Cleburne High School - Santa Fe Trail Yearbook (Cleburne, TX)

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THE SANTA FE TRAIL, '27 Superintendent Emmett Brown How times changel ln 1807 a tall, thin man rode into Cleburne on a bay saddle horse. l ' d as art compensation tor teaching services in Thorpe Springs which he had recent y acquire p r . , to apply for membership on the teaching stall of the Cleburne Public School System. Evidence of remarkable personality and of satisfactory academic training. received in the Peabody Normal and the University of Nashville, secured for him the position of foreign language teacher. ln 1 w s b he -' '-4 those days Cleburne could boast of an enrollment of less than ont thousand, ut cr citizens ip was progressive and ambitious for her children to receive the best of training. A few years passed: Cleburne grew: the young man stayed to grow with the town and for the town and its youthful citizens. ln 1906 he became Principal. and seven years later he was made Superintendent. And who is this tall, slended teacher who became Superintendent of Cleburne Schools in 1913? We would have you share our appreciation for Mr. llmmett Brown. who has supervision over the best public school system in our State. At present we have nearly twice as many pupils enrolled as we had when he assumed control. Vkle have ten times as many students in High School as we had when he came to teach. Our new plant is excellent: the teaching f e is ca able: our courses are well planned: our students receive inspiration as well as instruc- orc p tion in the art of becoming worth-while men and women. All workers now receive come pensation in the customary medium of exchange. We give our Superintendent just credit for the remarkable growth of educational facilities in our little city. Page 9

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THE SANTA FE TRAIL, '27 MR. J. G, DUNLAP ln recognition of his clear powers of intellect and of judgment, of the example of his lofty principles of life, of his unseliish devotion in ministering to the moral and mental needs of students, and of his desire to imbue each with the noblest aims in life-we, the Senior Class of 1927 of Cleburne I-ligh School, dedicate this page of the '27 Santa Fe Trail to Mr. J. G. Dunlap. As Principal of the High School he is ever ready, calm, and determined when duly calls. Page I 0 N