Moorestown Senior High School - Nutshell Yearbook (Moorestown, NJ)

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THE NUTSHELI., 1935 The History of Moorestown High School PAULINE W1111cR.VxFr, '55 HIQ xear marks the three hundredth anmxersarv of the hrst hlgh school founded ln the bnlted States ln 1636 the Boston Latm School opened lts doors to less than a dozen puplls xxlth the lnnounced purpose to g1xe a chlld an educatxon that shall fit hxm for 1ct1xe hfe ln thls manner the Boston I atm School lald the foundatnons ofthe Amerlcan educ'1t1onal prmclples t3fUH1lIH1tCCl Fducatxonal Opportunxtv for all Pulwhe Qupport of Pducatxon 1n Publlc Interest 'md Fducatlon for Democmcv The ewrlv grammar schools dld not s1t1sfv the wxdely felt need for educatlon because the course of studx was not sutllcxentlx pr'1ct1c11 The academv was un satlsfactorx not onlx because It xx as controlled hx a close corporatxon but because ofthe expense To meet the groxvmg spmt ofAmer1can democracx there xxas needed an educatlonwl 1nst1tut1on that should be tree and under publxc control The free pubhc school met th1s demand It grexx sloxvlx at Hrst hut xxmth startlmg r'1p1d1tv as soon as nts usefulness xxas tested and recognmed Todax txventx thousand secondarv schools m Amerlea enroll SIX mxlllon students xxho are llCXOtlIlg them selx es to the task ot preparmg to become useful and xxorthy cltlzens Each vear sees the number of places m mdustrv decreasmg for .youths under txxenty vears of age The tlme xxlll come and lt IS not so far dxstant xx hen SOCl6tV must proxxde contlnuous educatxonal opportunltv for 111 vouth at le ist to the age of elghteen The xear ot 1909 marked the lJeg1nn1n5 ol four vear approx ed hxglm schools 1n Burlmgton Countx In the vear 1907 there xxere three four vear hlglx schools 1n exostence It IS mterestmg to note hovx the hxeh school populatlon m the year 1911 xx lb dxstmbuted HIC H SCHOOL BN ROLLWTEN I 1 0111 111' Il liordentoxx n BllI'1ll'lf:,t0Il ' L hester lflfllltllllb xloorestoxx ll Northampton P almx r 1 Pemberton Ylnec year Xledford 1 Page Eleven r U ty, s ' V. . ' N ' - 1 . , . . , . . . te ' V' Z 1: ' Vx . . . . . ,, . . c c ' . . . . I . . . . . . 4 c . . .V 1 . . . - 1 1 , e 4 , 1 , c L . c 1 ' V .1 t' e t' c 2 . K ' ' . V , ' V V ' e e . V ' ' ' ' V 1 1 . , V, c . , V, tV Y V - K ty ' V , . ', V V ' e ' . . . . V ' Q X . V. . . 1 . Y - L . . , , 'V '. . 5 X . . L 1 A 2 X by, - A- . . T . - V Q i . Q Q . . Y V a - . . e ' . 1 1 e . . L . i v .r . . K I 'Z 1 - , . V VV. 1 1 1 . .' .I 1. ' ' ......,,......,.. , ,...........,.. .... ....... , . 79 ' Y ...........,.,, .... , ...... , . .,............,....... 1-U 1 5 fn ' 1. ' 1 .... ............ .... ........,.. 1 15 . 1 .' . . .... V ...................,..,....,............. 150 1 fi ....l ,... , ,..,..,........x.......,.. . ...,r.. ,.... . . . 111 ...,...,.,....,.....,..................,. ,. .... 49 .,-