HA&HS Dedication Exercises, 1940

Dedication Exercises

of Hampton Academy & High School

Saturday, June 8, 1940

2:30 P.M.

Hampton Academy & High School

* PROGRAM *

  • SELECTIONS BY SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
    Esther B. Coombs, Director
  • INVOCATION
    Rev. James MacLaughlin, Pastor Advent Christian Church
  • FLAG SALUTE
    Led by members of Hampton Boy and Girl Scout Troops
  • WORDS OF WELCOME
    Judge John W. Perkins, Presiding Officer
  • RESUMÉ OF THE PROJECT
    Dean B. Merrill, Member of School Board
  • INTRODUCTION OF CONSTRUCTION OFFICIALS
    Judge John W. Perkins, Presiding Officer
  • THE ACADEMY AND HIGH SCHOOL FROM 1810 TO 1940
    Samuel A. Towle, Hampton Academy Trustees
  • THE ACADEMY AND HIGH SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE
    Bruce E. Russell, Headmaster
  • SELECTIONS BY GIRLS' GLEE CLUB
    Esther B. Coombs, Director
  • ADDRESS
    Walter B. May, Deputy Commissioner of Education, State of New Hampshire
  • PRESENTATION OF KEYS OF BUILDING
    Edward S. Batchelder, Chairman of Building Committee
  • ACCEPTANCE OF KEYS
    O. Raymond Garland, Chairman of School Board
  • "HAMPTON HYMN" (Tune of "America")
    By All. [Words by Rev. Edgar Warren]

  • INSPECTION OF BUILDING

    You are cordially invited to inspect entire building.

    THE BUILDING COMMITTEE

    George Ashworth Dean B. Merrill
    Edward S. Batchelder, Chairman Harry D. Munsey
    Olive B. Brooks, (1939-1940) Elroy G. Shaw
    O. Raymond Garland Sarah B. Tobey, (1938-1939)
    Charles E. Greenman Christopher S. Toppan
    Howard G. Lane Samuel A. Towle, Secretary

    ARCHITECTS

    Huddleston and Hersey

    Durham, N.H.

    CONTRACTOR

    The Swanburg Company

    Manchester, N.H.

    HAMPTON ACADEMY TRUSTEES

    Elmore L. Dearborn Howard G. Lane
    Gordon S. Dow Kenneth W. Swain
    Paul W. Hobbs Christopher S. Toppan
    Hollis R. Johnson Samuel A. Towle
    William T. Ross

    HAMPTON SCHOOL BOARD

    Olive B. Brooks
    O. Raymond Garland, Chairman
    Dean B. Merrill