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Hnstory of Mechamcsburg Hugh School and Alumm ll llench xxas eleeted te ieher ot the Xleel11111esb11r ll 1 N lo 1 Xt tl11s t1111e tl1ere xx as no regular course of stuelx and no part1eular or spec1 11 reqmrements for pass 111g rom one e oo to 111ot1er No tar as pre 1111 llllll xx 1s eo11ee111ed the ree1u1re111ents eo11s1sted of 1 texx st1117as lclfl and 1 Iexx problems solx ed m tl1e p1esenee ol o11e o1 txxo members of tl1e Seho l l1oard a11e1 tl1e prex1o11s liftlbdfiltltlll xx as tl1at the pup1ls lenexx the preblems and stanns tl1ex each xx ele to get so that tl11s xx as 110 test whatex er of l.llLlI' HlJllltX In tl1e xx hat xx as tl1e11 termed ll1gh Sch ol each llllllll st11el1eel abe ut xxhat h1s oxxn part1c11lar tancx or be11t of Ullllll suggested 5011111111168 studymg only a fexx brmehes then agam tlllllfl a number ln some LllSSCS there xxere o11e or txxo lllCI'IllJCI'S 1nd 1n others o11e llllftl of tl1e sel1ool Lpon 1 pllllll beeommg tlred of or fxllm beh111el lll anv b1aneh he read1lv proeured a lDCI'llllt fron1 a member of tl1e Board to CllSC0lltll'll'lC the study Xnd most ot the lJLlpllS xxere aelxa11ced f1r bexond tl1e1r Z-1l3llltX XX hen the tern1 xx as Vkltlllfl about a montl1 of clos mg a large 111ajor1ty of tl1e pup1ls SCCIllt3Ll to con s1der lt lIl1C1I' duty to stop school for that term and tl1e res11lt xx as that tl1e sche ol dxxmdled down to a ela1ly attendance of from SIX to te11 puplls ln tl1e xx111ter of 1873 the Board was earnestlv requested to arrange for a regular system of grades and to adopt a regular co11rse of st11dv for the school and haxe the puplls reg11larly exam1ned fe r pron1ot1on from one 2213.116 to another After con SlClCI'HlJlC Cl19Cl1SS10l'1 pro anel con on the part of tl1e Board they appo1nted Prof XX H Hench and Prof D 1' hast xxho xxas then Countx 811per1n te11dent a con1m1ttee to exam111e all the p11p11s of the town a11d class1fv them 1nto regular grades Hllfl report tl1e same to the hoard Immeehatelv precedmg tl1e l l0l1tl'l.XS of 1813 tl11s LOTIIITIIITCL UDl11ll1CllCtll 1ts areluous task xxh1eh xx as performed to the best of 1ts ab1l1tx Many of the pL1PllS xx ere found engaged 1n xxork far beyond the1r capac1tx xx h1le but xerx fexx xxere fo11nd xx ho had been at all retarded COIl9lClCI'1HL' tl1e1r ab1l1tx Thus manx of tl1e p11p1ls had to be retrograded or held xxhere t11ex xx ere unt1l thex xxere quahfied for promotlon The l o1rd adopted the grade recommended bx tl1e co1n mlttee Hllfl the changes nece sarx xx ere made 1 tl1e ll'IC'lllUI'l'lC a co111n11ttee cons1st111g of Xlessrs is D l'c es 'me XX H llen had been appo1nted to prepare a course of stndx sllltalllf. for the sehools as graded Thex haxmg perfected the same 1t xxas 1dopted bx the Poard lS the co11rse for the Pubhc qchools Lpon tlll8 grade and course of studx the puplls under the el1rect1on of tl1e1r respect1xe teachers xxorkeel 1111t1l the fir tl of Xlax 1814 xxhen tl1e pl1pllG of the most aelxa11ced classes of the grades xx e1e exammed and those xx ho passed 1 sat1sfactorx ev1m1n'1t1on xxere promoted to h1g,l1er grades 