Amherst Steele High School - Amherstonian Yearbook (Amherst, OH)

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1IE.15ire55 re Columbia 'l'he rather recent date 09225 of centralization of our township might lead one at a superficial glance to suppose that there was a failure - to appreciate the value of education. This, however, is not true. In fact, - in 1914 the township approved bonds to building an adequate home for our schools. Through the advent of the World War the project was dropped . , and not resumed until 1921. Due to the increased cost of labor and ma- , terial, building plans had to be modified and additional bonds issued. The building as you can see, is a one-story edifice. It has four recitation rooms, if an office, a rest room, a gymnasium, lavatories and two store rooms. The ll class rooms are extremely pleasant and very adequately furnished. The 1 capacity of the building is about 180 and it was designed for the grades. 1 Realizing the crying need for a high school in our community the for- ward looking board of education redecorated and rearranged the old building for high school use. With the change to a first grade school and on increase in high school enrollment the board was confronted with the problem of adequately housing it. To take care of this, two commodius recitation rooms were added to the grade building. - Miss Martin, teacher of Latin in the high school informs us that she 'gl began teaching in Columbia Township in 1890 and received the remark- .5 able remuneration of S22 a month, adding however that she had to pay only S2 for board and room. V Henrietta V This is the home of the Henrietta Centralized School. It is a one- story structure and houses the elementary grades and junior and senior I gi high school. It was erected at a cost of 365,000 and occupied in 1923 for Q ill the first time. A beautiful, Wide lawn already surrounds the building. A IH, barberry hedge fringes the lawn. Extensive plans for planting will further I beautify the grounds. 5 gill. The high school received its first grade charter in 1923 and grad- i Ill uated its first class of six members May 27, 1924. Three out of the six E !3 graduates are attending institutions of higher learning. 5 ig, A list of Henrietta boys and girls who have attained eminence since 5 fl leavingtheir old home would necessarily include Hubert Dutch Leonard, 1 'gi world-famed baseball pitcher. An aunt, Miss Jessie Leonard, is often W spoken of as the teacher beloved by all, commanding obedience with a y I single glance . Ruth Haynes Cook of Oberlin is perhaps the Henrietta ' teacher oldest in years. Ezra and Ernest Baumann are missionaries in y South America. Albert Bauman is a prominent Chicago minister. Ella 5 Dudley spent several years of her life as a teacher in South Africa. Sarah 1 Bell Saunders, a former teacher, has labored as a missionary in the Congo Free State for the past 25 years. Dr. Stowell Dudley took part in the 3 relief work among the refugees in Turkey during the late war. I Miss Eliza Thomas, sister of Mrs. H. A. Coates, taught the Hill school 1n a red frame school in 1885 and in deference to her experience her salary was raised to 32.50 a week. - 5 , -, m...,-..-- W, 1 1 Q , 5, 5 gg'-'I-11ill'll' 'Il!g Im 21'-.Q-' N ?,5ll.l.E?,',,5g1 Seventeen

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4 E P lll'flllEll2Qlllll.CieD HE, M 5 m 43 5 S .,gIlI.C5,,,2l'l.s.QIIWE s ' 13 -.5 J A i . ! Brookside j L -- Brookside Junior High School takes the place of five one-room brick p F buildings which served the people east of Black River in the incorporated y 1 village of Sheffield Lake. The buildings displaced were models of archi- 1 tecture which speak Well of the enterprise of the early settlers. In 1921 a campaign for better schools was started by Elmer Cotton. M, president of the board of education, W. J. Boyd, clerk, Harry Root, and Harry Stoughton. They were ably aided by E. C. Seale, County Superin- sl, tendent and J. L. White, then principal at Vincent. A vote on a bond issue for S180,000 was carried in the fall of 1921, and the three buildings of Vincent, Highland and Brookside built. Brook- side was not occupied until the fall of 1923. 555 The building ,which is of the one-story type, occupies a site of 5 acres lil! on the north bank of French Creek, overlooking its beautiful valley, and Ill combines rural beauty with city conveniences, such as electric lights and lj water. lil The building originally had six rooms and a combination auditorium 'U and gymnasium. It was wrecked by the tornado of June 28, 1924, but was immediately rebuilt, at which time three classrooms and a room for man- ual training and domestic science were added. The junior high school was organized in 1923, with 75 pupils. It also L enrolls 40 junior high school pupils from Vincent. The first graduating 'l class numbered 16. The school now has a total enrollment of 228 and is handled by a very efficient corps of teachers. 'll' i Vincent I During the year 1911 a movement was started for the building of a school at Stop 7, which is located in the extreme southern portion of Sheffield Township. The three men who fostered the movement were Mr. Wilford, Mr. Eschtruth and Mr. Stoughton. They appealed to the board of education many times and finally the board consented to the project. The result was that a one-room building was completed and ready for ' l occupancy for the school year of 1912-1913. Due to the rapid growth of the community, in 1917 it was necessary - to enlarge the building by the addition of two rooms, making Vincent a three-room building. In 1922 Sheiiield centralized the schools of the sig Township. Vincent, as a result of the centralization, was again enlarged all by the addition of two rooms, sacrificing a third room for a modern, up- 5 to-date auditorium. At present it is a strictly modern, five-room building of the one- story type. It presents a very neat and attractive appearance and lends much to the community. 1 elnilllla lIli Nui --w e -an nfl Eg, ng- Nineteen