Nichols High School - Log Yearbook (Oxford, NC)

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S1 John s Colleqe Eslabllshecl 1855 As fa1 back as 1841 the Masons of kolth Ca1ol111a xxe1e 1nte1ested 111 a MdSO111C 6dL1Cdt1Ol12ll 11'1btlt11t1011 and 111 1800 the G1and Lodge of Masons ot lNo1th Ca1ol1na unde1took to estabhsh a lVI?180H1C college In 1895 nea1lx all the NIWHSOIIIL lodges 1n Wolth Ca1ol111a made contr1but1ons and the 11113111 Bu1ld1ng xx 15 61 ected as bt John s College The college xxas 11ot successful and bx the passage of a 16S0ll1t10I1 111 1812 It xx xs conxerted 1nto the OXfO1Cl 011311311 age xx1th N11 John H M1lls as the fnst supe11ntendent No ch1ld1 e11 xxe e adnntted unt1l 1813 a11d the11 the1e xx ere e1ghtx fOu1 Afte1 elex e11 xea1s of outstandlng serxlce M1 M1lls de cl1ned re electlon 1n 1884 because of the lmmensltx of the task a11d h1s fa1l1ng health the seco 1d superlntendent and also as the fou1th He became the second supeuntendent 111 1884 and xxas succeeded bx Pex 91 end Jun1us T HdF118 xx ho dled du1111g h1s f1rst xea1 of serxlce 111 1889 M1 DIXOD then as fou1th superlntendent flnlshed Mr Harms unexplred telm Rexerend W S Black selxed as the flfth supe11ntendent from 1891 to 1894 then M1 N M Laxx1ence as svcth supe1 mtendent f1om 1894 untll 1895 In 1899 Colonel W J Hlcks xx as elected and serx ed untll 1911 xxhe11 he xxas succeeded bx Mr R L Broxxn The vacancx caused bx the sudden death of M1 B1oxx11 on March 12 1928 xxas t1lled bx Dr Creasx K Procto1 Th1s bu1ld1ng stands todax as the centel on the OXfO1d Orpharage campus co11t11but1ng IH a great xx ax toxxard the bu1ld1ng of strong cha1acte1 for Amerlcan c1t1zensh1p The serx1ce 1endered bx th1s 1nst1tut1on IS clearlx po1trax ed 111 the hxes of those xxho haxe been 1n her gllldlno' care and 111 the contrlbutlons xx h1ch thex contlnue to make to thell countlx The Splllt of the Oxcfmd Orphanage can be found todax xx he1 ex 81 the Stars and Str1pes are unfurled i i'vQx'l 11 fi1'lHi 1 l' 2111111 i QUQ1Il'Il' 1 'illivluivivrif i , . I 1 4 - f 1 -1 1 Y ' Q X. 1 ' 1 v 1 1. . ' 7 . 1 ' 1 1 , w . 1 . P fn v 1 W I I n 1 A , g , ' , A A L 1 1 1 ' ' 1, I . 'I v 1 1 v Y , Cb, A 1 L u a w I ' r- ' vu v V - 1 1 1 , c 1 ' . ' 4 s V1 . ' ' 1 v ' v- 1 1 1 1 v 1 L ' . v' . 1' . A A , 4 1 x ' ' L Lv x . . 7 . 'V' fw 1 ' . v . ' 1 v w 'W hen M1. Mnls 1et11ed, 111916181161 B. F. Dlxon S61X9Cl as , fs y ' - . 1 . . 1 , 1 1 . V 1' ' v V y 1 1 , . 1 t 'L v A s . K A 1, v 1 1 1 lv ' 1 v , . 1. , 4 1 , Y 1 1 v . 4- 1 , ' 1. . . Y' , 1 . 1 m' 7 I ' v , , , 4 A v ' 7 y , ty u L- 1 o . . ' Y Q 1 L A U Y. I Y . .... Y a Y . 1 1 D 1 ' C 7 v 1 v 1 . I 1411 11-if 11 11 '11 1-'111 11 13111-11-11 -11 3- '11 -11 301- 31-1 3

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