Case High School - Chief Yearbook (Swansea, MA)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS History Dedication Theme pages Student Life Seniors Underclassmen Student Art Faculty Activities Pg- 3 Pg- 4 Pg- 6 Pg- 17 Pg- 37 Pg- 65 Pg- 81 Pg- 97 1 Off Features 2

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Tide ffifc ' g: . y • $ - L - The Chief Joseph Case High School - Co-Editors Laura Stiles •. r Suzanne Fortier Advisor Mr. Francis Kelly

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Origins In the late 1800’s Swansea had only “one room” buildings for grammar schools and no high school. By 1900 transportation had improved, so students were attend¬ ing high school in Warren or Fall River. The town paid twenty-five dollars for each student in these schools. Because of the expense, talk of building a school was heard more and more. In 1916 the town pur¬ chased the land where the Junior High now stands. Mrs. Frank S. Stevens wanted to donate the money to build a high school, but the town was reluctant to accept her large proposal. Out of lack of funds and need of a high school, the town finally accepted Mrs. Stevens’ gift on June 18, 1926. She also donated the land from the dam to the old football field, equipped the entire school building and opened a trust fund for two-hundred thousand dollars. These were all donated under the following conditions: that the land be used only for school or park purposes, the trust fund be used by the school only, and the high school be named in memory of her father, Joseph Case. In September of 1926 the corner¬ stone was laid. It contained such items as the annual report of 1925, newspapers and coins of the day, portraits, and a list of town officers. The dedication took place on September 1, 1927. Mr. Frank C. Chace became the first principal and in 1929 Miss Helen A. Reagan became assistant principal. Then, in 1945 Miss Reagan became principal. The first yearbook came out in 1945, entitled THE RECORD BOOK. It held that name for a few years, until the students, dis¬ satisfied with such a conventional name, changed it. They decided on THE CHIEF, in honor of Swan¬ sea’s Indian heritage. The name remains today as a remembrance of our history.