Walnut Cove High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Walnut Cove, NC)

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FIFTY YEARS OF PROGRESS Long before the dawn of tax- supported public schools, those who de- sired an education for their children either had to employ private in- structors or pay their youngster's tuition in a private school. Many of our prominent townspeople received their education in pri- vate schools established in Walnut Cove before 1900. Some of these people attended a school in the old Stokesburg Methodist Church which stood prior to the present church building and another church which burned in 1906, and others studied foreign languages, algebra, geometry and English in the old Walnut Cove Academy which stood on the hill behind Steve's Drug Store. The Academy sessions were only six months long, and those who wished eight months instruction had to pay extra fees. The Academy burned in 1922, having been unused for many years prior to that time. Around 1910 a high school building was constructed next to the Primitive Baptist Church on High Street. Out-of-town people arranged for their children to board in Walnut Cove homes so that the children might attend school. Walnut Cove High School became an accredited school in 1922. Since then many small school districts-- Fulp, Rosebud, Meadows, Danbury High School, and others--have been consolidated with Walnut Cove. In 1922 a new brick building was erected on High Street for the high school, and the elementary school remained in the old wooden structure next to the Church. A home economics department was added to the high school at this time. Around 1930 a gymnasium was constructed behind the high school building. Basketball teams which were treated with respect and awe throughout North Carolina were trained in this gymnasium. The struc- ture burned in 1940, and since then the auditorium of the old high school building--and now the old elementary building--has served as a Gymnasium. Mr. R. M. Green became principal of Walnut Cove School in 19 38, and served in this capacity until he became Superintendent of Stokes County Schools in 1947. During these years a department of Vocational Agri- culture was added, the old frame structure next to the Primitive Baptist Church was condemned, some of the elementary grade were taught in the Missionary Baptist, and the present high school building was completed in 1942. The old high school building on High Street then became the Walnut Cove Elementary School. Mr. R. G. Thomas, who became principal in 1947, has witnessed and played an important part in the continued growth of Walnut Cove School. Anew agriculture building, anew Junior High building, a new elementary school, and a spacious, beautiful stadium, have all been added to make Walnut Cove School the modern educational plant that it is today. The school now has 32 teachers-one of which is director of the band and glee club--and 924 students. It offers a variety of academic and vocational subjects andawell-balanced recreational and extra-curricular program which should appeal to the interest of every boy and girl. 3

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This class scene is sym- bolic of many such class- es in the early 1900's. The building in the back- ground was one of the many institutions in and arotmd Wahiut Cove. ' I NINETEEN HUNDRED TEN The students now ob- tain their education through improved facili- ties brought about by 50 years of progress. NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY iv 4' ,,...........- i , ..

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