Coon High School - Cocoon Yearbook (Wilson, NC)

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.fi 314 Q -v 4 .I l Sf' N 'N J ffl A .fr ji. 21 'ia ii' il id 4 N .4 Tl n I all CHARLES L. COON HIS sketch is concerned with the personal side of the original and dynamic leader who in uncompromising fashion won the fight for the rights of childhood in Wilson County against the entrenched hosts of ignorance, prejudice, and selfishness. As any creation is an index of the creator thereof so the rapid and spectacular expansion of the Wilson County school system is an index of the man who expanded it. The creator of the system, true to the gen- erally accepted dictum regarding him, works rapidly and in spectacular fashion. The subtle strategy of the diplomat and the designing wiles of the politician are two unknown quantities in his personal equation. Like the successful and spectacular football player he hits the line hard and without apology to anyone for so doing. His actions have never been influenced by the suggestion of expedi- encyg his course has never been charted by the paths of least resistanceg he has never been known to sidestep an issue nor to dodge a responsibility. But in every problematic situation that confronts him he goes straight to the heart of it with the question: What is the RIGHT thing to do in this case? This guiding principle is undoubtedly the source of his power as well the provider of the excuse for the hard-hitting tactics he employs. Of course, he has, as every man of action, decision, and accomplish- ment must have, his accumulation of haters. He realizes this, but he is not depressed on account of it. When some situation brings to light that he has drawn, as a by-product of his accomplishment, his full quota of haters he dismisses the whole group in philosophic mien and with charac- teristic belligerency in the statement: I am not a candidate to have placed on my tombstone, 'In life he had no enemies' I But the foregoing sketch does not give a complete picture of the man by any means. Until one has observed his forgiving, patient, generous, and unselfish spirit as it is manifested every hour in every day in the work-a-day world about him can one appreciate the magnanimity of the man. Strength 'to his arm as he carries onl' in season and out, seemingly unhurt by condemnation or unspoileduby praise, towards the goal of an enlightened citizenship l

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QllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII THE WINQQA lIIllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllhlllllllllllllllll E A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE WILSON 2 HIGH SCHOOL-1907-1927 E 1. cosr OF INSTR E Your 5 1907-8 ......,. g 1926-7 ..I.... 5 1916-17 ,,... E II. VALUE OF PLANT UCTION IN THE WILSON HIGH SCHOOL 1907 AND 1927 Number Numbrr Tala! Cost Cost Por Avg. Salary Tearhrrs Enrolled of Trarliing Capita of Tearlzers 4 128 S 2,205 317.23 S 551.25 .......21 517 33,060 63.95 1,550.47 7 278 6,180 22.23 Accredited by 1907-1927 COMPARED Southern Ass'n. AND EQUIPMENT OF WILSON HIGH SCHOOL, j Items 1907 1927 E 1. School Site ............... .......,, S 2,500 S 26,192.05 2 2. School Building .......... ...... 3 0,000 260,625.76 E 3. Furniture fgeneralj ..... 2,500 13,620.60 5 4. Library Furniture ...... ........ 1 ,417,80 5 5. Commercial .............. 1,120.00 I 6. Lunch Room ......,,........ 1,716.07 E 7. Science Equipment ...... 3,255.05 E 8. Home Economics .... ...... ........ 1 , 317.63 5 9. Gym Equipment .,..... .......... .,...... 1 , 190.70 : S35,000 S310,456.46 5 10. Volumes in Library .....,. .......... 1 85 3,611 E 11. Periodicals .............,.....,....,,.....,...,..........,...,........... ........ 6 5 2 III. NOTABLE GIFTS TO THE LIBRARY E 1. October 10, 1910: Wilson Library Association, 500 volumes. E 2. Class of 1923: Gift of 33493.04 for Reference Books. .5 3. C. L. Coon, November, 1923: 70 volumes. E 4. December 1, 1926: Mrs. Gordon Hately in memory of Mrs. A. A. Bayse, 315 2 volumes. E 5. Class of 1926: Landscape by June Rutledge. E N. B.-Mrs. Hately's gift will be known as the Allya B. Bayse Collection. 1' IV GROWTH OF WILSON HIGH SCHOOL, 1907-1927 : In. In In In 111 Tolal In Per Cent. E ' 7th 8th 9th 10th 11tI1 Hlillll EI. Grads Total in High E Ycar Grade Gradf' Grade Grade Graflc'S1'l1ool 1-6 Enrollment School Grad. Tcarh I 1907-08 ........ 61 38 29 0 0 128 645 773 16.6 0 4 E 1908-09 ........ 56 56 23 10 0 145 619 764 18.9 0 4 E 1909-10 ........ 69 44 25 7 4 149 572 721 20.6 4 5 E 1910-11 ........ 76 48 31 14 6 175 614 789 22.1 6 5 : 1911-12 ........ 59 65 35 21 8 188 604 792 23.7 8 5 I 1912-13 ,....... 65 43 51 17 19 195 673 868 22.4 19 6 L' 1913-14 ..,..... 85 46 33 34 10 208 702 910 22.8 9 6 E 1914-15 ........ 80 64 30 24 22 220 698 918 23.9 20 7 E 1915-16 ........ 71 82 51 26 20 250 770 1.020 24.5 19 7 E 1916-17 ........ 91 59 68 36 24 278 808 1,086 25.6 22 7 E 1917-18 ...,.... 100 72 44 54 27 297 870 1.167 25.4 25 8 'E 1918-19 ......,. 121 89 45 29 39 323 894 1,217 26.5 23 9 E 1'Includes all the school plant on Maplewood Avenue used both for elementary and high school purposes. E Page Sir r: 5 . .. - . W.- .,,,-.,. ,- . --- E llllllllllllllIIIIUIIIlllllllllllllllllIIllllllllllIllllllIllIIIMIIIIQllllIIIIIIIIlIIIllllllIIlllIllIllllIlllrllllllllmlwlllqllllllIII!EllIIIIlllllilllllllllllilwlulllllllllllllllllllllllll