Brunswick High School - Railroader Yearbook (Brunswick, MD)

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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. '

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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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lguhlir Gfiluratiinn Hgetxihereil 'he Staring 552515 Qhf Idrugreraf-. For 36 years the Brunswick High School building served as the dome of secondary education in Brunswick. But as the enrollment increased, the school no longer could fulfill its obligation to the modern aims of education. Once again B.H.S. has bowed to progress and growth, but the building which stands on Sandy Hook Hill is dear in the memories of all those whose minds have been nurtured within its walls. ' e T lf l t a fi, B 1 3 ai m f--1 1.1, H156-',u.5-f ' ' 5 1. LI' 'fu' 1 It has been the dream of the people of Brunswick for 15 years to have a modern, well-equipped school for their children to attend. Now the dream is reality and once again we have another school to love and cherish for many years to come.