Cary High School - YRAC Yearbook (Cary, NC)

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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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Community Tribute In this year when the community of Cary helps Cary High School celebrate her fiftieth anniversary, we find it fitting to recount the history of our school in picture and story. Since our community has always stood behind our school and has believed in the best education for our youth, we welcome this opportunity to give credit for the effort that has been made through the years to pro- vide the best education possible and to picture for the community what the school is doing to develop well-rounded citizens. In order to understand Cary's enduring support of education we glance backward through the years to a small crossroads called Page’s Siding, where only a sawmill was situated. Since the first academy was founded in 1870, the citizens of Cary have believed in the premise that a good design for education is one that fulfills the needs of a particular community. Such is the spirit of the community which, on April 3, 1907, became the site of the first state-supported public high school in North Carolina. The number of buildings has since increased from one wooden building to seven fine brick build- ings. Today this thriving township, located on main thoroughfares, offers excellent educational advantages to all and its progressive citizens are constantly interest- ed in improving the community. True to the traditions of our forefathers, through a recent bond issue and a supplementary school tax, the citizens of Cary voted to expand school facilities to fill the changing needs of the youth of the com- munity. By I960, a new high school, offering the best education possible for tomorrow’s citizens of the space age, will lx? ready for occupancy. We dedicate to Cary citizens, past and present, this book conveying not only the record of these past 50 years of progress but also our preparation of the present and hopes of the future. With sincerest appre- ciation we say thank you to the community and people whose beliefs and efforts will serve those still to come. mTTmimMMmTmmimmmTmmmpH . CARY TOWN HALL Annual Gourd Festival held in Car) Center of town government

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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