Cary High School - YRAC Yearbook (Cary, NC)

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Early Cooking Class The special school tax was abandoned by an act of the 1933 legislature and Cary, Mt. Vernon Goodwin, and Swift Creek schools were consoli- dates! into Cary Consolidated District No. I. sup- portes! exclusively by county, state and federal funsls. SchtK)l consolidatis n and bus transporta- tion closed the dormitories to boarding students that year. In 1935, besides the regular courses, the school S)fferes! instruction in agriculture, home econom- ics, commercial subjects, piano, violin, band music, expression and art, with special attention given ts dramatics and athletics. During the lean depression years, 1936-1940, the variety of activities at Cary High School was limited. The publication t f the yearbook was suspendes!, and the graduation exercises were very plain. With the forties came Ws rld War II, when many students left Cary to take their places in the armed forces and other positions s f service. The years fs lls»wing -the war were filled with achievement. As if ts» make up fs r the bleak years, the schs ol activities increased, student en- rollment grew, and spirits were high. Early Sewing Class 9

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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

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MR. PAUL W. COOPER District Principal Wake Forest, A.B., M.A. Hobbies: Sports, Reading This is the time of achievement. Today, when the world is crying for people with education and knowledge, Cary High School is increasing the opportunities for students to gain these qualities. Educational progress has been the keynote of the ten years of Mr. Paul W. Cooper's administration The faculty has increased from nineteen to fifty-two teachers and the student body has more than doubled in size. The curriculum has broadened to include dramatics, journalism, history of toward the. . . MR. CARL A. MILLS. JR. Assistant Principal Wake Forest, B.S. University of North Carolina, M.Ed. Mathematics Hobby: Fishing, Gardening MRS. JANE INGOLD School Secretary and Treasurer religion, advanced mathematics, chemistry and physics of- fered yearly, Spanish, distributive education and driver edu- cation. The Student Council has been reactivated. Under the leadership of Mr. Cooper, the new primary building, gymnasium, and cafeteria have been added and other buildings renovated. The lighted football field and the new gymnasium have aided the development of an out- standing athletic program. 10