Perrysburg High School - Black and Gold Yearbook (Perrysburg, OH)

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I W4 BLACK ooto -Q' Q..l ' History of the New High School At the November election. 1929, a bond issue was presented to the voters calling for the issuance of bonds in the principal sum of 35225000.00 for the erection of a new high school building for the school district. The official poll of the votes showed that 796 had voted for the issue, and 402 had voted against the issue. The Board of Education selected Britsch and Munger of Toledo, Ohio, as Architects to draw plans and specifications for the new building. The Superintendent of Schools furnished the Architects a schedule of rooms and service spaces to be provided in the new high school. This list included the approximate dimensions and number of each type of room necessary to accom- modate about five hundred students. From drawings of different types of buildings the Board of Education se- lected the open type of building, shaped like a capital T. This type of build- ing affords ample light in all rooms and lends itself very nicely to further extension. It is one of the newer style buildings recommended by both school people and architects. t The Board proceeded with the bond legislation, and on May 13, 1930 at 12 o'clock noon, bids for the bonds of the district were opened. The bids having been tabulated, the Board met in regular session the same evening and awarded the bonds to The First Detroit Company, of Detroit, Michigan, upon their bid of LLMW, par and accrued interest, and a premium of 34501.00 fe 1931 K+ Six

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il., BLACK Xooto is f!'k'?,,. History of Perrysburg In 1816 parts of the United States Reservations on the lower Maumee River were surveyed for settlers by Agent Alexander Bourne and Surveyors Joseph Wampler and William Brookfield, including the plat of the present Village of Perrysburg according to Act of Congress that year. The lands were offered for sale in February 1817 by officers of the Land Office at Wooster, Ohio. This village plat was named in honor of Commodore Oliver H. Perry at the sugges- tion of Josiah Meigs, Commissioner of the General Land Office. Several log houses were built in that year and one frame house was built in the following ye.ar by David W. Hawley. Doctor Stewart and J. J. Lovett, bought the river tracts sixty-five and sixty-six, including the site of Fort Meigs and the settle- ments next to the river. At the close of the year 1819, the number of Americans in the settlements on the adjacent to the lower' Maumee River was estimated to be a little over six hundred. In 11822 the United States Congress was given the right to all unsold lots and outlots of the town plat of Perrysburg, on condition that the public build- ings of Wood County be located there. A special session of the Board at Perrys- burg was convened in 1823 for the purpose of attending to the erection and re- pairs of the public buildings of the County. A Court House for Wood County was built at Perrysburg in 1823 for 389500. This Court House was succeeded in 1843 by one of brick at a cost of 320,000 Education on the Maumee dates back before the war of 1812. A private school was maintained by the settlers, first at Miami and later at Fort Meigs. A grade school was organized by J. W. Ross in 1846. The first high school was founded in 1849 by A. D. Wright. The high school building at this time was a brick structure, 60x90 feet. Because of the increase of students entering P. H. S. every year, the building was enlarged in 1868. This building was destroyed by fire in 1894 and the present building was built in 1895 and was enlarged in 1917. The high school enrollment has increased very rapidly. In the first year of our school, 1849, the students numbered fifty. Today they number about two hundred and ninety-two high school students. Perrysburg High School was the first school in this section to become a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, and her standards are maintained year after year by a very competent faculty. In 1925 we became a member of the National Honor Society of Secondary Schools. + 1931 + F ive

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S. + BLACK ' yootn QRQTN History of the New High School-Com. Bids for the construction of the building, electrical work, plumbing and heating, were opened on June 10, 1930 at 12 o'clock noon. After the tabulation of the bids, the Board at its adiourned session from June 10, 1930, held June 17, 1930 rejected all bids, the same not being held advantageous to the school district. New bids for the construction, electrical work, heating and plumbing were read at 12 o'clock noon, August 12, 1930, tabulated and at the regularly ad- journed session of the Board August 15, 1930, the following bidders were awarded contracts: O. H. Adler Co., General Contract, Toledo, Ohio. Bryce Heating 81 Ventilating Co., Heating, Toledo, Ohio. A. D. Stanford, Plumbing, Perrysburg, Ohio. At a subsequent meeting, the electrical work was awarded to E. C, Reitz of Bellevue, Olhio. The Architects are to be complimented upon the construction of a building that meets the requirements of the National Education Association's Candle of Ratios in school house planning. After a survey of over two hundred of the better school buildings scattered over the United States, the N. E. A. committee recommended the following in order to eliminate waste in school construction: Stairs and Corridors-not to take up over 20W of the space. Administrationsnot to take up over 16W of the space. Walls and Partitions-not to take up over 10W of the space. Flueshnot to take up over 3'k of the space. Accessories-not to take up over 1? of the space. Instruction-to take up not less than 50W of the space. ln our new high school building not over 15W is included in corridors and stairs, 1170 in Administration: while 63W is given over to the heading of In- struction. The high percentage of space given over for Instruction Purposes, indi- cates intelligent planning on the part of the architects. The exterior of the building presents a fine appearance, when viewed from any angle. The elevation of the building from Fourth, Fifth, Louisiana or Elm street impresses you as that of an Ueducational institution and not as that of a factory or just another school house. - The exterior wall is made of variegated face brick and trimmed with silver gray Indiana limestone. The grounds about the building will be properly landscaped. As you enter the main or lower entrance, the first door to the right opens into the administration office. The administration suite consists of a general office and two private offices for the principal and superintendent. A large fire- proof vault is also included in this suite., +e 1931 + Seven