Brunswick High School - Railroader Yearbook (Brunswick, MD)

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jlfrnm A Eng Gluhin Glu Qlhe flittlfilleh 13rn11tia Occupying a store room on the first floor of the Westall Building fat the corner of Sixth Ave. and Potomac Streetj, the first Brunswick High School had an enrollment of 31 stu- dents. Originally built by Dr. Crum, the building was later purchased by James Westall, whose daughter still maintains her residence there. Originally afour-roombrick elementary school building, the East Brunswick School was en- larged by an additional four- room brick section which elimi- nated the overcrowded conditions of the Westall Building and be- came the new home of the high school. After the high school moved to its third location, the East Brunswick School then served as an elementary school from 1912 to Feb. 1, 1952, afterwhich it became an apartment house. . A ! Midway through the school year 1912-13, grades 6 to 11 began attending classes in the new structure on Sandy Hook Hill whose construction was begun in 1911. The physical plant 1 , , consisted of two stories each with four rooms on the west side of the building only, fronted 5.- - ' with halls and cloak rooms whose windows faced the east. The alcove served as a student lounging area while the teachers' room was located in a southeast corner of the second floor. . Folding doors which separated into what was later the Home Ec. room and room 106 could . easily be moved to convert them into one assembly room. ' g I 1 e it f v. I , l.

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. 19' VJ is Zlnirnhutiiun In a one-room log cabin at the corner of Maple Avenue and B Street where the Baptist Annex is located, the public educational system of Brunswick began. The school was situated in this log cabin until 1868 when it was replaced by a one-room frame building which is pictured aboveas it was later used as a residence. This structure served the town until 1890 when Mr. W. W. Wermer donated an acre of land on Brunswick Street for the construction of a one-room brick school. Later a larger school was built, and it became known as the West Brunswick School. The year 1892 saw the donation by the B8tO Railroad Company of 2 acres of land at the corner of 6th Avenue and A Street. Upon this site a four-room brick structure was erected. This became known as the East Brunswick School. Prior to 1900, little had been done to establish a high school: but when Mr. C. W. Wright, the father of B.H.S., became a member of the Frederick County School Board, he pushed vigorously for the establishment of a high school. September 1900 saw this dream come true when a high school was begun in one room in the Westall Building with T. W. Troxell as principal. Again, in 1905, in- creasing needs brought about afour-room addition to the East Brunswick School where high school classes were conducted. After less than 10 years, increasing demands upon the school board caused them to begin a much larger high school on Sandy Hook Hill in 1911. This school endured until January 1928 when fire destroyed the building. Bur Brunswick was not to be without a high school, for September 1928 saw the completion of another school which has faithfully served un- til 1965. Once again the need for improvement has been realized and the most modern high school Brunswick has ever known is completed. And to paraphrase the class of 1911 when they were in a similar situation, while we looked forward with pleasant anticipation to the coming ofthe new home, may we now not fondly believe that the old, dingy, and com- monplace B.H.S. will continue to hold firstplace in the affections of the young men and women who have, during the past 36 years, passed in and out of its battered, weather-worn doors.

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ll9f A Etliluhern ffyigh 595121111111 i is ' '92-L fl , ,JA After the fire Red Man's Hall was one of several I places in town which was used as a temporary quarters for the school. Achievement tests taken by the students - in the spring of 1928 showed that although the students were attending make-shift classes, they were still re- ceiving the best education which could be made avail- able to them. .-.-4. - gp-:, ' 4 LA ' On a January night in 1928, the population of Brunswick was horrified asthey witnessed the high school enveloped in flames. The absence of a gymnasium precluded any indoor sports. A furnace and boiler room was attached to the main building where later the corridor leading to the gym was built. The lunch room, doublingas a home ec. room, and girls rest rooms were in the basement at the south end, while boys. locker room and the science room occupied the north basement. Manual trainingwas taught in the northwest room. To accommodate horses ridden to school by students, there was a shed located at the north end of the building where there is now a parking lot. '