Mepham High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Bellmore, NY)

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II HIDE TO BUILD

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For the structure that vve raise, Time is with materials filled; Our todays and yesterdays Are the blocks with which we build. — I .ongfellow.

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September. IQ3l! Bedford Avenue. Bell-more. New orb. A small, wooden, six-room building with an old-fashioned school hell— this was the setting into which the first students of the Wellington C. Mepham I ligh School were introduced lour years ago. At that time there were 130 of us and only six teachers. We still have all ol our lirst faculty with us today—Miss Agnes Berwind, Miss belice ( »un-ther. Mi ss I )oris Moyle, Mr. William Jaatinen. Mr. John Carr, and Mr. I lerman I ennant. I he only subjects that were taught that first year were English, Latin, elementary algebra, general science, civics, and economic citizenship. Prior to the year 1035 there had been no Mepham I ligh School. Students ol the four districts (Bellmore. North Bellmore, Merrick. North Merrick) commuted to neighboring high schools. It was through the constant and tireless efforts of our honored namesake, Mr. Wellington C. Mepham; our supervising principal. Mr. Sanford H. Calhoun; and our Board of Education that our high school was born, and has grown into what it is today. Each student who once attended the old annex has some different memory. Let us recall a few. Remember the fun that we had during the passing ol classes? We always met our friends—that was inevitable, because the two halls were so small. Do you remember how the boys would put their logs under the desks, and shake the whole room and rattle the windows? Also the lun we derived from the good natured rivalry between old sections D and C! it