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c 9o (liar es ( Carro l wh to. for a Cjuctrler of a century, has served IIte peopIe of o7alt r tver With honor, dignity and distinc- tion as principal of % 1 1 ( COnrfee Htcjh cS choo I the (doss of igjo proudly dedicates its fhecord {(look.
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The decision to dedicate this book to Principal Charles Y. Carroll was not prompted solely by the desire to give customary recognition to an anniversary. Special tribute, the Record Book Staff felt, is overdue to one who has devoted himself so zealously to education, particularly the education of Fall River youth. An appraisal of his administration justifies the use of superlatives in describing his contribution to the record of B. M. C. Durfee High School. Charles V. Carroll, then superintendent of Woonsocket, R. I. public schools, was elected principal of Durfee on August 4, 1925 and assumed his new duties die following month. A graduate of Holy Cross, he had served his native city as an eve- ning school principal, high school teacher and vice-principal, prior to his election as superintendent, supplementing his teaching experience with special courses at Brown, Rhode Island College of Education and Harvard. Fire and Reorganization The administrative ability of Durfee's new principal was soon tested. When on Sunday, April 10, 1927 the original Technical building was destroyed by fire, his was the task of completely reorganizing the school with a minimum of delay. With practically all shop equipment as well as classrooms and countless text books destroyed, and new programs to be made out for every teacher and pupil, it is amazing to read that the resumption of school routine was held up only one week after the Spring vacation, then at hand. Double sessions were held in the Durfee building; the facili- ties of the neighboring Lincoln and Westall schools were utilized. The Hilltop resumed publication on April 29, its columns replete with news of Spring sports ond other extracurricular activities. Teachers and pupils had cooperated with their prin- cipal. A time and place were found for everything — even detention. Durfee was still Durfee. A new and more modern Technical building was ready for the opening of school in September, 1930, and the school schedule was reestablished on an 8:15 to 1:55 basis. Depression and War The decade that followed brought two new problems for the administration — industrial depression and an ever-increasing enrollment. School department budgets were slashed but every effort was made to give Durfee pupils of that era the same opportunities their predecessors had enjoyed. Teachers worked with larger classes for lowered salaries; pupils shared the burden of homes where there was little or no income — yet there was no lowering of standards. Practical, common sense leader- ship. combined with the cooperative efforts of faculty and student body, kept the spirit of Durfee high. Indeed, it was in that period that a student was inspired to write our Durfee Alma Mater: High aloft ■well lift her banner Bright with Durfee s hue. The tremendous task of winning World War II involved every phase of Ameri- can activity, education not excepted. Principal Carroll took the lead in gearing the school to the war effort —- carefully planning the use of the school’s facilities for the civic good. With the cessation of hostilities, Durfee’s doors were open to veterans
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