Fairmont High School - Maple Leaves Yearbook (Fairmont, WV)

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Celebrates Centennial OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP RIGHT: Crossing o bubbling brook on the campus, this stone bridge carries with it legends of the Indian tribes who once frequented these grounds. BOTTOM RIGHT: Built in 1928, Fairmont Senior High School covers 11.5 ocres. This view wos token in 1957. BELOW, TOP LEFT: Classes moved into this building at Fifth Street and Benom Avenue in 1906. TOP RIGHT: Located at the corner of Adams and Quincy Streets, the first high school was constructed in 1872. BOTTOM: Miss Sadie Crowl, former secretary, does some typing in the office of the Fifth Street School. Introduction 5

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Fairmont Senior High The city of Fairmont looks back one hundred years ago to the founding of its first high school. Fairmont Senior High is the result of the evolution of America's early steps towards the fulfillment of our founding father's dream of equal rights for all. In 1 876, Professor Thomas C. Miller, for whom Miller Jun- ior High is named, became the first principal of the graded public school system in Fair- mont. Under the coaching of Mr. Frank Ice, athletic teams origi- nated. As a play on his name, the teams became known as the Polar Bears. Blue and White were adopted as the school colors in 1907. In 1908, the Junior Class initiated the custom of having a school annual. Since their class tree was the maple, the yearbook was called MAPLE LEAVES. HI-LIFE, the student news- paper, was first published in 1920. The class of 1929 was the first to have its graduation exercises in the current build- ing. This class presented the school with the statue of Abra- ham Lincoln which still stands in the main hall. With the addition of the ninth grade to FSH, enroll- ment reached a high of 1,216. The Freshmen Building was completed in May 1963 to make space for the class. To provide more classrooms, the Polar Bear Buildings were added in 1 969. 4 Introduction

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Many Events LEFT: FSH's bond givts on inspiring Bog presentation at Halftime. TOP BIGHT: Polar Bear Mascot Dave HwtcHmson encourages tHe crowd to cHeer. BOTTOM BIGHT: Varsity cHeerteoders, Karen ManAa and SHerry Daws, lead side fc