Ada High School - We Yearbook (Ada, OH)

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Board of Education J. F. STAJIBAUGH, President Mils. J. I). JUDKINS, Vice President II. E. HUBER C. H. FREEMAN A. E. WARREN, Eight

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 PURPLE FOREWORD YU E, the staff, with the help of the ’’ faculty and students, have tried to make this book better than the books of the preceding years. We have tried to represent the events of the school year of 1922-1923, without personal or class prejudices. The staff wishes to thank the students for their co-operation and the advertisers for their patronage, and the faculty for their suggestions and assistance. The Editor wishes to thank the Staff. They have worked hard and have done their work well. This book is an emblem of our best efforts and if we have accomplished what we have tried to do, we feel justly rewarded. CLARE DAVIS, Editor-in-Chief Seven

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 PURPLE AND GOLD ADA—A REAL SCHOOL THE Aims of Education have changed from time to time all down through the centuries. The original conception of Education was that of a process for maintaining class distinction—priests or knights received special education that they might be recognized as a privileged group. Out of the caste idea grew the so-called culture theory—classical erudition regardless of its usefulness. When the caste theory became impossible and the culture theory became untenable, there arose the informational type of education—gorge the mind with facts, the meaning of which was not deemed essential. Next, as a sort of outgrowth of the culture and informational theories appeared the doctrine of disciplinarian education—the mind is kept in condition by doing hard, dry disagreeable tasks. Culture, informational and formal discipline should be factors in any scheme of education but neither of them alone constitutes the goal. Education is now defined in terms of “social efficiency.” Whatever else social efficiency may signify, it certainly implies poweii—power to think straight, power to control ones self, and power to work effectively. It is this power which the Ada High School seeks to develop in the lives of its students. The young man or young woman who completes the prescribed courses of study and receives his diploma should approach the next step in his career with confidence, conscious of the fact that he has acquired the necessary power to successfully meet the issues. To the end that our High School may serve its real purpose in the community, a modern curriculum and progressive program have been adopted. The present course of study definitely emphasizes English, Science, Mathematics, History, and Foreign Languages. Careful attention is also given to Vocational Agriculture, Domestic Art, Social Science, and Commercial subjects. During the current year extensive improvements have been made on the basement rooms in the north building; the entire building rewired for electric lights; nine thousand dollars of bonded indebtedness liquidated; a new course of study adopted; a Smith-Hughes Agriculture School launched; the library and laboratory equipment increased and standardized; and last, but not least, the High School placed on the accredited list of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. This means that any graduate of the Ada High School will be admitted to any College or University in the north central part of the United States without being required to take an entrance examination. Plans are already under way for the installation of equipment for a modem department of Domestic Science. This department promises to be ready for operation September first, nineteen hundred twenty-three. Many other accomplishments and plans might here be catalogued but suffice to say that the success of the Ada High School during the school year of 1922-1923 is credited to the spirit of aggressiveness exhibited by the Board of Education, the spirit of progressiveness demonstrated by the Faculty, the spirit of loyalty dominating the students, and the spirit of cooperation displayed by the citizens. With a continuation of concerted action and united effort on the part of all concerned, the Ada Schools will rapidly forge to the front, and will be the pride of all the country round. Nine