Dalton High School - Tiger Yearbook (Dalton, GA)

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The typical teacher of the 18th century had much in common with teachers today. He was educated, dedicated, inspired, respected and, oftentimes, he was underpaid. Usually, he was strangely paid — in cows, pigs, vegetables, shoes, and, if he was lucky, room and board. In many instances, his pay wasn’t regular. But, being the diligent person that he was, he supplemented his income. He preached, kept books, served as a juryman, appraiser, translator and letter writer. Sometimes he was asked to ring the church bell. Financially, the teacher in the colonial days ranked below ministers and gentry, above unskilled laborers. If we had to put him on an economic level, he would have shared it with masons, carpenters and wheelwrights. Since his income came from tuition, voluntary gifts and or rental fees from town lands, the salary he received depended largely on the economic conditions of his surroundings. Socially, he fared much better. Though his rank varied according to geographic location and the position that he held, he was highly regarded. Teachers in colleges and Latin grammar schools were held in the highest esteem. Most were college graduates; many were ordained ministers; a few were famous. Notice the teacher has been referred to as he.” The typical teacher of the 18th century was almost always a man. The few women in education could be found in the Dame Schools, though women in the South instructed the children during the summer while their teacher-husbands were tending the fields. Though colonists had little time for art as such, the wealthiest had plenty of time for vanity. Therefore, early limners (painters) had a fair portrait business going. Since they had little contact with the great European painters, their early portraits were provincial, a little wooden and quite polite. They depicted colonial people — strong, reserved and formal. Reprinted from -Taylor Talk Issue 3. 1976 By permission of Taylor Publishing Co. Dallas. Texas

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 2) JCJ «c7ns tAe (9 Ae t Q)qy r . . . ★The first Catamount Annuals were published in 1935 and 1936. The 1935 annual had 63 pages including four pages of advertisements. After a lapse of 17 years, the Catamount Annual was again printed in 1953. ★Bicycle racks were once one of the most important parts of the school campus. ★The first school lunch program was approved by the U.S. Congress in 1948. Dalton High’s first cafeteria was located under the Old Gym where the present Industrial Arts is located. ★DHS students once had an hour for lunch! ★Dalton High had a Bookmobile as their portable library. ★The Spring musical was once con- sidered the Senior Play because only Seniors were allowed to participate. ★Students did the Bunnyhop dur- ing break. ★May Day was a big” celebration with a May King, Queen, and Court along with Maypoles and intramural field competition. ★The Barn was an old army barracks located in the present-day student parking lot. It was used by the band for bandroom and storage. ★October 31 meant another favorite school activity when the Halloween Carnival was celebrated. ★Each homeroom once had a group picture taken and was pictured in the annual and in the city newspaper. ★1954 was the first twelve year school term. Only three students graduated that year. 9 Lane Zbar, a DHS Junior!

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Q) 9CJ . f ts O c eM Q)at A . . . ★Miss May Belle Thompson was the coordinator of the DHS football games in the forties. ★Mr. Charles Bowen's house was once located on the site of the present day principal's office. ★If it was raining at 11:30, a short session day was announced and school was dismissed at 1:30. ★At one time, DHS had only two male faculty members. Mr. Cliff Hale was the principal and Mr. Orivlle Moffitt was the assistant principal and music director. ★Mr. and Mrs. Jim Martin met at DHS way back when she was the girls' basketball coach and he was the boys’ B-team coach. ★The DHS faculty once had special yells at Pep Session. ★ Most all of the faculty lived in Dal- ton (many of them in a house which was rented just for faculty members) with 90% of them being unmarried and young. We had a lot of fun dating each other and doing things as a group, which made the favorite sport of the students Teacher Watching . (MEM) ★One's date for Homecoming came from one's own homeroom. Homeroom teachers often insisted on matching dates for the dance! ★Once the DHS Football team and the DHS Band were coached and di- rected by the same man! ★ The worst thing I can think of that students wanted to do . . . there was a time when they wanted to chew to- bacco. They would have to go to the windows so often! (MEM) Mr. Denman during his retirement year — 1976. 11