Waynesfield Goshen High School - Reflections Yearbook (Waynesfield, OH)

Page 16 text:

HISTORY OF THE WAYNESFIELD SCHOOLS By DON W. RANDAL f - - AYNE TOWNSHIP was formed 1n 1834 It was a part of Allen County and extended to the Logan county line In 1836 Goshen township was taken from the south side of Wayne This left Wayne SIX miles east and west and four and one-half mlles north and south In 1848 Auglaize county was formed and by this act Wayne township of Allen county became Wayne township of Augla1ze In 1838 the township was laid off 1n four sub-d1str1cts No '1 lay on the east side No 2 1n the southwest corner No 3 in the northwest corner and N 0 4 on the south side between 1 and 2 Waynesfield at this time did not ex- 1st but the first school house within the v1cin1ty of the village was built in district No 2 on Wm Pepple s farm about three-fourths f a mile southeast of the square It was a log building Wlth a clapboard roof puncheon floor and paper wmdows greased with Qcoon fat. It had an old fashioned fire place with a stick chimney, there was not a nail in the building 5 the roof was fastened on with heavy weight poles and oak pins, and the door was hung on wooden hinges. A huge puncheon board, split from an oak log and hewn smooth with an adz was placed against the wall be- neath the long paper window which served as a writing desk. In front of the blazing fire were long benches made from logs split in two, with the fiat side up, and although they were sup- posed to be hewn smooth they were usually possessed of a suffi- cient amount of splinters to keep the boys awake. Here on these rough benches, without backs, sat the little urchins from morn- ing 'till night, each holding in his hands a broad wooden paddle, on one side of which was pasted his A B C's, and on the other the A B Abs. These were torn from his older brother's book, and if the little fellow did not pay a sufficient amount of attention to his wooden substitute, the Master called him to his side and laying him across his lap, he would apply the paddle as an antidote for 16 I ,, X . up X X Y s . s X.-.. Y. .,.., X . - Q s X ' X ,ug E l ll X s I S X 1 X I N 1,0 +22 s ll X +1 X 1 1 X X I ls, T s l 'ipxh 1 I s 1 X

Page 15 text:

VZ il X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X FACULTY 4 F W Stoker Super1ntendent of Schools Glenna H sse County Normal Director Carrie A Beavers Princlpal of Hlgh School Mabel Ba11ey Language Teacher BOARDS OF EDUCATION WAYNESFIELD BOARD J. A. Bowdle, President W. E. Bush, Clerk Sherman Bennett Wesley Rapp X . Dr. J. H. Heileman WAYNE TOWNSHIP BOARD J John Horn, President Guy D. Means Riley Gullet A. A. Musser Frank Patterson HIGH SCHOOL COMMITTEE Wesley Rapp J. A. Bowdle Guy D. Means Riley Gullet . X . X X - X X - X ' X X - X X X X - X X X X X X X X KY- - A i J -D - ,O

Page 17 text:

' 'li A lf , ,A , , the child's laziness. The big boys spent a good deal of time gfvt- ting wood for the hungry fire-place. I have been told by one of the scholars who is still living, that they had a fight nearly every day. The woods were full of Water sprouts and the teachoris principal rule was No licken no larnenf' So you sce figlig 4-'i I lickens played a prominent part in the education of our pion- eer boys and girls. Only four teachers taught in this building, THE FIRST SCHOOL HOUSE lN WAYNE TOWNSHIP naming them in their order, Patience Gilroy, Mary Atkinson, known as Mary Gorden, E. G. Atkinson, son of Mary Gordon, and Henry Whetstone. The iirst school taught in Waynesiield was by Mary Gordon, and was held in a log cabin that stood on the site of Wayne High School building. About this time the school directors secured lot No. 6, on East Wapakoneta street and erected a hewed log school house, with a gobd roof and glass Windows. School was held in 17 l l :wx A .ES was ,Q ,Q WN ,XL S s x N S S sx YS F3 ii N X ,W fc ' Wf' x x ,,! ' fff ffif ff w 5 X X x N ' XWVAW ' A X f W! f - ff' 1 if -