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The First Years Foreword VtRhylS NG size ami greatness will come to I Mentor High with each succeeding year, but the early his- tory oj the school will always be of interest to her friends and students. I his first Scarlet and Grey is published with the purpose of mak- ing a record of the accomplishments and octroi ties of the frst two rears of our sc hoot. 4
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Opposite Page - Upper Forword, 1925 Scarlet and Grey. Upper Right: Doorway to Mentor High School, 1925 Scarlet and Grey. Middle: Dale K. Rice. First Principal »F Mentor High School, 1925 Scarlet and Grey. Lower Left: Library, 1925 Scarlet and Grey. Lower Right: Principal's Office, 1925 Scarlet and Grey. This Page - Upper Left: Block “M” in Gym class, 1926 Scarlet and Grey. Before the colonies could claim and develop land, they had to obtain charters from the British government. These charters allowed the British government control and ruling over the new colonies. However, not all the land claimed by the colonies was developed for settlers. Several sections of these “underdeveloped lands were located in the west, which is the area in which we live today. After the Revolu- tionary War. there was a conflict over who owned these lands. Great Britain or America? Virginia, Massachusetts, New York, and Connec- ticut all had claims to these underdeveloped lands. Gradually these states relinquished the rights of these lands except for Connecticut. Connecticut, finally in 1786, surrendered part of its claim, except for an area known today as Northeastern Ohio. It stretched from the western border of Pennsylvania 120 miles west; a total of 7,440 square miles. Governing this land from the home state of Connecticut became too much, and the land was sold to the Connecticut Land Company in 1795. In May of 1796 Moses Cleaveland led a group of 51 people to survey the Western Reserve, The city of Cleveland was named after the leader of the expedition group. The group set about their tasks, and began to divide the land up for sale. Six areas were to be chosen for immediate improvements and settlement. One of the areas chosen was Mentor Township. Mentor has been thought to receive its name as did Solon, Euclid, Medina, and Macedonia. Several of Moses Cleaveland's companions were Greek scholars which accounts for these names. In Homer's Odyssey, Mentor is an Ithacan noble, whose disguise the Goddess Athena assumed in order to act as a wise guardian to the young Telemachus. The first settlers in 1797 chose an area named Hopkins Point in which to settle. It was located by the marsh and has now been washed into Lake Erie. Mentor was orginally part of Painesville Township as were a number of other cities. It had always been called Mentor, but in 1815 it separated from Painesville Township and given its own name of Mentor Township. In 1811 or 1812 the residents of Mentor decided they should establish their own school.The location of this school was on Ridge Road (now called Mentor Avenue) across from the present day Drug Mart and Hytree Pharmacy, on a lot of land which now holds an abandoned, dilapidated mansion. Schooling, during these days, was only for the children whose parenls could afford to send them. However, after 1826. funds came from public taxation so that more students could attend. Several schools were built and destroyed since that very first schoolhouse in 1811. The only official high school was that of the Village School, built in 1887. It is now known as Center Street Village School. Today's Center Street building was rebuilt in 1914 to replace the school built in 1859 which replaced the orginial building built in 1827. The bell, located in the back of the building, is a landmark, and it marked where it used to hang in the tower. In the fall of 1923 the Mentor School Board expanded its system by opening the first Mentor High School. It is now known as Memorial Junior High School. It instructed students from grades 7-12, and in 1925 it had its first graduating class of 19. (There had always been graduating Seniors but never enough to call a class ). In 1924 the Auditorium and Gymnasium were added to the New High School. Not only was 1925 the first year for Mentor High and first graduating class, but it was also the first year for an annual or yearbook to be published. It was entitled Scarlet and Grey and put out by the senior class. The Painesville Telegraph wras given credit as the first publisher of ihe book. Students in grades 7 through 12 attended classes which were small and carefully regimented by Principal Dale R. Rice. Mr. Rice later went on to become Mentor's Superintendent, and he helped shape Mentor Schools in the early years to the great reputation they hold today. Dak R Rice Elementary on Lakeshore Boulevard was named after Mr. Rice in 1958, 5
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