Spaulding High School - Red and White Yearbook (Rochester, NH)

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HUNTLEY N. SPAULDINC Covcrnor of New Hampshire 1927-1929 .MFFQH LEON C. SPAULDING ROLLAND H. SPAULDING Governor of N cw Hampshire 1915-1917 5 Years Of Growth Named for the late Leon C. Spaulding, Spaulding High School was the result of a gift of over half the cost from former Governor and Mrs. Huntley N. Spaulding, former Governor and Mrs. Holland H. Spaulding, Mrs. Marion Spaulding Potter, and Mrs. Leon C. Spaulding, a grant from the Public Works Administration, and an appropriation from the City of Rochester. It was dedicated on September 9, 1939. We still think that Spaulding's appearance surpasses that of newer schools. When first constructed, Spaulding was considered one of the finest schools in the East. Such modern facilities as the projection room, the shops, and the home economics equipment drew many visitors. Sev- eral years ago a foreign language laboratory was in- stalled. Curriculum changes have matched the changing times. During the war there were courses in aeronautics and machine industries. Later, growing interest in industry caused the agricultural course to be dropped. New courses include Specch, Appreciation of the Arts, Electricity, German, and Physical Science. In April of 1963, Spaulding was evaluated and approved by a New England accrediting association. There are now twcnty-one peoplc enrolled in Spaulding's night school, the first credit-granting night school in Maine, New Hampshire, or Vermont. Rochester citizens as well as students have been faith- ful fans of Spaulding's athletic teams. During the 1956 and 1957 seasons, the football team won the Division 8 2 championship, the 1964- basketball team, second in the state, was invited to play in the New England tour- nament in Boston, and the baseball team won the 1958 Class L championship. Spaulding has also had good golf, tennis, and hockey teams. Various clubs have come and gone with changing interests and needs. There has always been a Red and White magazine, but the first yearbook was not pub- lished until 194-7. The Torch Club has been replaced by today's Key Club. The Camera Club and the Taste and Baste Club no longer exist. Other organizations have flourished, notably Masque and Dagger which won the New Hampshire Drama Festival in 1947, 1948, and 1961. Band and Chorus, once extracurricular ac- tivities, now meet during school and offer TIA: credit per year. Spaulding has indeed undergone many changes, and the main factor in these changes has been' growth. One concept, however, has remained as enduring as New Hampshire granite. This concept is exemplified by these words of Daniel Webster, inscribed on the dedication plaque in our foyer: If we work upon marble, it will perish. If we work upon brass, time will efface it. If we rear temples, they will crumble to dust. But if we work upon men's immortal minds, if we imbue them with high principles, with the just fear of God and love of their fellow men, we engrave on those tablets something which no time can efface, and which will brighten and brighten to all eternity.

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as-2 5,5 Dedication With respect and admiration we, the class of 1965, dedicate this anni- versary yearbook to our principal, Dr. Harry Grierson, in recognition of his outstanding service as an educator and citizen. He has been asso- ciated with Spaulding for all of its twenty-five years, an active contribu- tor to its history and progress. After graduating from Gorham Normal School he joined the Rochester High School faculty in 1929 as a teacher of Industrial Arts. At various times he also has taught math, science, and social studiesg and has coached football, basketball, and baseball. During World War II he served in the United States Navy as lieu- tenant commander. He rejoined the Spaulding staff, and after two years as assistant to the superintendent, he became principal of Spaulding in 1958. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of New Hampshire, a Master of Education and a Doctor of Education degree from Columbia. The tone and climate of a high school is set by its chief administrator. Dr. C-rierson's deep pride in our school has radiated to us all, creating an atmosphere'in which faculty, students, and all other personnel may func- tion happily--with dignity and mutual benefit. Dr. Grierson is very proud of Spauldingg we are very proud of Dr. Grierson. x at X.

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MR. ARTHUR S. ROLLINS Superintendent 1933-1943 l MR. HAROLD T. RAND MR. CARROLL W. PEAVEY Superintendent 1943-1949 Principal 1936-1942 Former Administrators MR. JOHN M. COTTON Principal 1943-1958 MR. JOHN H. FRYE Superintendent 1949-1963