Cary High School - YRAC Yearbook (Cary, NC)

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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

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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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Pathway of Progross THi: DRY BUILDING Present Elementary School The completion of the Walter Hines Page Building for vocational education, providing for the science and teacher-training departments also, marked the fifth im- portant event during Mr. Dry’s principaiship. The department of teacher training was added by the State Department of Education in 1922. During the next two years public school music and commercial sub- jects were offered as full-time courses. The J. M. Templeton building for physical education, built in 1925. made provision for systematic physical exercise for all the school. The elementary department of the school was standardized in that same year by the State Department of Education. When Cary School was consolidated in 1927 with Morrisville, Mt. Vernon and Goodwin, the sixth brick building, the Marcus Dry Building was constructed. State and Federal aid for the commercial department was be- gun this same year, making it possible to employ a full- time teacher for the work. This placet! the benefits of the commercial subjects within reach of all high school pupils, particularly past graduates. THE PAGE BUILDING Present Elementary School 8 THE TEMPLETON GYM Converted in 1952 To Home Economics and Band Building mflu