North Little Rock High School - Wildcat Yearbook (North Little Rock, AR)

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The People SUPERINTENDENTS 4 Joe Asher E B Gardner D L Parsley White John H Huneman Gardner Armstrong W E Phlpps Alford Roscoe Cox R B Brawner l95l C S Blackburn 0 '885 T908 . . '9II .. ' '9I8 E.:-It ' T918 . ' '9I9 E. B. '92AI T. C. Abbott '923 D. s. '925 . . ' '933 T. H1 '938 T9 3 . .

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Interest m physlcal culture and all branches of athletlcs showed a marked mcrease wlth the added lacllltles of the Slilflllllll track and fleld when the neu lngh school bllllfllllov nas completed Seatmv 8 000 lans the Slilflllllll has an excellent press box for reporters announcers and broadcastels an electrlcally operated score board and clock and can boast of belng the fn st thletxc fleld lll -Xrkan sas to be llghted for nlgllt football Housed m the stadlum are storage rooms for all the football equlpment ClI'CSSlI'lg rooms for both host and v1s1t1ng teams the stad 1um manager s 0fflCC a large coneesslon stand and rest room faCll1tlCS At the tlme of the stadlum s constructxon the coach was Cllf ford S Blackburn non supermtendent of the North Llttle Rock bchools

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lx af' 5 He declined to give it. 'l'he Board refused to pay his salary, and arranged for a court injunction which tied up all school funds and the schools were forced to close for the l920-2l session. Mr. Gardner took his case to court, suing for the year's salary for which his contract called. As a graduate of the l'niversity's l.aw School, he argued his own case and won. Upon receipt of the money, he placed it under the control of two citizens for investment, with instructions that the I I 'o, 1. if fN rs ' . 4 K Us 1 -- L N 1 cr ey -- X is .7 Q-,x .- i 1, :Xt f'?'9 '9 , D . .QU 'I Schoolmaster for North l.lttle Rock was Asher tn X 5ggfr.:QJ' ' aff . . . .gf' 2 ' l885, a learned and versatile man who soon got hnnsell X S-3211 , ijjyui . .. , f SUM 914,47-'J Q elected Lounty judge. 0s',,3 ,kgs-Ig, , . . I, 1 f 'fel gf A lhe next year two more teachers were added: Miss ', lt I up ga outs Chick and rut-5. Al. R. Rightsell. M if I .. .. . - - ' fl A ' Other educators in those early years included lad -5 Q Rl .j jr f Robinson Qbrother of Senator joe TJ , Cadmus Baker, john X ' X dl li. A-lartineau Qlater governor and U. S. District judgej, and Dr. Somervell, father of the famous General Somervell of a XN'orld l'Var ll fame. But it was not until january l908 that School Board president A. S. Mlilbanks offered a resolution to the Board that the position of Superintendent of Schools be created. li. B. Gardner, then principal of the high school, was elected to this position. He was succeeded in l9ll by D. L. Paisley who first suggested that the high school be made a four-year institu- tion, and during whose administration Argenta High School was constructed. Then Supt. Paisley changed the secondary pattern front two years junior high and four years senior high to the three years junior high and three years senior high plan which is still used. ln the fall of l9l8 Mr. Paisley left North Little Rock to become superintendent of schools at Hope, and li. H. XVhite, principal of Senior High, was temporarily appointed superintendent. During the ensuing year, john. H. Hineman, former superintendent of the School for the Blind was made super- intendent and served for several months. He was succeeded by li. B, Gardner who returned after an absence of eight years. He was given a two-year, contract, but at the end of the first year, because of differences of opinion and an upheaval in the town, the Board asked for his resignation. interest was to be spent each year for the purchase of books for the high school library. The fund is still in use. ln the fall of l92I, the North Little Rock schools opened under the superintendency of T. G. Abbott who had just received his Nlaster's Degree from George Peabody College. lt took an almost unlimited amount of courage, patience, and lilct - as well as hard work - to reorganize the schools, but Mr. Abbott soon had them in excellent condition. During that year, H. H. Hill, who had just received his Master's degree from the University of Virginia was made high school principal and taught several classes in Spanish in addition to his adntinistrative duties. His faculty included fourteen teachers. Mr. Hill was succeeded by Nolen M. lrby. But in june ISP23, both Mr. lrby and Mr. Abbott left North Little