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

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A DECADE PASSES This being the tenth anniversary of the founding of North Side High School. something should be written concerning the history of our fair school. There are many who do not know of the beauti- ful and romantic history of the banks of the old Saint Joseph river. It has a story all of its own. We wish we knew of the battles that were fought here between the red men and then, finally, between the white and red man. Undoubtedly, many brave young men have lost their lives on the very ground where the school now stands, Perhaps on our wellatrodden football field some other great strug- gle took place. What a story those old trees. which surround us. might tell if they were ableg of the heroic deeds, of dramatic loves, of great battles. Who could want more? They would fell of the coming of the great Mad Anthonyn Wayne and the founding of our great city, then a mere trading post: of the growth of this small Indian village into a mighty metropolis. and the building of a great and beautiful new school on the banks of the stream. Large boulevards have taken the place of the narrow Indian paths and electricallyrrun street cars course up and down the trails which the Indian pony trod long ago. A great bridge of concrete now spans the stream which once men had to ford. A11 has changed. ' In September of 1927. when the school first opened, there were but 600 students roaming its lengthy corridors. The school had been built and that was all. Before this majestic structure ran a dirt street, inaccessible in wintry weather. instead of the fine cement one which has taken its place. There were board walks instead of our cement ones which we now know. It was not until 1928 that those improvements were made. However, through these immature years the school was led successfully by our jovial principal, Milton 1-1. Northrop. Miss Reynard was the first dean of girls, but she was succeeded by Miss Gross in 1931. P-T. A. Executive Board First Row: Mr, Thompson, Mrs. Maurice Ashley, Miss Victoria Gross. Nlrs. Lee Pletcher. Mr. Nlilton Northrop, Nlrs. XX7a1ter Craig, Mrs. Elmer Voirol. Second Row: Mrs. Foellinger, Mrs. Roy Danford, Mrs. Olsum, Ivlrs. Crofts, Mrs. Fruechtenicht, Mrs. l'larvey, Mrs. Stahn, Mrs. Walley. A W 5 12