Elon College High School - Echoes Yearbook (Elon, NC)

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stoves until many years later when a central heating system was installed. After the completion of this building, the three-room frame building was dismantled and the building materials were used to erect a dwelling house on what was then the Elon College farm on highway 100. Prior to 1920, pupils completing the elementary school work at the Elon College Public School had to go elsewhere for high school work. Since Elon College operated a preparatory school, many of the students enrolled at the College. In 1920, the Elon College Public School was approved for high school work. In the middle nineteen-twenties, asecond brick building containing eight classrooms, offices, etc. was constructed. This is generally known as the high school building and faces on Haggard Avenue. In 1931, the Shallowford School Districtand the St. Marks School Districk fl-lighlandl, with one teacher each, voted to consolidate with the Elon College School District. Following the consolidation of these three school districts, the Elon College Public School grew rapidly. This necessitated additional building. In the middle nineteen- thirties, additional classrooms and an auditorium were added to the school plant. From this period, at various intervals, more classrooms and a gymnasium were added, Culmi- nating in the construction of a Primary Building across the highway from the high school building. This building was first used in 1956 and houses the first four grades and two fifth grades. In sixty-four years, the Elon College Public School has grown from its humble be- ginning of one room to a group of modern buildings that has placed Elon College School among the larger schools in the Alamance County system. After forty-two years, 1920 to 1962, the history of the Elon College High School willcome to a close with the completion of this school year. Elon College High School will consolidate with two other Alamance County high schools to form the new Western High School. 7 1

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DEDICATIO l ,K .l .5S.f f: . if I3 l Q.. sv-N '...7. ?1' ,L 'L --. A. - X 'ZQ'-c- ,,,- J-is Thisfinal year of Elon College High School, we, the annual staff, would l1ke to dedrcate thrs yearbook to the place where we worked and studied for many years, our school When we say that we dedicate this yearbook to the school, we don t mean Just the bulldrng but the ones who havetaught, guided, and passed through its doors to ga1n a l1tt1e of the knowledge one needs to go through life. May we always remember our school, Elon College High. 8