Beaver River Central High School - Beaverian Yearbook (Beaver Falls, NY)

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Daring the latter part of Mr. Babbit’s long service as principal, the old school became only a memory, for in November IT ? '-ho present red brick build- ing was erected This school, which was designjc avia : the lines of the eight- eenth century American architecture, was dedicated ou January 13i 1928. At the ded ication Mr. Hi ran called the name s in t er which posses ses. grad uating the new in 1 9 2 8. and three reived thdr a t this new school many only in its J u ne th its cur- these TTfTn if » 1 » t h iff ed not 0 f 1 n b 0 extra But would not vived the teen years found ation old schools of the years past had not been firm and solid. In confidence serene ex ercis es Van A man roll of the his regis - h e still The fir s t c la s s of school was Two girls boys re- di pi onas time. This has witness- c h a n ges the num ber gradu ates but also in regular and r i c ulum. ch a n g es ha v e sui - al most foun- i f the laid in the Mr. Babbit was succeeded by Mr. Clifford Berry who served from 1929 to 1936. The depression of 1929 changed the trend of education toward that of earning a living. Thus the Domestic Science and Industrial Arts and later the Agricultural Departments were added to the school curriculum. In 1931 in- dustrial Arts Departments was started under the direction of Mr. Edward Whitt- ington. Miss Miriam Jenkins, (Mrs. Oscar Hassler) was the first instructor in the Domestic Science Department which was started in 1932. The Commerce Depart- ment was added to the curriculum in 1935» with Miss Inez Roberts(Mrs. C, Phelps Carter) being the first teacher. Another change in the curriculum of the school w;-s made in 1929 when the Music Department was started under the direction of Y:ss Blanche Rutherford. At this time a school chorus and orchestra were start- ed by kiss Rutherford. A little later the Beaver Palls School participated in the county music work under which plan only a certain number of periods a week were given over to music. Other changes in the school curriculum which still survive but on a larger scale were the school paper (The Beaver's Tale) started by Miss Miriam Jenkins in the spring of 1935 an ! girls' and boys' basketball in 1331 under the coaching of Mr. Edward Whittington.Also in 1931 the U—Kum-C—Fest was first presented under the direction of Miss Marion Jamieson (Mrs. Lawson Hanage.) Simultaneously with the changes made in the regular and extra curricu- lur., a greater number of students enrolled each year in the school. Many of these pupils came from the outlying districts from which transportation to the Beaver Palls School had to be furnished. In 193--» the school board purchased a 30 passenger bus cmd also the small bus which had carried pupils from the Bolfort school. k 37 passenger bus and also a h-9 passenger bus were prehased in August 1935 and in the summer of I936 a garage to house these buses was erected on the ground behind the school. if 41 ...

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