Central High School - Doubloon Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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OF THE COURSE OF STUDY IN THE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL OF COLUMBUS SYNOPSIS I1 C I' S C I' Natural Philoso- I , , , English Language . G2U8raIJhy and phy, Astron- An9-t0mY- PIWM' Mental' .Moral wntmg' Draw' Rffndmg' Elncu' Ancient Lan- and Literature Mathematl s History amy and Chem- ology and Nat- and Political ing and'Book- tion and Vocal Images istry. ur-al History Science keeping Music First Year: Grammar Highe Arith- Mathematic Lectu es L0 tures P0 m8l'lSlliD Reading, Decla- Analysis of Elretic A1 and Elvll Ge- Physiology Egzments of mation and Vo- words ementary - Oxlrap Y rawinz cal Music Syntactical An- Zebra HiSt0FY 0f U- alysig States Composition Second Year Higher Grammar Practical Geom- Physical GEOS- Natural Phnom' BOHIIIY Constitllf-i011 Of Business Forms Rhetorical Read- Lal-ln Lesson! Analysis eh-y and Men- raphy Phy A1137-Omy. Physi- Ul'llt?d Stal-95 Drawing ing, Declamation Lum Gramm'-1' Compnsition surntion Chronology ology and Hy- Consgltuflon .and Elements of and Music and Render Elementary Ge- Modern History giene Inst 5 Of ohm Bookkeeping Third Year A tmnomy Natural History Mental Philoso- 1 L tl G Rh ' H' h A1 1 Ancient History S . Lectures phy Bookkeeping Reading, Deca- am rammar. Stuiifgg poetry Hlzhil- Girl,-lr: Chemistry Moral Science Double Entry mation and Mu- Caesar: Greek Elements of egry Evidences of sic Lessons. Slllllif Criticism Plain Trigg- Christianity llld Greek Composition n0m9tl'Y Reader ' , - Philosophy of Chelnistry Geology P 1'f,' 1 E- - Reading, Decla- Cicero's Orations: Fourth Year Eggsigfgng History Review Review snlgca bun mation and Mu- Greellf Reader, - - - N ' ' Logic sic Viral: Xeno- of Ln awgatwn Laws of Nations nhon's Annbasls composition History of Civil- ization COURSE OF STUDY ua E ..- as O -A-7 time anged from ch be SS GJ 3 .-Q :v O 'U s. N E U2 ..- .:: E1 ..: 0 O .c U VJ CD .:: 43 5-1 O 'Q-4 'U 0 .Q .- H O 43 rn H-4 O cu YJ P4 5 O U cv .S 4-7 u-4 O 0 G .- Z- as I3 O G C5 m .n-1 rn as I-4 D4 mi :- cu Q9 P: :- 5 o '+- Z D- 5 U 0 o .- I 3 Q2 UZ :- 5 o fu 1' 5 'O-4 cv .-C3 F 15 cu U1 o Q- In -- 'U WH ..- Z' cv 5-1 ..- +2 CI Q9 F N .-. an .-C1 -6-9 u-1 o bi 'Z' 5:1 4-7 V1 GJ -C as 4-1 ..- E O m GJ bo at 5 F'- cu E 60 C 5 O P4 d :- N U9 5: on as :- -Q 43 E ..- 'U as 4-7 cu ..- E' C 0 u as -Q Pa N E -. UI GJ -- 5-1 N .E E Q5 V2 CJ - C6 E Q2 W4 SI'- ..- 'U Q3 ..- T-4 N S: ..- 'U S-4 O 4-v C5 .-Cl -4-I Qui Em Ill v-1 .v-1 Qu 5 D4 Q3 -4-v N -4-1 .2 U gg.-. GTG 'a 2 2 'H 0 .21 ?' .-C3 m as o il ua ..- I-u VJ N 0 Q1 N GD course as full 3. of ui :- 5 O Q .II rn ..- 'So C BJ as .-CI E4 5 rn :- B in Z' 11 ness education usi b y good Ve I' Sa year 0 W int CUTS Se advanced, can ly respectab re, and atu m mewhat S0 eady alr

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Page Ten 5 f .-5 lr- 'h ,f. In 1851 high school was held in this two-story frame building on East Town street near Sixth, the girls occupying the room upstairs and the boys the one downstairs. In 1852 and 1853 the school was located in the basement of the German Reform- ed Church, a brick structure on the south side of Town street at the alley between Fourth and Fifth streets, while repairs were being made in the Academy located in the Covert Build- ing. There were two class rooms and a cloak room. One was the boys' room with Mr. Almon Sampson as teacher, the other was occupied by the girls with Miss Anna C. Mather as teacher. Dr. Asa D. Lord was su- MRS' MARY E. GOODING, .53 perintendent of all schools and prin- cipal of the high school at that time. The salary of the superintendent was S1000 per year, while