North Tonawanda High School - Northstar Yearbook (North Tonawanda, NY)

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As a grateful though inadequate token of appreciation THE NORTH STAR OF 1935 is respectfully dedicated to EULALIE RUTH ABELL whose ever-present interest in the development of her pupils and ever-ready assistance in the compilation of the NORTH STAR have added an important stone in the structure of the North Tonawanda High School. DEDICATION

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FOREWGRD For three hundred years the American I-Iigh School has been moulding the lives of the many who have entered its portals. Because the Tercentenary of its founding is being celebrated throughout the country during 1935, the Annual Staff thought this a fitting year to recognize the constructive influence of the high school in the community. Accordingly, in this, the seventh volume of the NORTH STAR, the staff has endeavored to present the high school as the' ' Master Builder by showing howit builds for intelligence, health, sportsmanship, responsibility, and leadership. ln laying this firm foundation for a well-rounded life, the High School has been following the ideal so well expressed in Edwin iVIarkham's poem, Man Making Z ii We are all blind until we see That in the human plan Nothing is worth making if It does not make the man. Why build these cities glorious If man unbuilded goes? In vain we build the world unless The builder also grows.

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ir if ir NORTH STAR i' if uk THROUGH THE YEARS For over fifty years the Master Craftsmen of the North Tonawanda High School Faculty have been building firm foundations on which the apprentices might erect the pillars of their life's work. The Faculty began operations in 1881 5 in 1884 there was graduated a class of seven, including Retta Leonard, Emma Langdon, james Scribner, Gornia Rising, Mary Fowler, Frances Taylor, and Carrie McKeen. lt is interesting to know that the latter four became teachers and james Scribner, a suc- cessful lumberman. The registration increased rapidly,and in 1901,Felton School succeeded Goundry School as the site of the building of minds and bodies. ln 1926 the high school moved into its new building on Payne Avenue, its present location. The following chart shows the growth of the high school by ten year periods. YEAR NUMBER IN NUMBER OF TOTAL NUMBER OF SCHOOL GRADUATES GRADUATES 1884 7 7 1894 7 57 1904 224 24 216 1914 259 18 427 1924 436 45 744 1934 1281 146 1576 1935 1376 182 1758 During its 54 years of service the North Tonawanda High School has had six principals: A. D. Filer, F. J. Beardsley, E. P. Smith, G. L.Moss, D.l-1. Wells, and G.L.Lowry, the present principal. When democracy beckoned for aid in 1917 and 1918, North Tonawanda High School gave liberally of her brave sons, a total of one hundred forty-two offering their services. Of this gallant array, all but two returned, Donald Mundie and Walter jones having paid the supreme sacrifice. The High School can build a firm foundation for almost any vocation, and has produced numerous lawyers, physicians, business men, educators, and merchants. THE MASTER BUILDER 6