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THE HISTORY OF ROYERTON SCHOOL Rox erton has the dl9t1TlCtl0I1 of 'DCXHU the f1rst Rural Consolmdated Hlszh heh ol xxest of the Alleghames Those 'xsprrmfr to ducatmon bexonel the little red school house had alxxaxs tound lt neces rx to enter hxgh schools or college preparatory schools ln the cxty l p to thxs trme a countrx hugh school xxas almost unknoxxn The xear 1899 stands out as an epoch xear not onlx m IIBITIIIYOI1 Toxxnshlp but throughout the entlre Nlxddle VK est for m thus xear began the end of the much chcrrshed httle red school house In that memorable xe'1r Mr XX rllmm Cxmpbell xx ts serxmg as Trus tee of Hamnlton Toxxnshlp and haxmg a sehool near hrs home xxlth a xerx small enrollment he de-ended to transport these pupxls to the nexghbormg school 'xt Roverton and therebx saxe the expense of one school It so hap pened that sex eral of the puplls xx ere askmg for hugh sebuol work xxnthout hlxlllg' to go to the cxtx so Mr Clmpbell pl lced Mr lohn XX ttson 'xt the lxoyerton School xx ho xxas quallfled to handle part of the hrgh sehool sub jects lhe bulldmg xxas just a plam square two story red brxelx bllllfllllj, vxlth a sehool room on each floor lNatural gas was burned m the stoxes used for heatlng the rooms Dxngv o1l lamps were used for night use At th1s trme sexeral other drstrtet schools xxere closed rnd the pupxls of Roverton Sehool 'Xlr Bloss met thlg CYIQIS bv altermg the old buxldmg and adding four nevx rooms VN 1th the exer mcreasmg populatlon and expansnon of buxldmg of home smtes north ot Nluncle a need arose for a physxcal plant to aeeommo date the mcrelsed enrollment at the Royerton qchool 'lhe present new bulldmg was started -Imuarv 15 l937 ts a PVKA project A two story structure vxlth eight elass rooms below sex en class rooms and an assembly on the second floor xxxth a hbrarx 'md reading room Ill COI'l'Il1IlltlUl1 wlth the assemblx 'I he eommumtx room or gymnasnum Vtlll ultumately se lt xbout 1800 persons XX nth chanrs plaeed on the pl xvmg floor the communltx room xxlll sext about 2500 persons for exents on the big stage lhe ramps xx hnch eonneet the txxo tloons of the burldmg are not nexx to the Roxerton Sehool sx stem Ramps xxere built ln the old bulldmg xxhen lt vms ereeted lhe honorable N1 Clxtford 'loxxnsend Gox ernor of lndlana gaxe the dedneatorx address on I-ebruarx 4 1938 A eapxcxtv eroxxd xx as present to maugurnte the fme educ1t1on'1l plant of xxhleh the commumty IS Justlx proud A fme splrnt of llll7I'CC13.tl0l1 has been xoxeed bx all - . . . . . K L 0 ' is c X . - A c s ' Z, C e ' Y xx ' 'V . V - - h ' - Y Y Q - u V a ' V I . . . 7 , ' 7 , ' Y! ju , . . 1 2 ' 'z: 3 , .- 5 1 . , L Y. -Y L- . . Q - G 5 - 1 ' ' , J ' . 2 1 . u 'z 5 . ' , I 5 ' v Y -1 ' ,ii . - - V I L- B l -5 r - - 1' ,' .. , Y . . , ' , . were hauled m horse-drawn hacks to Royerton. Thxs caused a crowdmg V- si' . A' . et , , . - ' -l 1 'I I ' .L . -' ' -f - , . . , - , . - If ' e . Q ,. , - - . . , . . . I ' , I -, , L. . , ,' ,' . Ss. h. y V. V . 5.5. -A ' :si .1 h 7 -V K ' xi K ,- ' ' , . . . ' . ,s v ' -. ' ' . - ' , N . . . . ' . .1 .1 ' ' .- r x ' - x v Q h . ' , ' A . . , ., , K . V, , I s 1 . s v v 5' in 1 . Y 1 5 u l x 2 ' C K
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