North Side High School - Legend Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Rotogravure THE LEGEND Page 7 Saint Joseph River Had Part in History North Side has a most ideal sit- uation on the banks of the beauti- ful and historical Saint Joseph River. In the early history of Indiana the present site of North Side was an Indian village. The Saint Joe played an important part in the settlement of this district. Along the banks of the Saint Joe are the sites of many battles between the Indian and white man. Here many a white chief has fallen before his red foe. It was not until the coming of General Anthony Wayne that Fort Wayne was perm- anently settled. We at North Side should be proud of such a splendid site and should do our share in making it more historical. Those same banks today witness things vastly diferent from those of yesteryear. Nearly every noon one will Find students going to those banks with the expectation of studying but upon arrival soon forsaking their books for the beau- ty and fascination of that historical St. Joe. :quill '1 i'i s i 1 1 Y ,4uv Margaret Brzufi Is N orfla Side Gwzrlzzaff' Miss Margaret Brudi, secretary to Mr. Northrop, was graduated from North Side High School in January, 1930. She helped Mr. Eyster from January to june and in July assumed her ofiice position here. She received the Business and Professional Woman's Club scholarship and went to Indiana Extension here in Fort Wayne. Margaret Brudi, Secretary ag -I - 7' ' N ...,.,,..,,..i--'eve 'W' .. 4 , .. .....--.W-V Care of Building Is Big Undertaking Taking care of such a huge building as North Side takes more into consideration than one would imagine. The building and the athletic field cover about three and one-half blocks. The crew of jani- tors work in two shifts, day and night. Among their duties are the caretaking of the field, yard, gym- nasium, and classrooms, washing the corridor walls, washing about one thousand windows, and taking care of the heating system. There are six janitors: Frank Fortmeyer, C. Robinette, R. Fern- walt, O. Fortmeyer, K. Seemeyer, and F. Witzigrauterg two janitor- esses: Mable Hamilton and Hilda Roseg two firemen: R. E. Croy and H. Schookmang and one engineer, E. Wheeler. In heating the building the fire- men must use twelve to thirteen tons of coal a day in cold weather. All this coal must be carried from the coal bin to the furnace by the firemen.