Everett High School - Nesika Yearbook (Everett, WA)

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earlrer days when the present hr h school was rn rts rnfancy lhen came the dedrcatron speech bw Nlrldred Holmes a poem by C harlotte New combe and a farce From 2 30 to 3 00 whreh serxed to rntroduce to the new burldrng some of the hrgh school shop tall-. Sexen students toolt part rn thrs playlet Presentatron ol thc hr lr school pennant r monster affrrr ervhteerr feet rn length and donated br Mr Mel ow an follow ed by Maud Pr rtt SLPF IHORNBL RGb ADDRESS The Sprrrt of bducatron Fnthroned rn Ewerett s the trtle of memorable address that mornrn bw Supt D A lhornbur He spoke ol the needs of a good hrgh school to r crty of the wonder ful growth of I' xerett s educatronal element rnd har future duelopme rt rlong the c lrrr also tht drfference between the new burldrng and the old one He told ol the rarrou where the new burldrn rs now srtuated He told of how the plans had dereloped of how they had been changed trme after trme and of how gre rt cautron had been taken to make ex ery penny count from the foundatron up to the smallest brt of apparatus rn the laboratorres He told of how x her he hrst came to thrs crty and had seen thrs xacant block rn the mot srghtl part of the crty he had sard to hrmsell lihrs wrll some day lr the srte ol a magnrfrcent hrgh school And then he contrnued rn hrs address x an rll wrnd that presented the present lrrgh school srte to Exerett It sa durrng the panre of l9Ol that the owner of the block where hrerett s hrgh school now stards w rs forced to reduce hrs prrce and trrrs reductron made rt possrble for the school board to secure the srte I belreve that thrs ground has been especrally set asrde by Prowrdence for the purpose of a lrrgh school At the close of the superrntendent s address the orchestra af rrn rppearccl and played A Musrcal Dream a quret lullaby and a httrrrv conclusron to the most memorable ewent ra the hstory of E H S I rrncrpal Olrrces and School Lrbrary I8 ' . ', ' , ' g : ' ' . 1 I A 4 n i - V 1 v ,V r v v 1 , I I . - ' ' I v y . K 'Q 5 1 : I I I . ' lg , z : A 1 2 ', 'g . . V- , V , ,- I . n l A 1 C - ' , wa a . 1 ' ' g ' f . . . M 'g. ' V . x H r 4 5 j K r z ' ' A ' ' .' 2 : A ,z ' 'Z z sa 'es: cf ' ' ' ' ' . . X 4 s steps that had been taken rn the slow' process of securing the promrnent, site ' ' ' ' g Q ' Q . ' . . , ' . , Q ' , 1 r . . ', v r . 7 . . M. . . , ', Q , , ' I Y' fx c . ' It was ' . ' ' ' .. sus ' Y' I . V. '. I Q .n x . . r , .. , x I I v 'I A my Y C Ik A 5 sv' r 1 , .gf 2 . A' v --D K ' r 1- . . . 3' ' 1 's f' '

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DEDICATIGN CEREMONIES FQMJM School opened ln the new bulldlng on Monday anuary 3l and therebv w is a uctory won for the event marked the termlnatlon of great difficulties lhe managing and furnlshrng committees had been handicapped by late ar mal of fulmlure uncompleted portlons of the bulldlng and other set backs But th derlsne crles of those who hook their heads w hen told that the school would open on tlmc and who sand you can t do lt that burldmg wont open untll April spurred on those ln charge and the result w as that on Monday anuary 31 l9I0 at 9 a m the as embly hall and roll rooms were fllled with students books rn desks and exerythmg settled for busme s True there were temporary hat racks ln the hall no opera chairs rn the balconies or no llghts ln but school had begun and ex eryone w as satrsflecl with thelr quarters The openmv exercrses that mornmg were not only enjoyable but lmpres me Many of the parents w ere present to see hear and note possibly with 1 qulcl catch of breath the difference between thls and thelr school days MUSIC by the hrgh school orchestra served appropriately to open the occasion and then came the welcome of the hugh school to the students by Ruth Con ner and the response by Nvlll Flatseth songs by the girls cxtette and boy glee club and choruses by the school M155 Brown now a teacher rn the Everett Hugh but one of the first graduates of tl'e school told of the lnhc Gy mnaslum I 1 ' , J . , 'L ' ' , . ' . V I v 1 A ' - e ' ' ' ' ' . s , ' . ' . . ., , . . . , ' , ' , . . ,, . , U . J Q f V , , . ., c ' , , . ' s . , f - r , , , . . ca ' L - '- V - 1 ' - V i - 1 v s i .Q , ' ' ' , s H V V Q ' u V . ' . . , n v y S Q . .7 Y Y . . t , . . , v V ' A , 5 t li- 2 if :H L al ty L41 Q L 4' ,.A. 'Bl f p. r 'N .'2 if Fe fry Et, : '. az . H 41' C , rg. .Ui

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f S McCOWAN lrlmzpal ff Ev rc!! Hxgh School Mr Mccowsan was born ln Elmwood Ill He recened an A M de gree from Iowa Colle e and later he attended the Lnnersxty of ChlCagO He has been connected XKlll'l the Everett l-llgh School f0l the past two wears a puncrpal commg here from Broadway Hlgh School Seattle ' 9 Ss -xi ','91 .' . . 1 f y J . 1 'GJ ' .' . . 7 ' . V , . l' . . . V U T., . . D S ' , ' , . .