Camden County Vocational School - Vocationalist Yearbook (Pennsauken, NJ)

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IBUARD GIF lElDUlCATl-IIUN The Bo.1rd ot' Eellltdlltlll yoins the l .11ulty, Alumni elllel Students in eoinmeinorating the 'I'yyei1ty tit'tl1 Annnermiry of the XlOL.lllOI1.ll Stliool. It is .1 gre.1t honor to he 11ssoei.1ted xyith .1n institution th.1t h.1s suth .1 distinguislied retord ol seryiee to the titizens of c.llllLlL'Il County. W1 .ire proud ot' the kllXl.llWlL' retord Ilhltli' lwy our students, not only in industry .ind toinnierte, hut in seryite to their tountry in time ot' yx.1r, The U.'LllI'Ilt.ll kiiowletliige .1nd skill .uquired .is students .11 the VOtkLlIlOI1.1l School were put to immediate use lwy .tssigiiiiig these students to .irnied serxite units responsihle for the operation or Hl.illlle'Il.llILL' ol' IllL'Lll.lIllL.ll .ind L'lL'klI'lL.ll eeluipnient. lt h.1s been .1 ple-.isure to l1.iXL' lhial .1 p.1rt in the t.1slt ol' lWFCIW.1I'lIlg you to t.1l4e your pl.1te .ts .1 yyorleer in the tr.1ele of your ehoite. VUe trust th.1t you will take lull .1dvant.1ge ol the knowledge .ind skill you h.1xe .iequired .1s .1 student .1t this institution, You are well equipped to enter einploynient in .1 skilled Ifdxlt, The lA.lLI th.1t you will reteiye .1 diploin.1 ol gr.1du.1tion proyes th.1t you .ire intelligent, th.1t you know how to work .intl that you .ire -unlwitious. These qualities should t.1l4e you lA.lf. XVe LOIlgl'.lIlll.llC you on your suttess here .1nd trust th.1t your IWl.lll5 tor the future will be re.1l1zed to the fullest degree. ln the ye-.irs to tome llhly your n.1n1e .1nd your I'C'PLlIJIlOI1 reflect tredit on this sthool ,1nd on .lll those who h.1ye h.1d .1 p.1rr in your eelutation .llhl tr.1ininyg. V155 - lllil Cmitu N C.o1'x'1y Voc .siioxsi 56 uooi Bomua oi lituesiiox .mo 51:11 it l1'1.iJn1,q iifflfl fel: In rfyfnf. Xxllllldlll lf. Lovett, lldddwzfitld, TRFASVRIERQ lfdw.1rd T Curry, 032111. S0l.ICl'l'OliQ liinmert -I Crosby, 0.1Hm. Vien-Pursirurxrg Halsey Cade. Bl,11'iz1'fff111, Pi1EsiDrN'1'g Dr. Alben M, Be.1n, ll.iJJfif1fiJJ, Cjoiwry Stvriiixrrrxorxr oi- Scuoorsg Peter J, C.1z1-llo- P1r111i.114i1r1, lidmund D Bowmein. C7fJ'.','f1,grz1fwJ. SECRETARY. These together with P.1ul Reihmann of .lit f1'f3.u.'1i1Il. constitute the present Bo.1rd of Education. X 'I ur! K - ni 5

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AVPIPIOIINTMIENT OIF ful I9 6 IIRST BOARD OI EDUCATION OI THE CAMDEN COUNTS VOC ATIONAL SCHOOL Paemleul Theodore Krusel lfreljretlrlefzf Norman R Parker Charles S Albertson Burleigh B Draper and Wfrllram A Gormley Thus hrst Board of Education appornted these men to the tollowmg posrtrons Srnelmg Munro S Coulter Yrerzwner Theodore Thompson and Solzrltm Edward T Curry Board ol Edueatlon members are now appointed by the Chairman of the Board ol Iereeholders tor a term ot tour years The Secretary Treasurer and Solrertor do not haxe a xote In the early fall of 1925 Mr Charles F Wrse a member of the Board of Freeholders made a motron to mvestrgate Educatronal Board members Charles S Albertson and Burlergh B Draper to confer wrth the Freeholder mem the request reeerved from the State Board of Educatron The Board voted favorably upon thrs motron A com mrttee was appornted to acqurre rnformatron as to the necessrty publrc demand scope of work of such .1 school the cost of constructron and the cost of marntenance of such an rnstrtutron Mr james W Davrs Mr M B Rudderow and Mr joseph Frtzgerald served on thrs commrttee On the tenth of February 1976 they made a full report of therr findrngs They had mspected nearly all the vocatronal schools rn the state They were convrnced that a voca tronal school would frll a need rn the countys rndusrrres whrle provrdrng an excellent opportunity to all young people to recerve tramrng rn specral skrlls and trades These facts were so convmcrngly grven by the commrttee that the Board of Freeholders rmmedrately voted to establrsh a vocatronal school rn Camden County In less than srx months the suggestron to have a vocatronal school was now a fact not IU t an Idea or a dream Important as was thrs step yet rt was only the be-grnnrng Now a Board of Educatron must be created to carry out the responsrbrlrty of burldmg a school that would meet the needs of Camden County and to supervrse the opera tron of the school when the burldmg was completed Accordrng to law rt was the duty of Samuel M Shay judge of the Court of Common Pleas to appornt the Board of Educatron It was rn july 1926 when the frrst Board was named At therr Hrst meetrng on August 5 1926 the Board organrzed as shown above A Board of School Estrmates was then formed of three representatrves from the Board of Freeholders and two from the Board of Educatron It was the duty of the bers Horace G Grthens F G Rrggrns and Samuel Wotmd to secure the necessary funds to proceed wrth the burldrng of the school The first busrness of the Board of Edueatron was to provrde for a scnentrfrc survey of the county to determrne the extent of the needs rn each branch of mdustry rn the county Leadrng vocatronal authorrtres m the Unrted States were asked to suggest surtable eandrdates for the posrtron of Drrector of the School After personal mter vrews wrth many excellent applrcants Mr joseph M Hall of Washrngton D C was chosen Drrector Mr Hall rmmedrately began work on the survey The result of thrs survey would det rmrne the trades for whrch trarnrng should be grven by the school to supply the needs of rndustry rn thrs area The survey would also show the type general plan and srze of the burldmg needed to teach the trades Archrtects Lackey and Hettel Inc were engaged to design the plans for the burldmg adequate for the needs as shown by the survey In November 1926 the Board of Estrmates certrfied to the Board of Freeholders that 885 000 was needed to purchase a srte for the proposed vocatxonal school Soon after thrs certrficatron seventeen acres located on Brown mg Road rn Pennsauken Townshrp were purchased In a srmrlar manner on june 8 1927 3950 O00 was secured from the Board of Freeholders for the erecting furnrshrng and equrpprng of a school burldmg for the Vocatronal School Meanwhrle the survey had been com pleted and the proper plans were drawn George Bachman of Camden was awarded the general contract Ground for the burldrng was broken m September, 1927 . , , , . . . .. , - , . . , . . , . . . , . , . , . . . .. ' L , . . . . , , . v ' l - . . . , - - s s s , -, . ' , , . . ' . - . , . . . e . , - s 1 -s , s rf '. ' , I . 9 ' V , . . . - - . , . s ' x 9 ' , . , . - s , , . ' 1 I . , - v . -

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