Greenbank High School - Mountain Breeze Yearbook (Greenbank, WV)

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HALL’S OF LEARNING I First school 1730 II Cartmill Creek School es- tablished 1820 HI First free school-Green Bank Academy 1842 IV Professor Benjamin Arbogast first instructor V Program of learning pro- viding academies at Green Bank, Hillsboro, and Hunters- ville VI Preparation for teaching after passing a test pre- pared and administered by County Superintendent VII Giving a final qualifying assent to an applicant by a Green Bank District Board VIII Remodeling of building after Civil War IX Continued until 1916; replace- ment by present high school X Merging of Green Bank High and Graded school 1916; John W. Goodsell, President of Board of Education XI Opening of first school term-1918 XII First principal, W. P. Haught assisted by Misses Lucy Meredith, Margaret Hunt, and Lillian Moomau XIII First graduate, Grace Curry-1919 XIV N. Phay Taylor, second principal, succeeded by T. P. Harwood who served four years XV Claude McMillion, Principal in 1926, serving until his death, 1945 XVI Appointment of Mr. Harris, present principal, 1945 XVII Instituting basketball early in school's history; football 1926 XVIII Home Economics begun in 1920 XIX F.H.A. Club organized in 1935, one of oldest in state XX Organization of band 1944; suspension 1955 GREEN BANK HIGH SCHOOL proudly presents