Collingswood High School - Knight Yearbook (Collingswood, NJ)

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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

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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 I 9 3 5 There was no stopping the steadily growing student population. ln l93l it became necessary to add tour rooms to the Senior High School and six to the Junior High School. At the same time, new and greater facilities were added to the athletic department to make it one ot South Jersey's finest, An entirely new football field and stadium were erected, leaving the old field tor practice. Three tennis courts were laid out, and a six-lane cinder track was begun, to be finished last tall, Last summer the traditional study hall came to an end, with its division into two rooms. In September, l932, a group ot about 300 be- wildered looking children, known as the Class ot l935, wandered aimlessly about the building, much to the disgust ot the haughty seniors who tound it necessary to direct them But two years have turned the tables. Now the Class ot V335 is on the brink ot graduation, about to step out into the world to meet their problems as other Collingswood 'graduates have done, leav- ing the school behind them with a tew more achievements, new laurels, and pleasant memories. l906-l935l Long years ot achievement are ex- pressed by these tigures. ln this year ot the three hundredth anniversary ot secondary education in America, the Knight greets all secondary schools and wishes them the success and wealth ot achievement enjoyed by Collingswood High School in the twenty-nine years ot her existence I Thirteen K N I G H I Hey-that's only seven cents! I Sprechen Sie Deutsch? I You'lI have to be quiet! I Are you chewing gum?