Hudson Falls High School - Hermes Yearbook (Hudson Falls, NY)

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TOUCHDOWIl! flDIHiniSIfiflTOflS... cu- »' r„ of ‘7 lM «f 1 of -oc .„». »- “ •ni. l , to you r oof r,aV sct'°° «t « • -» m tM T r • “- ' «oc —---- w- OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION: SITTING, LEFT TO RIGHT: Dana M. King, Superintendent of Schools; Bertram J. Dube, Clerk; L. Ray Lewis, President; Margaret M. Murphy, Vice- President. STANDING: J. Walter Juckett, Ezra R. Dickinson, Howard H. Griffin, John L. Vaughn, Sylvester C. Sullivan, William S. Henry. ABSENT FROM PICTURE: Robert J. Demp- sey. We honor Mr. L. Ray Lewis for his twenty-five years of continuous service on our Board of Education. Mr. Lewis was first appointed to fill a vacancy in 1929 and, later in the same year, was elected to the position. For fifteen years, he has very capably served as president of the Board. During the past twenty-five years, enrollment in our public schools has almost doubled. With the excellent cooperation of Mr. Lewis and Mr. King, the Board has formulated plans to meet the growing need for additional schools.

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...CARRIED THE BALL... Our Superintendent Mr. DanaM. King came to Hud- son Falls in 1931 as Principal of our high school and in 1938 advanced to the position of Superintendent of Schools. During his administration in the Hudson Fa I Is Schools, the enrollment has grown from 990 to 1836. Since this greatly increased enrollment made the present buildings com- pletely inadequate, Mr. King and the Board of Education brought about the centralization of seventeen school districts and completed plans for ad- equate bui Idings. Mr. King, our superintendent, and his secretary, Mrs. Valley, look over the blueprint plan of the new school. Our Principal Two, four, six, eight, whom do we appreciate? Mr. Dearlove, our principal. He was a friend with whom we could talk over school problems at any time. He was never too busy to take a moment to get to the source of our problems and to lighten their seemingly insolvability with an un- derstanding word or suggestion. Now we realize how fortunate we were to have had Mr. Dearlove for our prin- cipal .