Fostoria High School - Red and Black Yearbook (Fostoria, OH)

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'UTKHIIB IRQIIEID CXXRIID IlIlE?wlLQkXCBUtS. 'IBQJEDZ ' ' 1 S v .,, lr 5 ,if ff' F ri ' . g 3 5 .3 , -5 it Nxgi-ill Nil Qfg 6 .1 'Q g 11 yi el A le 5 .Qt i 'xxx , 1 I Rx J ' i of An . ' I 2 5. I ' l F :g I ,N , , . . f. . ig J I . Nite! . I gi. 1 ir if' Q lff il' 1 . .li I, 1 i fi 1 . . 41, 1 1 I 'l . 1 4 f I I r I 3 VE . l I I ., l' 1 .iii 1 ' 1 I l l I , i 1 1 , ' i l 1 1 'r -- I 1 i 5 if 1 f 1' if ri g i N I lx 1 A 1 r i i rl if 3 1 I . 1 ' ll . 1 1 I I ri fy .T i A 1 , i lil p 1 1 iii! i i 1 1 v 'V+ n 1 4 , . 4 , . i , V . 'V 1 , . ' 1, 1 1 li , W f 1 5 .5 I X X N rl T 'z L Ii i: L L X ,vf 1 3' XX 1 X Vx i 1-'nn XX X X' ' 'f ,g x. it 1 W l , .f lr ,ff History of Education in Fostoria I'r IS INTERESTING to know that one hundred years ago our city had its beginning when Rome and Risdon were platted and founded, the former by Charles W. Foster and John Russel Crocker, and the latter by David Risdon and John Gorshuh in 1832. Risdon was located in the northwestern part, and Rome in the central part of the present city of Fostoria. On january 2, 1854, Risdon and Rome united, taking the name of Fostoria. The only provision for Public Schools was made by the ordinance of 1887 which set aside section 16 in each congressional township in Ohio where it had title for the support of the common schools. The land in these two villages was sold for enough money to net the public, at six percent, approximately seven hundred dollars per year. . The first public school of Fostoria opened with john McCauley as principal and Miss Frances Feeble, assistant, on the first Monday of january, 1856. In 1862, under the principalship of C. C. Nestlerode, the school was divided into five departments: Infant, Primary, Secondary, Grammar, and High School. Work was planned by terms, teachers' meetings were inaugurated, class-books were adopted and class records keptg in brief, school work was systematized, an unusual procedure to pursue at such a critical time. On March 3, 1863, a petition was drawn up and signed which asked that an election be held for the purpose of organizing the city into one school district under the provision of the General School Law enacted in 1848. Fostoria, by unanimous vote, organized under the General Laws for cities and towns. The first school board was made up of R. C. Caples, Charles W. Foster, Edwin Bennet, Rev. J. S. Thropp, Rev. Levi Moore and J. V. jones, secretary, and was elected April 4, 1863. At this time we received our first charter from the State Depart- ment of Education. The first class, composed of Lucille and Ida Whitacre, graduated from the high school in 1874. For a period of twenty-five years Fostoria High School grew from a small group of twenty-five pupils to about eighty-five in 1900. During these years four grade buildings and a High School building were erected. The High School was erected in 1877 on the present location. The east and west wings were erected in 1909 and the central part, or the original building, was replaced in 1916 by the new unit of modern architecture which included an auditorium and gymnasium. The history of education in the senior high school since 1900 presents a series of changes. In the year of 1900 the enrollment was eighty-five and the teachers numbered five. The number of pupils increased normally to 125 in 1905, 200 in 1910, 300 in 1915, 500 in 1925 and 600 in 1930. An interesting feature concerning enrollment was that the school population increased much more rapidly than the population of the city. The population of the city of Fostoria in 1900 was approximately nine thousand, in 1930 it was thirteen thousand. Twenty -F our . .ismfm ....,,sa.,.1 ...N g.ilf....fi..:.i er 11 f ll