Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-10-09
SCHOOL BUILDING
CIVIC MONUMENT
Triplett High and Vocational School
One of Best In Virginia

In no other way is the civic spirit
of Mt. Jackson as well exemplified as
in its splendid Triplett High and Vo-
cational School, which will be opened
on Monday. This modern building
stands as a monument not only to the
progressiveness of the community
/ but it is a testimonial to the commu-
nity's courage in rising superior to
disaster which would have blighted
the growth of many towns.
| 1t was on February IA, 1924 when
the school building, erected and fit
ted out at cost of approximately
$4,000 was Quilted by flames and al
most destroyed. This building was
made possible by the united and I'M
selfish work of the Mt. Jackson peo-
pie and the citizens of A Y
District who saw not only the nee
essity, but the advantages of a school
building commensurate with the
wealth of the community and essen
tial to its educational development
The old building at the north end of
the town, in its day well adapted for
its purposes, had become obsolete,
unsafe and inadequate.
George r. Geary Leads
The far-sighted citizens, with the
Civic League and other contributing
agencies, under the leadership of
George r. Geary, cashier of the Mt
Jackson National Bank, began a
movement for a school building
which would be modern in every de-
tail, and after campaign which
awakened the pride of the town and
the district their efforts were realized
in the erection of the splendid build
ing which was prey to the flames.
To this building DR.. ]. l. Triplett
contributed $4,000 and this generos-
ity was acknowledged in the naming
of the school.
Hardly had the last spark died out
in the disastrous fire which destroyed
the building when a movement was
begun to build on its ruins better
and a bigger building The same
agencies again got busy with the re-
suit that through the cooperation of
the school board of the county and
the interested citizens, Mt Jackson
has today one of the best and best
equipped school buildings in the State
of Virginia, as compared with any
town of its size. Indeed it is doubt
full if outside of the cities there is a
building of its character, its equal
in architectural attractiveness, in
stability of construction or in con-
venience of equipment
New Building
The new building. which embraces
portion of the unchanged walls of
the old, was, constructed at a cost of
S44,S90, of which $4,000 is repre-
scented by insurance received for the
destruction of the former school
house.
DR.. Triplett again opened his purse
strings and contributed 1926 to the
building fund of the new edifice. For
an auditorium in the building, the
citizens raised $3.50 and a share of
the cost of the equipment will be
borne locally. In fact all of the fur
nishings of the auditorium will be
paid by the friends of the Mt. Jack
son school The Civic League will
furnish a piano
The school building in Mt. Jack
son is due in a major way to the I'M
selfish and unremitting labor of
George r. Geary and while there is
glory enough for all. to Mr. Geary
more than TO any one man is due
the success of the Triplett High and
/ Vocational School.
i The curriculum embraces an agri-
cultural course, and it is one of the
accredited high schools of the county.
The faculty for the 1925-'26 ses-
sion is as follows:
Principal. S. s. Shoemaker; assist
ants, Miss Emma Heinrich, Mrs. Paul
Hounshell, E. T. Smith, agricultural
department A. L. Miller, music /;
Ada Stoneburner, India Lands, Ma
mic Helbert. Attic Helbert and Laura