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

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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

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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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PRINCIPAL 'S MESSAGE These are historic days in the life of Elon College High School. Tonight, December 31, 1961, while world peoples are ushering in the New Year, the editors of our Annual will put to bed the final edition of ECHOES. The completion of thisannual marks the beginning of a long series of lasts for our beloved Elon College Highg the last back-to- school party, the last ball game, the last prom, the last Washington trip, the last assembly program, the last club meeting, the last test, the last exam, the last day, the last tender goodbyes. Every activity of our school must come to a close this school year. Next year Elon will join Altamahaw-Ossipee and Pleasant Grove in establishing the great consolidated school, Western High. Tonight, the annual staff will happily put aside the problems of the annual and will join the New Years revelers in throwing confetti, raising toasts, wearing odd hats and singing Auld Lang Syne. It is appropriate that we pay final respects to our dear old Alma Mater. We should do this with reverence. However, the passing of the old will inauguratea new era in the lives of the high school students of Elon. A new challenge is presented us and it is in- cumbent upon us to face the challenge and to accept its implications. The world crys for bright young well-educated men and women. The Seniors must strive to acquire all the training and the kind of training needed to achieve their goals. They must be brave five minutes longer than the adversary. They must rise one hour ahead of their neighbors. They must prefer to be right than king. Their faith must be such as to re- move mou.ntains. Their love mustgrow as nearly as possible to the stature of that described in 13th Corinthians. The underclassmen must determine now to use all the facilities of Western High School to enhance their education. The people of North Carolina and the people of Alamance County did not take on the burden for better education simply to have the students do less work. The future of our community, state and nation is in the hands of youth. To fail to accept the challenge is to fail humanity The students and parents of Elon will not fail. 'mi PRINCIPAL MI. A. lvl. Primm ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL Mrs. Betty Bowman