Collingswood High School - Knight Yearbook (Collingswood, NJ)

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T H E I 9 3 5 K N I G H T P, S. EICHELBERGER Prrncrpol a , ' . - . .1 HE orincrhol ot the Collingswood High School, Mr. P. S Erchellnerger, vvos born on o form neor York Spring, Pennsvlvonro, As o bov he got up very eorlv to milk cows ond chop wood When these duties were completed, he ottended o nroverhrol little red school house where e ght grodes convened rn the some roorn with one teocherc Hrs higher educotron vvos received ot the Normol School ot Shrppens- hurg, Pennsvlvcrnio, He groduoted rn l9l3 For two yeors he tought gromnror school rn Lisburn, Pennsvlvonro ond then vvent to Perkromen Preoorotorv School When the Greet Wor broke out rn Europe, he ro ned ond served rn the ormr tvvo reors, eornrng the commission ot second lieutenont Lreutenont Erchelherger vvos on the front lines during six ol the morn Allred drives, He spent thirty-two consecutive dovs rn the th ck ot the Argonne Forest, lighting Mr Erchelherger received his A ll degree trom Gettrslourg College rn l'l2l Between V727 ond V727 he ottended the Unzversrtr ot Columbia hut he received hrs MA degree ot the University ot p6I1llStlVOItO rn lflf Hrs trrst positron utter his groduorron trom Gettysburg vvos os heod ol the history dertortment ond vice-rnrrncrpol ot the High School ot Anirtle v lle, Long lslond When he lett there, he become rnrrncrrwol ot the Junrore Senior High School ot Potchogue, Long lslond He remorned there for tour yeors, For the host eight veors he hos been rrrrncrrrol ot our school Boseholl, hcrsketholl, ond tennis were tormerlr Mr. Erchelherger's tovorrte octrve sports Todov he enrovs golt ond swimming most Mr Erchelherger wishes to leove this messoge vvrth the Senior closs. Best Wishes lor your uncertorn tuture l

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T H E 1 9 3 5 K N I G H T JOHN B. RITTER Supervising Principal N MARCH 7, l889, there was born at the Ritter farm near Fayetteville, Pennsylvania, a baby boy, who was subsequently named John, Six years later he had become a school boy enrolled in Fayetteville Public School Graduating trom there he entered Chambersburg Academy, a private school, and tinished his tour-year course in three years, as valedictorian ot his class, John was no ordinary lad. l-le found time enough tram his studies to do the numerous chores which must be done on a l5O-acre grain farm, During the summer months he built good strong muscles by making hay, harvesting wheat, cultivating corn and following the plow, ln l907 John, now eighteen, entered Gettysburg College, completed the tour-year classical course in three years, and was again among the class honor men, The tall tollowing his graduation he secured a teaching position in a private school in Dover, Delaware. l-lis roster tor the day included Greek Latin, German, Algebra, Botany, athletic coaching, and hall duty. This rigid schedule lasted tor tour years when he began to teach at Camden High School in the Greek and Latin department, ln l9l9 came his big chance when Collingswood l-ligh School asked him to become principal, l-lis constructive leadership led the authorities to proe mote him to the supervising principalship which he has successfully held tor the past eleven years The tollowing quotation from lvlr, Rittrr expresses in a tew words those policies which he tollows in his administration here' l believe that every boy and girl has the inalienable right to a high school education with all ot its advantages, but also claim that with those advantages go obligations and responsibilities, I believe that the public school system is one ot the most important institutions in our country and has contributed more than any other torce to the many good things which we enjoy Ten

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T H E I 9 3 5 K N I G H T Take a letter, please Now, you see if the . . . Stampede Locate Eastern Roumelia. School History BACK in the doys when men were boys ond there wos no little red schoolhouse on the hill, o group of Collingswood citizens decided thot Col- Iingswood's youth should receive o high school educotion in the home town, Shortly ofterworde tn l906, to be exoct-eo group of boys ond girls found themselves students of ColIingswood's first high school where the present Robert Zone School is situoted, ln l9lO, to their own surprise, twelve students were honcled diplomos ond pushed out into the world. lt wos just ot this time thot the first port of the present building wos erected. The twelve students grew to twenty, then to thirty, ond so on. ln l9l5 the two wungs were built to meet the de- monds of the growing student body. The building, os it stood, little resembled the present one. Room 32 served os the office. The hondful of students gothered for ossembly in Room 50 ond then proceeded to Room lil for lunch, The ltbrory wos Iocoted in Room 3l. By i924 recognution wos coming to Collingswood l-ltgh School, the four courses whnch were offered, Acodemic, Generol, Commerciol, ond Technicol, begon to drow students from the surrounding dis- tncts, These pupils helped to swell the ever- growtng student body. The growth brought obout the decision to chonge the school system from on 8-4 plon to o 6-3-3. The Junior l-llgh School wos the result, The cofeterio, ouditorium, ond librory were ploced in their present positions, Twelve