Scarborough High School - Four Corners Yearbook (Scarborough, ME)

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THE FOUR CORNERS 5 was graduated from Portland High School in 1887, following which he attended Bow- doin College, later transferring to Dart- mouth from which he was graduated in the Class of 1891, completing his college course in approximately three years. He also studied piano under Hermann Kotseh- mar, in whose memory the City Hall organ was given by Cyrus H. K. Curtis. Mr. Heald moved to Scarboro in 1893. purchasing the Captain Thornton place at Oak Hill, where he has lived ever since. At the time of its purchase, the property included the land later bought by Mr. John Edwards and Mr. Abram Hodgman, also the land now owned by Mr. Vliiford White and that part of the former H. J. Libby estate between Route 1 and the side road leading to the present brick grade building opposite the Heald home. For a while he was engaged in farming, later turning to educational work, where he surely found the proper outlet for his great ability. When Mr. Heald first took over the schools of Scarboro. there were ten rural schools and the high school. Grammar grades and primary were housed on the first floor and the high school on the second floor of the building now commonly called 'fthe white building. All these buildings were one-room except the 'fwhite build- ing. The high school had but two teachers at that time. and in case of teacher ab- sence, Mr. Heald himself occasionally sub- stituted. In those days it was the custom for a pupil wishing to enter college to take further preparatory work at some other school, a practice which has now practi- cally ceased, Of the ten rural schools, three, namely, Black Point, Seottows Hill, and Beech Hill have been closed, and 'the others either replaced or remodeled and given proper seating accommodations, lighting, and city water as far as possible. All of the schools have electric lights and the larger units have the telephone. The first step in general school improve- ment was the division of the buildings at Black Point, llunstan, and Beech Ridge to provide for separation of Primary and Grammar grades. ,Next the North Scarboro School was remodeled into a model rural school to fully satisfy state requirements. The physi- cal improvements included lighting from the left. new toilet facilities. division into two rooms, and the introduction, shortly thereafter, of a helping-teacher system. At the dedication of the remodeled school, Governor Baxter and State Superintend- ent of Schools, Dr. Augustus 0. Thomas. later head of the World Federation of Education, were present. Then new model rural schools were built at Blue Point, and a few years later at Pine Point. The old llunstan School was closed and the build- ing turned over to the American Legion. A new two-room building was then erec-ted on the town lot at the juncture of Route 1 and the Payne Road. This in turn was recently replaced by the beautiful new building erected on the outer corner of the same lot in 1945. One of Mr. Heald's first concerns was the bolstering of the foundations of the school system by the strengthening of the elementary schools. This process included equalizing the pay of all elementary teachers and improving teaching condi- tions especially in the outlying units. Mr. Heald continually urged the raising of teachers' pay and was very much gratified when a state law raised the minimum sal- ary for teachers to 341,000 annually. The wisdom of this policy was fully justified when during the recent war the teachers of Scarboro stuck by their profession instead of deserting it for more lucrative positions. The improving of thc physical equip- ment of the schools has already been- spoken of. Helping teachers were sent to Castine, the Educational Plattsburgf'

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