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Salisbury Schoolseight. The principal was John H. Lawson of Gloucester, Massachusetts.The architect was Maurice E. Witmer of Portsmouth,New Hampshire. On the building committee were the threeSalisbury selectmen, Grant Morse, Glen Clark and Harold F.Congdon. School Committee members were Burton Dow,Morton Wheeler, Peter Souliotis, Eugene Dean, Emily Pikeand John Flaherty.Triton Regional High School opened in September, 1971,with 1,375 students from Salisbury, Newbury and Rowley.Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School wasbuilt in 1973.In 1932 the schools in Salisbury, along with schoolsthroughout America, celebrated the two hundredth birthdayof George Washington.In April, the Parent-Teachers Association joined with theschools in a “Washington Festival” with patriotic skits fromeach class.In February, special birthday programs were held in theschools by each grade. In May, two Washington elms wereplanted, one at the Spaulding School, donated by the SalisburyGrange and one at the Everett School, donated by theSalisbury PTA.Schools from Salisbury Town Reports.THE PIKE SCHOOLThe Pike School, on the corner of Bridge Road and SchoolStreet, is named for Major Robert Pike. It is a one roomschool built in 1882 and opened September 11 of that yearfor the fall term. The first school teacher was Miss JudithBartlett. Later, Miss Emma Brown became the teacher and41