Maumee High School - Reflector Yearbook (Maumee, OH)

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THE REFLECTOR , D. R. RIFE. S11p01'i11t011cle11t of Schools Ii, Su, Grzul. of Eng., Ohio No1'the1'11. MR. SIDNEY AILES, Principal Scivnue and History B. Sc. in Education, Ohio Northern

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THE REFLECTOR 7 Short Argument in Favor of a New School 1 OU have heard and read the ideas of many people concerning the Nr- necessity of a new school building for Maumee. VVe can give you some Iirst hand information o11 the subject. 111 the present build- ing there are insufficient facilities for education and its side issues. Already the second and third grades have been forced to adopt the half-day session plan. Next year all the grades in the building will have to do the same. The High School is just as crowded, if not more so. Our Physics Lab- oratory can comt'ortably hold but six pupils at a time. Imagine studying in a room where thirty or more pupils are continually bustling about trying to find elbow room. Because we have no auditorium we can neither give entertain- me11ts, 11or hold social gatherings of any sort. In these disagreeable surround- ings do you blame any boy or girl for quitting school and starting to work? From another point of view. The building has been condemned as unsafe by the state authorities, several times. Not only is there great danger from fire, but from the wind storms which strike the old building with full force and shake it to its foundation stones. . 1 Then again, do you suppose that any self-respecting man is going to make his home in a place which does not offer the best advantages for the education of his children? Not in the least, and we may state further without exaggera- tion that many residents of Maumee contemplate a change of residence for the same reason, ' You who are ardent supporters of progress in Maumee, keep these things in mind. Do you not think that a fine new school house, such as is pictured upon the opposite page, would be the best possible advertisement for Maumee? You property owners who object so strenuously to paying any additional tax for schools, this school building will cost you just twenty cents on each thousand dollars' worth of property you possess. Is this not an insignificant sum to spend for your children 's education, let alone realize a profit of several hundred per cent from increased property valuation? , The school you see pictured upo11 the opposite page is modern and up to date in every way. It has an auditorium, gymnasium, there is ample study room, not only for the regular classical courses, but for manual training, domes- tic science and other practical studies. Students will be proud to go to such a school, and Maumee will once more be put. on the map as a real town. THINK IT OVER.

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