St Helena High School - Silverado Yearbook (St Helena, CA)

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MR. HAROLD P. HILL, District Superintendent A GLIMPSE INTO THE PAST Time, 1901. Place, St. Helena High School. Enrollment 41. Graduates, 16. Teachers, 3. Annual, The Far Dorter. The student editorial entitled Education in St. Helena read: This, a high school paper, would be incomplete without some mention of the great facilities for education, both primary and secondary, which, as a town, we enjoy. To begin at the beginning, the grammar school is one of the best in the State, in the quality of the work, at least. This cannot be said of the school building at present in use, but next term it is hoped that the quality of the building will match that of the work. For several years the graduates of this school have held the highest average in the county. From the grammar school to the high school is but a step. The Union High is the best, for its size, in the State, at least, so its pupils think. We are accredited to the State University in all subjects undertaken, thus eclipsing many larger schools. Any graduate is as well prepared for higher education as possible in any secondary school. . . To those who may read this, and in whose own home no such opportunities are offered, my ad- vice is: 'Consult the railroad time table, see how soon you can reach St. Helena, and immediately pack your trunk and come to this favored spot.' How times have changed! However, pride in our institutions and community has kept St. Helena up- to-date and a spot where we can be proud to live. Top to Bottom: Dr. M. M. Booth, Mr. John Daniel, Jr., Mr. Robert Nicholson, Mr. Harold Thorsen, Mrs. Violet Young. .fbi -

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l Anna Turner made the long, dangerous iourney to California via the Panama Canal in 1856. She came to St. Helena in March of that year and became the community's first public school teacher. The school stood on the site that is now occupied by St. Gothard's Inn. While Anna Turner lived with the family of Mr. David Hudson, she met and married Hiram Dixon, a prominent citizen of St. Helena. Three daughters were born of this marriage: Isabelle, May, and Anna. The Dixons built their first home on the lot upon which the St. Helena Hotel now stands. Here the children were raised and received their first schooling. In 1882 Anna Dixon followed her mother's profession and taught her first class on Mt. St. Helena. The second year found Anna Dixon teaching the primary grade in St. Helena. Some of the pupils in that class still see Mrs. Peck- Tillie Heyman, Josie Anderson Caughey, Gene- veive McTaggart, Carl Heyman, and Judge Sylvanus Lazurus. After leaving St. Helena, Anna Dixon went to Oakland to continue her teaching career, but she came back to Napa to serve on the county board of education. ln 1891 she was elected Napa County Superintendent of Schools, the first woman to hold that iob. May Dixon i Jackson, her sister, later occupied the same post. At a later time Anna Dixon entered Stan- ford University. On the day after graduation she married Allen Peck, and both entered the Stanford Medical School. After their medical training was completed, Peck became a naval officer. During the next few years both Drs. Peck practiced in the Philippines, Nagasaki, Canton, and in other Oriental parts. At the termination of a period of world travel, attendance at medical schools in Vienna, Austria and Budapest, Hungary, Dr. Peck finally landed in Washington, D. C. Here she labored long and hard for the Bureau of Public Health and later with the Veterans' Administration. When her public services were completed, Dr. Peck came back to California and now makes her home in Santa Rosa. With great pleasure and pride, we dedi- cate this Centennial edition of the SILVERADO to one of St. Helena's oldest and most distin- guished alumnae, Dr. Anna Dixon Peck, who has devoted a lifetime of useful service to her community, to her country, and to the world as an educator, doctor of medicine, and humani- tarian. Her success and her unselfish devotion to the needs of mankind are an inspiration to us all.

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