the two high school teachers received S600 and S400 respectively. The school term was from October 1 to June 30. The course of study which appeared in the Public School Advocate of 1851, devoted to the interest of the public schools of Columbus, and edited by Dr. Asa D. Lord, is printed on the following page. Dr. Lord regularly taught Natural Philosophy in the high school. Sometimes he would take a class of four or five into the cloak room and teach them some astronomy or a snatch of etymology. Once a month Dr. Lord gave a talk to everyone in the school and each pupil was required to take notes, writing them in a special note- book. Some of these old notes are still in existence. A few of the sub- jects of these talks were Etymology, Science of Government, The Mind, Scotland, Ireland, and History. Every morning before school the boys came into the girls' room for songs, hymns, Scripture reading and prayer. School opened at nine o'clock. Later in the morning there was a recess, then an hour for lunch and school was dismissed at four o'clock. Those pupils who lived near enough went home for lunch, while the rest brought theirs.

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3 ff. Page Twelve gs m QE : If- '!1 Every Friday afternoon the pupils read essays. Some person would be appointed to take notes and from these notes the Columbus School Board published the first school paper. It was just a pamphlet contain- ing the notes and appeared once a month. If a girl was disorderly or disobedient, she was sent into the boys' room for an hour or two and the punishment for a naughty boy was two or three hours in the girls' room. The classes were not at all crowded, usually five, six, or seven occu- pied the front row seats, while the other pupils sat in the seats in the 1'ear of the room and studied. At that time there were no school or class colors. The school often went on picnics to such places as Neil's Woods, now Indianolag Goodale Woods, now Goodale Park, and to the home of Lucas Sullivant, which has been replaced by one of the buildings of the State School for the Feeble-Minded. Lucas Sullivant came to Ohio when a young man, as an early settler. In August, 1797, he surveyed and laid out the site for Franklinton, now West Columbus. Hacks were used to take pupils to and from these picnics. In the first class graduated from the Columbus High School in Decem- ber, 1851, there were four members, none of whom are now living. The exercises were held in the Presbyterian Church. Two years later, in 1853, there were eight girls and four boys, of whom only one member is now living, Mrs. Mary E. Mattoon Gooding. Each class had an orator, Montgomery Lewis serving in this capacity for the Class of '53, The graduation exercises were held on the night of June 30, in the City Hall, which at that time was located at the corner of Town and Fourth Streets. It was a long structure which faced on Town Street and extended back to Rich Street. At the commencement exercises in 1853, the pupils read essays which formed a debate. Mrs. Mary Gooding, the oldest living graduate of the Central High Alumni Association, prepared a paper in favor of Women's Rights, while another student's essay was against Women's Rights. A copy of Mrs. Gooding's essay appears elsewhere in this publication. Women's Rights was at that time a very humorous topic and since the debates were to be as mirth-provoking as possible, that subject was chosen and the pupils had many good laughs at the discussions. The diploma received then was similar in size and wording to those awarded now. The only material difference is that there was a picture of the present State House, while in the lower left-hand corner was a gold seal of Ohio.