Cary High School - YRAC Yearbook (Cary, NC)

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C H S I T E A Brief History of Cary High School The one institution that distinguishes the town of Cary in the eyes of other communities is the Cary High School. For nearly two decades this school has occupied a foremost place among the secondary schools of the State. Even before 1896, when Prof. E. L. Middleton took charge, the school was doing a superior class of work under the intelligent guid- ance of such teachers as A. H. Merritt, Rev. Solomon Pool, W. L. Crocker, Rev. Jesse Page, and the Misses Jones. For twelve years, from 1896 to 1908, the school was under the wise management of Professor Middleton. Under his leadership the school building grew from a one or two-room structure to a building of sixteen rooms, besides an equal number of dormitory rooms, and from a teaching force of two or three, and a small boarding patronage, to eight teachers and almost a hundred boarding students. In 1907 the school was converted into the State High School, the stockholders selling out their interest to the county. A year later Pro- fessor Middleton resigned as principal to enter a larger field of work, and Prof. M. B. Dry, Principal of Wingate High School, was elected as his successor. In 1918 a new building was erected on the site of the old at a cost of $33,000, and equipped with every modern convenience. The old building was converted into a dormitory for boys. A year later the Cary High School was made one of the State Farm- life Schools by the generosity of the Templeton brothers, who donated sixteen acres of land for a farm, and of the citizens who subscribed $1,500 to provide suitable buildings and equipment for the farm. The latest addition to the school is a complete equipment of play- ground apparatus, the first to be installed in any rural High School in the State. The main building contains thirty-three rooms, and is provided with a kitchen, a dining and sewing room, a physical and chemical laboratory, and a dairy laboratory. The dormitories are provided with water, hot and cold, baths and toilets. A janitor’s home and a matron’s home are on the grounds. A model barn and farm cottage have been built on the school farm. The school now owns property worth more than $40,000. Principal M. B. Dry. s

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C H S I T E AN ACROSTIC G for Cary, bright and fair. A for Athletics that you'll find there. It for ltuddy girls and boys. Y for Youth—not lifeless toys. II for Humor, cheerful and bright. I for Industry, working at night. ; for Greatness, the ambition of all. II for Honesty in things great ami small. S for Stability by which we succeed. C for Courage to meet every need. II for Hospitality, a welcome we bring. for Obedience to our Leader and King. ) for the Offices which we forestall. L for Love, which is better than all. !