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 was established not long after Young Harris College opened in 1886.[5] In 1921 enrollment was reported to be 127.[6]


History

The school opened in the Towns County Courthouse in 1887.[7] 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,[8][9] and taught at the school[10] before being recruited to move tp Texas after speaking at a conference.

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
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See also
  • Towns County High School, the county's public high school
  • Young Harris Institute, competing Methodist preparatory school that became Young Harris College

References
  1. 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. 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. Lance, Jack (February 20, 1961). "Joseph Astor Sharp" – via Google Books.
  6. "Southern highland schools maintained by denominational and independent agencies". Russell Sage foundation. February 20, 1921 – via Google Books.
  7. Miller, Zell (2007). The Miracle of Brasstown Valley. ISBN 9780979646201.
  8. Miller, Zell (February 20, 2007). The Miracle of Brasstown Valley. Stroud & Hall Publishers. ISBN 9780979646201 – via Google Books.
  9. 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.
  10. Durso, Keith E. (February 20, 2009). Thy Will be Done: A Biography of George W. Truett. Mercer University Press. ISBN 9780881461572 – 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. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  14. Georgia Official and Statistical Register
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