Briarcliff High School - Bruin Yearbook (Briarcliff Manor, NY)

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Daniel M, Blue retired from the office of Superintendent of Schools September l 1948, having rendered nearly thirty-seven years of faithful service to the Sixth District of Oneida County. He was born at North Gage where he obtained his early education at the rural school, later attending the Holland Patent High and Potsdam Normal Schools, after which he taught for one year before entering Syracuse University. At college he chose a liberal arts course,entered into social activities and was very active in athletics, being a charter member of Sigma Chi Fraternity and a player on the var- sity football team Upon graduatlng from the University he was employed for two years by the International Correspondence School in California and Colorado Returning to this area he was honored with the principalshlp of the Old Forge High School and later the North Creek School, where his work continued until he was assigned to the position of Superintendent of Schools. He was married on December 28, 1908, to Miss Jennie Helmer of Old Forge, natlve of Boonville They have three daughters Betty, who is a teacher at River head, Long Island, Margaret, the wife of George Kelly, Sodus, and Dorothy, wife of Harry Ackerman, Long Island In 1912, when Mr Blue took over the responsibility of Superintendent, he assumed the jurisdiction of approximately fifty rural and three high schools. Realizing the unfavorable conditions which flourished in rural schools because of inadequate facilities, he resolved to give children better opportunities through centralization. As a result of his untirlng efforts he was successful in estab lishing centralized schools at Forestport, Remsen and Boonville, Forestport, being the first in Oneida County and seventh in the state Mr. Blue's able and efficient service brought modern education to those localities JI-4 t 4 O I D 0 1 ' O C O wNa.L' ' f, B Cf. N 2 I . . N 1 2 L I

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BUHHD UF EDUCHTIUH 'tual 2' Gordon Dye Clerk Kenneth Hubbard Royal Byrd Fred Yager Maurice Hammond President Harold P Seamon Principal Byrle Jackson 6