenneTT, Charles 6. Cambell, RoberT B. Carnahan, T-larold F. Reed, W. Paul Thompson, SecreTary, Earle lvl. T3orsyThe.