Fairhaven High School - Aurora Yearbook (Bellingham, WA)

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'- - . 'illwtll -I! 1 lil u l airlmvcn in H903 The House hy the Side of the Road - Fairhaven It's My School The House by the Side of the Road The story of Fairhaven, a small school with a big heart, that has inspired her faculty aml students By JANE TEMPLIN An attic room in Larrahco School, unplastcrcd, lightcd by a skylight, was thc hcginning of l airhavcn, in 1891. In 19025 Fairhavcn was built. High school classcs occupicd thc cntirc uppcr floor, and a grade school thc first floor. Mr. VV. .l. Hughcs was thc supcrintondcnt of thc schools and Miss Ethel H. lVhitc, now Mrs. Thad Mc-Glinn, was the first principal of Fairhaven. Following wcrc Charlcs Landis, M. M. Moss, YV. C. lVcir, li. H. liwing, J. 'l'. lforrcst, and li. S. Ilowcll.

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r w lla- first class to ln' graduatvd from l'12i1Y'll!1Vt'11 in 1903 was 001111105111 of six hoys and four girls. Supm-rintvmlcnt llugha-s took all thu svniors on a tour of the- huilding from llLlSt'll1l'11t to attic-. 'l'ln-y had to know thc vntirm- huilding hy hvart. 'l'h1-n, whvn opt-n houscy' was In-ld, tht- se-nior class ac-tvd as guidcs to guvsts. Um' tvm-lit-r r n-iliviiilwrs how, at om- of thvsm- opt-n housc's, shv, witll hvr sinall class- matn-s, was punishm-d for running up and down those- shining nc-w stairs. M r. Ilughcs was tht-n sl1pa'rintn-mlm-lit of hoth North and South Side schools. lhv towns of l airhavcn and 11'hatc-oin had unitcd and l1t'l'0ll1t' 154-llingliain, so thn- graduating classcs of Xvlliltkillll and l Jll1'll1lVt'11 wvrc unitm-cl also. Thu graduation 1-xc-rvise-s wvrc In-ld at tln- old llvc'k's 'l'llt'iltl'l', which is now thx' Anlvrivan 'l'ln'atm-r. Spvakn-rs wx-rc 1-hos:-n hy the- class insta-ad of hy gradvs. IA-slim' Craven was 4-host-n for om-g his fathm-r was a lawyvr and tht- class dt-cidvd hm- should hc a good spa-akm-rg and Doris Batts, tht- othvr: hm-r niothvr taught puhlim- spvaking. 'l'ln- hrst annual stall was compost-d ol hoth 11 ll3tK'01ll and l'alrllavc-n rep- rvsvntativus. Miss B Brennan and Mrs. Ge-orgv Finnegan nivt with Miss lvahl- strand and Miss 1Vaplcs to dist-uss plans. Tln- nainc chosc-n was Alpha, The rlan was to nalm- 4-ach ycar hook hy a firm-k lvttvr. This plan was nm-vc'r carrie-d out. 1 Wm- l.ikv to lll'lll0l1ll 'lhv ncxt graduating class took all thuir mom-y, and, instvad of having a pic-nic, an annual, and graduation 1-xc-rcisc-s, wont to tht- hig fair hc-ing hold at S4-attlv that snnnnn-r. ln 15101 tht- school took up haska-thall. 'l'ln'r4- was no gym, so tvains playa-d in tht- old skating rink on Donovan Avclillv. The- girls we-rv allowvd to play only whvn il te-:ivlwr :u-conlpanin-rl thcin. 'lll1t'1 1' was also a good foothall tr-:nn that yvar. Tln- invn wt-rv hig and fast. 'l'he-y won just ahout 1-wry ganna-. Tha- nvxt ye-ar sports worm' unitvd with 11'liatcom and all our hig hoys worm- sm-nt on-r tlu-rv. .Nftvr this l'Vk'1'ltfl1l hm-ginning, l'iil11'llJlVt'l1 wcnt on in mum-In tht- sanw inannvr as it always has. until 1915, wht-n thc gradvs worn- transfvrrvd to 1.own-ll. ln 1920 the prcsm-nt gymnasium was built. ln 1931 a we-ll-vquipped stage' was addm-d to tlu- gym, 1-oniplt-ting thc l airhavrn huilding known to all thc studm-nts who spt-nt thvir four happim-st yvars tl1t'I'l'. wr It The luwarll Glow