Brady High School - Bulldog / Spotlight Yearbook (Brady, MT)

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WHEN OUR SCHOOL DAYS ARE THROUGH Tun©: When My Dream Boat Comes Horn©. When our school days are through We will always think of them We will praise them and say that We wish we were back again. When school bells will ring, Their old memories will bring We'll be loyal forever Though our school days are through. We will always be true To our old Brady Hi, We will greet it and remember When memories flash by. All the Seniors will sing Of the tender thoughts you bring. We will trust you forever And we'll always be true. When we were Freshmen we thought Of the days that were to come When we would be Seniors And from High School we'd run Now we're Seniors, all through We wish we were back with you We will think of you forever Now our school days are through. rioi

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IPRESI DEM 6JT S s DDRESS Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends and Schoolmates: Last September my class honored me with the presidency. I have filled this office to the best of my ability and I wish now to thank my classmates for their loyal support and cooperation. In the last four years we have improved our minds and developed our bodies that we may meet the problems of life. We have now passed one important milestone in life, High School. When we, the class of '38, entered Brady High School there were nineteen, now there are thirteen. Some people say that's an unlucky number, but it is not so for me. That loss in membership depicts the way of life—that it is not at all times Bowery. That some will fail is a lesson that everyone must learn before we can advance far on life's journey. We have worked and played together since we were in the lower grades and because of this each knows the good points and the faults of the others. That is but part of our training. Recognizing the faults of others should assist us in correcting our own. Our parents have sent us to High School that our lives might be fuller and nobler. Teachers of the past four years have been congenial and helpful. When we were in difficulty they would advise us thus lightening our load, making school more pleasureable and teaching us many things that we could not get otherwise. In sports, as well as in studies, we were taught that defeat was but part of life's training. When we entered Brady High we expected upon graduation to find our goal directly before us, but now we realize that we are just beginning. We are living examples to under classmen. As we make mistakes, we hope that they are recognized and avoided. As we look back on the four years spent in High School, we recall many things that happened. Some were joyous and others most distressing. We thought them so real but we know now that they were not. On behalf of my classmates I bid farewell to Brady High School, and may the memory of this class linger in your minds as one that tried and we hope succeeded. [9]

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HIS rOR Y OF MADT SCHOOIdS In 1908 homesteaders began to file upon land in the vicinity of Brady. This continued thru the years of 1909-1910. Since many of the homesteaders brought with them their families, the question of educating the children became paramount. Thus it was that School District No. 19, Teton County, was organized with Messrs. E. L. Marriott, A. J. McNeely and Everett Ballard as the first Board of Trustees. Mr. George Benson was appointed clerk. In the spring of 1910 a session of school lasting some six weeks was held in a small frame building just east of the present Farmers’ State Bank structure. The building has since been moved and converted into a residence. It is now occupied by Mrs. S. R. Libby. Seats and desks of the double type were built by Mr. Frank Weeks, a carpenter who had recently come in as a homesteader. The blackboards were surfaced lumber appropriately painted. A table served as a teacher's desk. Pupils attending were Mrs. Christmas Marriott Stenhjem, Mrs. Bernice Marriott Carver, Mrs. Blanche Marriott Hill, Mrs. Lucy McNeely Kincaid, Mrs. Mary McNeely Kruger, Mrs. Genevieve Ballard Sharp, Gale Ballard, Judson London, Mrs. Emma London Joseph, and Charlotte Benson. Miss Jean Fluto taught this school. The first school house to be built by the trustees of District No. 19 was a one room structure located on the block of land occupied by the present building. Miss Mabel Hovey taught this school. Some twenty pupils were enrolled. Increases in the enrollment due to more settlers compelled the immediate construction of a larger school building so that late in the year of 1911 a contract was given to Mr. Valentine Pyat of Great Falls to erect a two room building. The dimensions were approximately 30 by 50 feet. It was constructed of wood. Mr. T. O. Larson of Choteau who owned the townsite of Brady gave the block of ground upon which the building was erected. In 1916 Mr. Edwin Melvin was employed as the school's first Principal. That year J. B. Humphrey also of Great Falls was given the contract to erect the brick building at present occupied by the grade school. In the basement were two hot air furnaces, a coal bin and two class rooms. On the first and second floors were two class rooms each with halls. What is now a cloak room on the upper floor was used as a library and office. To this building was attached the original wooden building. It was used as a gymnasium. Successive principals were Edwin Melvin 1916-17, Robert McCrum 1917-20, D. A. Elings 1920-23, N. S. Hollis 1923-24, H. P. Budewitz 1924-27, F. L. Peterson 1927-32, H. C. Olson 1932-37, and E. L. Anglemyer 1937-. In 1915 Brady High School was organized offering one year of study. Students attending were Mrs. Mary McNeely Kruger, Mrs. Blanche Marriott Hill, Iva Stuart, Ethel Stuart Gemar, and George Gleason. The next year the Sophomore course of study was added and in 1929 Brady graduated her first class including Paul Armstrong, Clifford Curtis, Mrs. [in