Deering High School - Amethyst Yearbook (Portland, ME)

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1874 - 1924

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DEERING HIGH SCHOOL 9 4 isinrg nf QBnr Srhnnl In September, 1874, by the vote of the town of Deering, our high school was bor.n, very different indeed from the D. H. S. of today. 'There was but one teacher, Mr. VV. H. Palmer, and a group of about thirty boys and girls at the opening in Morgarfs Hall, at Morrill's Corner. Except for Latin and Algebra. the studies differed but little from those of our higher grammar school grades today. The school year was divided into the fall, the winter, and the spring terms. It was some time before the pupils were divided into classes. Until 1881 there were two sessions daily, and even as late as 1895 the pupils attended school six days out of seven. For some time a pupil had to take all the studies offered to graduate. Mr. Palmer continued as principal for four years, save for one, in which Mr. Qlllmlby' and Mr.. Nickerson filled his place. At the end of the first term the school was sharing what is now the Heseltine School with the grammar grades. Both high and grammar schools increased so rapidly that the building which now, much enlarged, is the Longfellow Grammar School, was made ready for use in 1878. Mr. F. E. C. Robbins was principal for nine years with Miss Hox as assistant. At Erst only the ground floor was used and the graduation class was only five. Mr. Frank W. Davis ,became principal, and after two years was succeeded by Mr. F. H. Crosby. In 1897, as Deering stronger continued to grow,', the foundation for the present building was laid. Many considered it an atrocious waste of money to erect a building, with a large assembly hall, a library, and fourteen recita- tion rooms, when four rooms would meet the needs of the one hundred and thirty students then enrolled. It was a far-sighted act, however, for in 1912 the enrollment was over four hundred, now it is over nine hundred. In 1898, before the new school could be occupied, Mr. Crosby was killed in an accident. His term was completed by Mr. Swan and Mr. Hill. It was under Mr. W. H. Marvin, on January 30, 1899, that the building was formally dedicated. Its hall was called Crosby Hall after the late principal. Mr. john M. Nichols succeeded Mr. Marvin, who left in 1902. He remained at Deering until 1909 when Mr. Herbert I. Allen, then submaster and head of the science department, became principal. Mr. Allen had brought all the equipment used by the science department in a box on his back. Big oaks from little acorns growf' The commercial department was organized in 1912 under the direction of Miss Julia Annis. The class was then held in one roomg the department now occupies a great part of the annex. The annex, as we know it today, was opened for use in 1913. At the same time Mr. L. B. Farnham became principal, in which posltion he remained for seven years. r Our present principal, Mr. VV. E. VVing, then succeeded him, which brings us down to modern history. ' . None of us will forget the great life which demolished our main building. And there are none of us who are not proud to have helped carry on by cheerfully overcoming the diff1culties met in attending school in the Woocl- fords Congregational Church, the Central Square Baptist Church, the Long- fellow School, and the annex.