Cary High School - YRAC Yearbook (Cary, NC)

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MR. E. L. MIDDLETON Principal of Cary Academy from 1896-1908. The entire school gathers in front of the first school building erected on the present site. DR. J. M. TEMPLETON Outstanding member of Cary School Commit- tee for more than 20 years. Walter Hines Page did his share of removing stumps from the grounds of the new Cary Academy for infrac- tion of rules. Prom a log cabin, the school moved in 1870 into a two-story frame building erected on the present site, and removing stumps served the double purpose of discipline and landscaping. Through the efforts of £. L. Middleton, enthusiastic principal in 1896, the school soon became well known through newspaper advertising and an attractive cata- logue. One of Mr. Middleton’s strongest supporters was Dr. J. M. Templeton, school committeeman, who served in this capacity for more than twenty-five years. During Mr. Middleton's career, he gave direction to scores of young people and sent many scholars to colleges and uni- versities, later to become numbered among North Caro- lina’s leading citizens. The original building was enlarged to provide dormitory rooms for boys. Girls who attended the school from surrounding areas continued to board in private homes. On June 1, 1908, after twenty years in the educa- tional field, Mr. Middleton became Sunday School Secre- tary for the Baptist State Convention, where he did out- standing work for nearly twenty years. I MILESTONES I 6

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CARY’S FAMOUS CITIZEN MAYOR H. W. ROOD Mayor since 1949 WALTER HINES PAGE JOURNALIST AND EDITOR. AMBASSADOR TO GREAT BRITAIN. 1913-18. WAS BORN IN HOUSE STANDING 400 YARDS NORTH. WALTER H. PAGE WALKER HOTEL Now a private home, it was a well-known overnight stop on a main route before the advent of the automobile. 5

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Girls' Music Class 1908-1909. ary - gh j:-. -IRST STATE HIGH NOR ■ . pr-4- ;q-j: • Ol'iluc l L0 .. i.—• i r 'w' ■ • t • In 1907, Mr. Middleton and the school trustees de- cided to offer their holdings in the Cary School to the state, in order to be partially supported by the state treasury and to be known as a state-supported high school. Cary School then became the first public school in the state. E. L. Middleton remained as head of the school through the following year. Succeeding him in 1908 was Mr. M. B. Dry. Among the noteworthy advances under his leadership was the erection of a new brick building to accommodate the rapidly increasing number of board- ing students. In that same school year, 1913-191-C the Farm Life Department was established. This department provided for the teaching of agriculture and home economics. The Frank Page Dormitory for girls was erected two years later, taking the place of the old wooden structure which was burned in that year. In 1920 a brick dormitory for the boys was completed, making possible the accom- modation of 200 boarding students annually. MR. M. B. DRY Principal 1908-1942 First brick building on present site erected in 1913-14. along I lio. . . 7 I