Marion High School - Cactus Yearbook (Marion, IN)

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WELFORD D WEAVER ,-- Je, ELFORD D WEAVER was born in Tyrone, N Y , July 10, 1856 He came with his father and mother to Indiana when a mere child, locating near Hardenburg, in enmngs County Here on his fathers farm, and in a shop and store in Vernon, he spent his boyhood and younger manhood Hts education wa obtained in the country school during winter terms and by two years of study in the graded schools of Vernon, which was supplemented by work in W ii Baptist minister in Pueblo, Colorado, and remained in that state as pastor of the Baptist church in Grand unction until the spring of 1885 In the summer of is this year he came to Marion to organize a Baptist church, of which he became pastor He was selected some years later a member of the school board, and in that capacity evinced an interest in the city schools Upon the death ol Mr john K Waltz, who was then the city school superintendent, the other members of the school board delegated Mr Weaver to take the place of superintendent for the unexpired part of the school year Mr Weavers term as school trustee expired at this time, and Mr lsaac Smithson succeeded htm on the board A little later in the summer he was elected superintendent of schools, and began his work uly 1, 1890 In this capacity he has served seven years 7 l l lx 1 X . , J ' , , . . ' . A 's ' S 7? -,lf Franklin College from 1879 to 1883. During the time spent in College six years of collegiate work were finished. In September, 1883, he was ordained a

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so that when Astronomy IS studxed by the and of the fme telescope, the property of the Hrgh School, practrcal work can be done The same rs true rn Physics and Botany The work IS being done wxth apparatus and books and personal mvestxgatron, where formerly xt was done through books alone The past year the School Board has frtted up a splendid laboratory for doing elementary work tn Chemistry Regardmg the character of the work, nt rs not wise to say too much about our own products, but rt rs only just to record that the excellence of the work done rn the Marlon Hugh School, by teachers and pupils, rs recognized throughout the State both by public school and by unxverslty men The graduates are always sought for and given the first places when they leave us for hrgher work This short hrstory woutd be incomplete wrthout mention bemg made of the general esprrt de corps whxch pervades the entire Hugh School lt rs due to thus hugh spxrrt of things that so much can be accomplxshed of more than ordrnary worth The honor of being the fxrst graduate of the schools belongs to Mlss Alice Davrs From 1877 to 1883 there were no graduates Wxth the removal of the Hxgh School agam mto the Seminary building came new life, and on th 22:1 of May, 1883, the second graduating class was sent out, consisting of seven young ladres as follows Lettle Case, Ada Ikhelman, Annette Reynolds, Blrdre DeLong, Lxllxe Wrlkxe Lrda Larrrck and Sallre Clothxer The work so well begun was pushed vigorously rn the Hugh School during the years 1883 84 85, 86, and deserves special mention for its character and dlrectxon During those formative years a foundatxon was laxd which has been of great service ever smce The graduates by years and classes are as follows 1877, 1 1883, 7 1884 9 1885, 11 1886 14 1887, 15 1888, 12 1889 10 1890, 5 1891 5 1892, 9 1893 21 1894 16 1895, 20 1896 18 1897, 23 a total of 196 Begmmng with the school year of 1890 91 tno reliable data earlrer than this rs to be hadl and mcludmg the current year, there have b en 252 boys and 399 gxrls or 651 rndxvxdual puplls who have taken either a whole or partxal course rn the High School A mere mention of so many different pupils taking the work wrll famtly mdxcate the far reaching influence of the school power and its possible consequences Mention xs made elsewhere of persons serving early rn the towns history as school trustees, and xt ts fxttmg that a lrst of the men who have served m lxke capacity later should be a part of this sketch For xt is because of all that they have done that we have and are what we are as a system of publt s hools Begmnxng w1th the earliest offrcxal records available, June, 1877, the followrng men have served as School Trustees of Marion D H Horner, H F Clunk, George Sweetser, Isaac Vandevanter, I W Mxles, L M Overman, R W Barley, T D Tharp,J H Wxgger, E. Kxtch, Elkanah Hulley, Dr M M Wall, Sxmon Goldthalt W D Weaver, Isaac Smxthson, George Webster jr , and Dr H Forrest The length of term served by these gentlemen varies very much I. M Overman was elected to fxll a vacancy September, 1879, and served untrl january 1880 when he resxgned This rs the shortest term noted among the different trustees The longest term of service belongs to Elkanah Hulley, who has served contmuously smce hrs election rn December, 1883 The present Board of Education rs composed of Messrs Hulley, Webster and Forrest, who take great Interest in school matters, and are strrvmg to make xt possible for the young people of the clty to have as good high school opportunities as are afforded anywhere ln the State The wrxter of thts rs aware that rn the preparation of a short history there will b doabtless, many imperfections The information has been gathered from numerous sources, but m all cases has been verrfxed as far as possxble before usxng All avarlable facts have been used, and yet no doubt much valuable and mterestmg xnformatxon has escaped notice While collecting the data necessary for thxs artrcle and in its constructlon I was impressed that xt would be a very wxse as well as a very valuable thing for some one to wrrte out quite fully the educational hxstory of Marlon It should be done before many years, or much of the maternal for a full account would not be obtainable Those who have so kindly assisted me by suggestion or notes or otherwnse 1 wish to thank sincerely for all thexr and It is to be hoped that this chronicle of past events wrll mspxre its readers to greater actron, for to morrow is made possrble by what rs past WELFORD D WEAVER Tn: A 0 1 . 9 - 0 . . . . , . ' Y . - . Z.. Q. ,. .. . . . . . . ..... ,v , . . , . . 9 0 . - ' 0 a

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