Hiawassee High School

Hiawassee High School, also known as Hiawassee Academy, was a Baptist affiliated high school[1][2] in Hiawassee, Georgia.[3] It was co-ed and A.B. Greene was the principal from at least 1897 until 1909.[1][4] It eventually became Hiawasee Junior College. [5]

History

The school opened in the Towns County Courthouse in 1887, just a year after the establishment of Young Harris College.[5][6] It was a day school and boarding school maintained by the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.[2]

Preacher George W. Truett was a founder (with his cousin and fellow preacher Fred McConnell), principal,[7][8] and taught at the school[9] before being recruited to move to Texas after speaking at a conference.

In 1921 enrollment was reported to be 127.[10]

The school featured on a photo postcard.[11]

The school band is included in a story in The Greats of Cuttercane playing as part of the festivities celebrating the debut of The Lone Biker and a visit by its star to Hiawassee as part of The Story of Felton Eugene Walker.[12]

Alumni

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Patterson, Homer L. (February 20, 1909). Patterson's College and School Directory of the United States and Canada. American Educational Company. p. 44 – via Internet Archive. Hiawassee High School.
  2. ^ a b Campbell, Olive Dame (October 22, 2012). Appalachian Travels: The Diary of Olive Dame Campbell. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0813139920 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Report of the Federal Security Agency: Office of Education". U.S. Government Printing Office. February 20, 1899 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Education, United States Office of (February 20, 1897). "Annual Report of the Commissioner of Education". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  5. ^ a b Lance, Jack (February 20, 1961). "Joseph Astor Sharp" – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Miller, Zell (2007). The Miracle of Brasstown Valley. ISBN 9780979646201.
  7. ^ Miller, Zell (February 20, 2007). The Miracle of Brasstown Valley. Stroud & Hall Publishers. ISBN 9780979646201 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Old, Hughes Oliphant (February 20, 2007). The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 6: The Modern Age. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ISBN 9780802831392 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ Durso, Keith E. (February 20, 2009). Thy Will be Done: A Biography of George W. Truett. Mercer University Press. ISBN 9780881461572 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ "Southern highland schools maintained by denominational and independent agencies". Russell Sage foundation. February 20, 1921 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ Doster, Gary L. (September 20, 1998). Northeast Georgia in Vintage Postcards. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738589909 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ Kay, Terry (February 20, 2011). The Greats of Cuttercane: The Southern Stories. Mercer University Press. p. 85. ISBN 9780881462494 – via Internet Archive. Hiawassee High School.
  13. ^ "I. Homer Sutton, 1932-1954; Chief Judge: 1947-1954". Georgia Court of Appeals. Archived from the original on October 17, 2017. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  14. ^ Georgia Official and Statistical Register