North Dallas High School, Year One — 1922-1923
NDHS, in the beginning… (click for larger image)
by Paula Bosse
North Dallas High School — one of Dallas’ oldest still-operating high schools — opened in 1922 on N. Haskell, between McKinney and Cole. Here are a few photos from the very first NDHS yearbook.
The faculty:
The auditorium:
The library:
The lunch room:
The swimming pool (!):
Another photo of the pool, showing a girls’ class:
The 20th Century Literary Society club:
The football team:
The “three-minute daily drill”:
The physical training department’s interpretation of “The Spirit of North Dallas”:
The 1923 Viking cover:
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Sources & Notes
All photos from the 1923 Viking, the yearbook of North Dallas High School.
Photos and ads from early-’60s NDHS yearbooks can be seen in previous Flashback Dallas posts here and here.
All images are larger when clicked.
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