Chattanooga High School - Dynamo Yearbook (Chattanooga, TN)

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'I'1lE l1HllllL... Beginning os on humble one-room building, Chottonoogo High School hos expond- ed into the extensive structure of todoy. From This first building, the first closs, composed of five members, groduoited on Moy 23, 1879. Three members of This first closs-Miss Cloroi Corpenter, Mrs. Belle Sonders, ond Mrs. Minnie Webb-ore still living. A fire oc- curring in 1896 forced the student body to resume their course of study by holding ofter- noon closses in the university building. A frome building on the site of the present Dick- inson Junior High School wos occupied by the pupils in the following yeor. Through the efforts of Professor H. D. Wyott, who moy well be colled the founder of Chottonoogo High School, ond 0 group of olumni, Wyott Holl wos erected. In 1921 more thon 600 students hod the privilege of being the first to move into this new build- ing. Fifteen closses groduoted from this structure before the new wings-Trimble Holl ond lVlcDonoild Holl-were odded in 1936. ln order to keep up with the ever growing educotioncil trends, Chottonoogcz High School now hos wings devoted to science, Eng- lish, moithernotics, home economics, the sociol sciences, monuol trciining, militory troining, ond othletics. Over seven thousond pupils hove received diplomos beoring the seol of Chottonoogo High School. These olurnni hove gone forth to every port of the world to spread the knowledge ond refinement thot become port of them ot Chottonoogo High School.

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5 M 0 0 0 He is wise who can instruct us and assist us in the business of daily virtuous living. -Thomas Carlyle. Now that I am a graduate of Chattanooga High School I realize more than ever what meant the most to me during my three years of secondary learning. lt was the in- struction I received and the association with the many teachers I grew to love. I know that without good instructors teaching would be worthless, but with teachers, who are un- derstanding and efficient, one receives the most helpful education obtainable. Above the teacher is the principal, an important figure in the life of a school. Still beyond him is the superintendent, who is the chief executive officer. Working with the superintendent are the commissioner and the board of education. This group bears the highest responsibility for the control of the school system. These members initiate poli- cies, which determine the whole course of the educational program, and they are respon- sible for changing those policies into action. The teacher, however, comes to the foreground as the one who actually encourages the classmates. It is the teacher's understanding nature, his willingness to accept all stu- dents who have bad as well as good qualities, and his readiness to give time and effort toward the student's individual development that make his role an important one in the life of every pupil. Without the influence of good teachers the greatest school system in the world, the best equipped school building, the finest group of youth would be unable to attain the high degree of development expected in a country as great as America. During my three years at Chattanooga High School I have had the opportunity of knowing many teachers. I feel that not only have l grown mentally but also spiritually and morally by their guidance. They have spent endless hours preparing my year's work, grading papers to test my kowledge, doing research so that they might share the most current events with me as well as the romance of the past. All of this planning and time was not spent worthlessly, however, because the teacher knows the truth of the immortal words of Daniel Webster: lf we work upon marble, it will perish, if we work upon brass, time will efface, if we rear temples they will crumble to dust. But if we work upon im- mortal minds,-if we imbue them with right principles,-we engrave upon these tablets something which no time can efface, but which will brighten to all eternity. Page I4