Blairsville High School - Blaire Yearbook (Blairsville, PA)

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The illblarrg OUR SCHOOL It is many years since the little log cabin which served as Blairsville's hrst school house was built. There has been a con- stant growth of the community and the educational facilities have responded by a like growth, and today we have one of the best equipped high schools in this section. Blairsville had for some time needed a large, modern, well equipped high school, but three years ago this need became im- perative. A bond issue was passed in 1929 and negotiations were immediately opened. As a result, the lllairsville High School occupies the site of the former Blairsville Seminary-College. The new Blairsville High School is accredited by the asso- ciation of Secondary Schools and Colleges of the Nliddle Atlantic I li i :I X Nil lm 21: Ii 5 1 E .- - .mt ,ul ' J j3!g.a lax.: ,, iiilii 1 Ki Wil E , 'l l f! 5 E LliIV!l B 'Fill Ill! 3 il - H - ii in I States and hfaryland. This means that students who maintain an average of SUS? are admitted Qin some cases, without examinationj to any of the higher institutions of learning. The building is one of the best equipped schools in this section. It has a complete domestic science course and a course in manual training and drafting, both of which are new. In the rear of the building is a double gymnasium with the latest and most complete equipment. Other features are an auditorium seating 836 people and a 1HOSt attractive library. This building could not have been completed without the aid of several men and organizations who gave large gifts of money to equip the various departments. llflr. Thomas Long gave a donation of one thousand dollars to equip the manual training department. hir. lklichael Thomas gave live hundred dollars to equip the drafting room. The library is a memorial equipped by the alumnae of the lilairsville Seminary- College. The alumni of Blairsville High School and approximately thirty other people who bought individual seats, placed the chairs in the auditorium which is known as the Alumni Hall. The l'eople's Natural Cias Company gave the seven stoves used in the domestic science department. The Civic Club gave eleven hundred dol- lars to help buy the kitchen cabinets, sinks, refrigerators, pots, kettles, tables, stools, etc. lylrs. lN'IcCreight placed the inst1'ument case and chair in the clinic and the National Plate Glass Company placed an instrument sterilizer in the clinic. As a finishing touch the ladies of the D. A. R. presented us with the silk flag x h h h g v ic angs in the auditorium. We wish to thank these people who have done so much to make our new school the complete building that it is. K X -- he if.. fl A, 3, to - T 1, JTT:gTOx.i , iii5TT- N ,'j4i:1iLi.i:g,I iizg - Q V-A--2-i L36-T 'L,f, - ZZ, ,..

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The Ilfiforre E, Il il I l l I ii OUR LIBRARY--A MEMORIAL E 221 l i 5 l E Our library is a memorial to the Iilairsville Seminary-College. I 'I' 1 . I . . 8 - When our high school building was erected, it necessitated re- moving every trace of the college which from 1851 to 1013 served -'f to inspire youth of this district. The friends and alumnae of the Ili f- -if 'I, -N, . . . . ' '. ,l - college, fearing that the name of their school would disappear, 'E III, I I I I I ,Pm 'Mff ga requested that oue room in our building might he dedicated to :T l R their Alma IXIater. 'I 3 ,, E1 III They completely equipped the lihrary with funds sent hy -I, friends and alumnae from all over the country. IQ...-...cg-gi.. Since they have made this memorial one that we can use, and have trusted us With it, let us do everything in our power to prove worthy of this trust. On one side on the wall hangs a hronze tahlet, the lasting cornmemoration of the school. On it there is a picture of the seminary and the following inscription: THIS TABLET IS ERECTEIJ HY FRIENDS, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF IILAIRSVILLE SEMINARY-COLLEGE ON THE SITE OF THE ORIGINAL BUILDING TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY Oli' TI-I E INSTITl'TION, TO HONOR THE FOUNIIER REV. GEORGE HILL, D. IJ., HIS SUCCESSORS AND THEIR ASSOCIATES AND ORATEFLLLY TO TESTIFY TO THE INSPIRATION AND LASTING INFLUENCE OF THEIR LIVES AND LAIIORS WHERE THERE IS NO VISION, THE PEOPLE PERISH -Proverbs 20 :I 8. ,ff I A I raw. I II Y: 5II' I fl L ' ' ,K v iieillilflll - ,X f' g, - - -'- -'-'+'- - RN-G