Science Hill High School - Wataugan Yearbook (Johnson City, TN)

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. 'x . 1 , . Cm: motto: , Rot' Itntsbeb, but :Begun 'g F '71 'Gbe Senior Glass 3 ,, Qiobnso ity thigh Scboo y 1 1 A. UCSIECB YOU! UICBCUCC at KBC I 0 . Q - 4 ommencgment ErerciQea,- 111 1- 1 1 yi, l l GMM' 3 1 wifi Ihr- t111'11-1151.1 11l Sllltlt'lllS l1i'Clll!1f.J so qreul that in l9l4 C1 new lruilclinq was co11structe1l 11111l the nhl 31'i11111-11 llill A tIflt'IIIy wus 1l1+s111,+y111l. With this lillllfllllfj turnace heat was installed. During the year when the tzorrstruc- li1111 wus 111v1l1-1 wcry the S1'11i11c1'1 llill Sclmol wus not in session and the hiqh school pupils were sent 111 thu tncrrlrwrs 1'11llf-171-, Wlllfqll was then a nrnrnral school olferinq four years of hiqh school work. By lQl5, however, tho sclruul was flqtllll ll1Ilf'llC1IllIlfj 111 its new lruilulinqs with a lfrculty of twelve teaclrers rrncler the prirrcipalslrip til Mr. 4l'. Fl. lltt1-1l1111'k, with tl sf-niwr class ol lilty-two. l11 llllll, M1. lfl. M. Arrflrwws was Siiperirrterrderrt ml Schools and Mr. l. A. Tinsley was prrirrcipal of Scierrce llrll, 'l'l111 lfifnlty 1:1111sist111l 111 twri English teaclrers, one History teacher, two Mathematics teacliers, one S1fi11111'e toa1'l111r, 111111 l,11ti11 t1-111'h1-1, 111111 l'lc'111s1vl1c1lcl Arts teacher, one Art teacher, one rriodern Larrqauqe teaclrer, one C111111111111'i1,1l t1'111'l11-1, 111111 M11111111l Arts te1'11fl1f-lr, fllltl mio Expressiorr teacher. 'l'h1- 1--xtrfr 1:1111i1:11lar activities of that time consisted of eiqht organizations which niet reqularly an Friday aftor- 11111111, 1-1111sisti11a ot llllflfw literary societies for boys, three for girls, a Latin Club, and ci Y. M. C, A. ln :hw Y4'41l' 1920 tho llL11lC,llIlQ looked much the same as it does now, except that it possessed nu left winq. llilllf hill h111l 11111 yvt linen terraced, lwut the steps had been acquired, The prirrcipal was Miss Lucy Lci11isel'l1,1t1'l1e1 with D. lil. lhryworth as Superiritoriclorrt. Under their supervision there were lourteen faculty 111e111l'1e1's, The sulr 11-cts wvre Ihr- srrrne as those inclucled in the curriculum in 1918, except that Expression had liven dropped. Wl11-11 tl11- s1111i1,+1 class ul N25 qrarlrratc-1l, Mr. C, F. Rocrers was Sl1j,7PIlIllPlll'lElIll cr111,l Miss llatcht-11' was p1i111'i1111l lllllr' t111'11lty 1-1111:si::t111l ul lw1111tyl1,111r rriwrrrlrers, iiv11 nl Wlltklll still lfXCli'll lxlt'lt'. I11 the S1-111111 Class were severity r11'1f11l

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1 1 l- 4. I was carried from ci spring located where the lohn Sevier Hotel now stands, Pol.fica1 meetings, plays and all sorts ot coirmiunity gatherings were held in the auclitoriurn on the second floor. At this building the Debating Societyw raain flourished. Ref-ftieird 1. B. Pence was the first principal of this school. Mr. and Mrs, Evans, initials unknown, were among the first teachers and other professors were Mr. Barker, Mr. Lusk, and Mr. Templiny among the women teachers who taught here during the early years were Miss Lelia Gentry and Miss Delia Buckley. Mrs. lohn Templin, neo Miss Sue McNoece, won the first medal in scholarship to be offered at Science Hill, which was awarded in 1885. The first student body was not so large that you couldn't count them on your fingers and toes, Por a numl-er of years the teachers were paid by a tuition fee paid by the students. There was no city or state inonety received by the teachers. The tuition was twelve dollars a term. Sometimes the students gave the teachers notes for their tuition to be paid after they had gotten work. About 1892, the city took over the building and fur- nished the teachers, thereby making it a public school. The students studied what they pleased because there were no grades. As timer passed on, the number of students increased and it became necessary to add two rooms to the build- ing. ln 12107, one room downstairs and one upstairs was added, each facing Roan Street. One of these rooms was a music rooni and Miss Ida Bough of Virginia was the first music teacher. Professor 1. E. Crouch was the prin- at this time and the tenth grade teacher, the grades now continuing from the fifth to the tenth inclusive. The teachers were as follows: fifth-grade Miss Moore: sixth grade Miss Brown: eighth grade Professor Will Hrrtclier, ninth and tenth grades Professor 1. E. Crouch. City water was installed at this time and coal stoves 'ii'-al of the school were used for heating purposes. During the years 1909 and 1910 Science Hill had one hundred and forty-tour pupils enrolled. Mr, Meadows was principal, but he served only one year when he was followed by Mr, Byrd. Among the teachers were: Miss Willie Reeves, langauge teacher and Miss Elizabeth Carr, history teacher. The building then had four large rooms mid a large Study Hall: usually there was a class taught in the Study Hall. Part of the building standing in IQIU was much older than the rest. Some of the students are well-known business men of todayg for instance, Burr liarri son, Lt-e Hair, Gunnar Teihnan and Adam Bowman.

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'sv . 'ig Y.. wsemwf-f,,,.'gf I this kis.slA?'f ' Q. Jima? . truasyfwj umm ' 1 lf , Q , 1 Q ,U nh: A Q -ll , , Q do . ' Q jet' -to q , sz: Q5 . 1 ff' A ! 'f,,,5 I ,, 'wx.,ry 4494, ,. Q n A'-'Fi' it x be glen. dt P, ,, . . ' 1 V, ., It ' it A V 'vb x ,,.,,.q, ,+ Q ui? as ,t p- 'ir at-5 151 ffffzyx . . X' f Q I Q 'igu .., , uates, some of whom have since been members of the facultyp in the Iunior Class were seventyseight students: in the Sophomore Class, fifty-seven: and in the Freshman Class, sixty'four. The school then boasted of several of the special departments which form part of our curriculum today, while the extra-curricular activity program had broadened out from the literary society idea to include many of the clubs and organizations which we have today, and in the meantime football had become a feature of school life. About 1931 another addition to the building, which is now the left wing, was constructed and other modern equipment was installed. The first school colors were green and yellow but one year when the football team reported for practice they found that their green and yellow striped jerseys were so worn and tattered that new ones had to be provided. Green and yellow jerseys were not available and so they purchased maroon and gold jerseys and thus maroon and gold became the school colors. The student body has increased from the handful of students in 1869 to 833 students in the year 1939. The present Senior Class numbers 245 graduates. 1939 has seen another improvement project started in the form of a building expansion program, intended to result in extended gymnasium, auditorium, and class room facilities for meeting the needs of a modern high school. Our present faculty consists of thirty-three regular teachers with college degrees, thirteen of whom have master's degrees. As time passes on, both students and teachers are ex- pected to grow in number, in efficiency and in school spirit, and the school plant will doubtless grow in size and adequacy as the educational program continues to progress. Such is the story which the years tell at Science Hill.