1e11 the grades xxere fixed and the course ol tuelx 1 1, Qc re h1d ll grades but no pllpllb xxere lounel suFf1e1entlx ad xinced for tl1e lnghe t grade, a11e1 but xerx fexx tor tl1e next l'llgllC9l nearly all on aeeount ol the1r Cl1lZllll:lC8.flOI1Q llZ1XlIlf, to go 1nto the f1rst grade tl1e ex1m1nat1on held 111 tl1e sprmg of 181-l onlx one 11111211 Xlr X XX Henrx xxas found Sllfl:lLlLIltlX' aexanced to pass 1nto the SCIIIUI' gr 1de l 1115 el r111f the term of 181-lfi tl1e first f11ll xe'1rs xxe rle xx as do11e on the grade Xlr llenrx xxas tl1e onlx member ot the Semor Llass b11t 11e xxorleed fzuthfullx a11d earnestlx and 111 the Sprmf of 181 xxhe11 l1e xxas hnallw examlned on the course he passed a 111ost sat1sfactory and con1plete CXZ1Il11Ill t1o11 B11t as xet no preparat1on had been made for 'TI'Htll1Z1lQlt ll and eommeneements Xnd noxx some llllllix 1n tlllS CllI'LCllUI1 xxis absolutely neccssarx Xgam the l1oard xxas urged upon tl1e IILLLSSIIY ot p1oeur1ng Sllltiblff fl1lJlUllll.5 a11e1 lltbltllllg of enter C1505 .1ppropr11te to the demands of Jlp1lS xxho xxo11lel complete s11cl1 a course Xfter xery con s1derable sol1c1tat1on 1nel urgmg o11 the part of the teacher of tl1e ll1gh School anel after he had met the Loard a number of t1mes the Board finallv d1rected tl1at such steps sho11ld be taken a11d autl1 or1zed Prof Hench to carry them out Aceordmg xx as l1eld vxlth a class of fixe graduates 'lhe enter C1868 vxlnch xxere sometlnnfr nexx a11d mterestmg 1n connect1o11 vx1th the Iubhc School vxere l1elel 111 the school room as It was thought best by those haxmg the matter lh charge to moxe sloxxly but surely 'lhe first battle VVOII a11d vx1th x1ctory o11 the1r banner a11d the school room no longer llfclflg SllHlC1Cl'lt to accommodate tl1e persons who were anmous to atte11d tl1e IlCXt vear tl1e class of 18!! cons1st1ng of n1ne members held the1r CXLYCISCQ 111 Pranklm Hall On th1s OCCHSIOH the hall was filled to ox erfloxxmg as It has bee11 ex er s1nce on occa 510118 of th1s klllfl 'lhus the H1gh School 11 IS be con1e one of the fixeed and permanent 1nst1tut1o11s of our toxxn On a br1ght Xlax day 1n 1883 the Xlerchamcs burff H1gh School Xlumm eXssoc1at1o11 xxas Ofgall 1zeel 1n the LllJI'3I'X rooms of tl1e toxxn xx1th an enrollment ot S1Xt5 members Enthus1asm ran lngh 'lllfl the prospects for lt5 success xx ere bflght Xlost mterestmg and successful reumons xxere held an nuallx it tl1e same place Ulltll tl1e 1111mbers grexx too large xxhen thex xxere compelled t go t l rankhn Hall lllltll the present ll1gh School lrllllfl 1nf xx as erected 1n 1893 9-1 lt IS notexx orthx to add that xx hen the 'XIech'111 lCQlJllI'fY L1brarx Xssoc1at1on passed out of emst ence tl1e books xxere take11 to the H1gh qchool Llllldlllg and are at th1s t1me a part of 1ts pos sess1ons The object and purpose of the 31111111111 kssocla t1on 18 to foster a fraternal Splflt among the mem ber lox alty to the I-hgh qchool 'md tl1e promo llflll ul the cause ol' Cfll'lC'ltIUI'l 111 tl1e pl1lJllC schoole 11 tl1e to x1v1 XXX1 IIIRIX g U 0 n l11 the fall of 1872, llfflf. 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