Daniel Bagley School Dedication
Speech given by William Henry Scott, Feburary 10, 1931

"Let us now with earnest hearts and with exalted faith and hope, solemnly consecrate this building to its high and holy purpose. May the youth of this community, for generations to come, gather in this place to receive instruction in knowledge and training in virtue. May they find here every condition necessary to a true and enlightened education. Especially, may their teachers be examples of excellence in scholarship and character, seekers after goodness and truth, lovers of children, enthusiasts and adept in the finest of all arts, and the development and the inspiration of human souls.

"May these rooms always be pervaded with an invigorating atmosphere of mental and moral life, and may no child pass from these schools to higher grades or to the outer world without having been made more intelligent, more thoughtful, more courageous, more virtuous and in every way more capable of wise and just, of useful and noble living.

"To this end, may the blessing of God be upon child and parent, upon pupil and teacher, upon principal and superintendent, and upon everyone whose influence will, in any degree, effect the work of education as it shall be conducted within these walls."

All-Classes Reunion Memories Booklet

	Coming Soon! Download a booklet with the memories shared by some of the 300 alumni who attended the All-Classes Reunion on April 27, 2002. This book is dedicated to Jeane Murray Benjamin, Class of 1917, who, at 97, was the oldest attendee at our reunion.
Coming Together …helped us to remember. We saw old friends. Some things looked different, yet, somehow the same… only smaller. And it brought back memories of our childhood that are such an important part of who we have become.

The Early Years

I started in September 1914 with Miss Anthony, I think… Stroud Avenue at that time was the boundary line between Lincoln and Ballard--we lived on the Ballard side of the street and took the trolley to Fremont to transfer to a Ballard trolley. The next year Roosevelt was built, boundaries changed and I and my siblings thereafter attended Lincoln… We lived about 1/2 mile from Daniel Bagley, close to the northwest corner of Green Lake. Summers, we "lived" on the lake and at the bathing beach. I remember the Hiawatha play put on, just west of the bathhouse. Bagley had a gravel playground--we wore out shoe leather fast. Dad put on a lot of half-soles! Dad took pictures of our classes a few years and we sold copies for a nickel each! I have many other memories from those days! Howard M Thomson, Class of 1921

Dedicated to the 10,000+ alumni, teachers, and staff of Daniel Bagley School.