Amherst Steele High School - Amherstonian Yearbook (Amherst, OH)

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'IILQIIUEIIIQDIIIII- M 5 M E g ul4'llGm-L?l'l,5.II'5g., Brownhelm Browhelm Township centralized building was made possible by de- grees and not by a single bound, as often occurs. In the beginning eight separate schools operated in the township, with a high school located in a central position. The first school moved into the central one in 1915. Two years later the northern part of our township went over to the Ver- milion school and in 1917 another school came into the central school. However, this same year a vote on the total centralization of the schools lost. Again in 1919 by a majority of 5 votes centralization failed to carry, but not despairing, it was tried again in 1921 and passed. The old building was remodeled and an up-to-date addition added cost- ing 3S40,000. Rooms were provided for a first grade high school and a charter granted on Dec. 21, 1921. The building has a first class gym and auditorium which is annually the scene of many exciting athletic contests, plays, operettas, parties and a complete lyceum course, as well as other community meetings. It is used about 15 or 20 evenings each month of the winter. Brownhelm captured the basketball championship in Class B in 1925 and second place in the volley ball tournament. Within the past twro years courses in Vocations, Chemistry, Domestic Science, Mechanical Drawing and Music have been added to the curri- culum. These with other standard subjects forms as progressive and well rounded course of study as is often found in much larger schools. Huntington The schools of Huntington Township vsere centralized in 1911 being the second township in Lorain County to make this advance in educational advantages The building was erected at a cost of about S12 000 and provides comfortable and pleasant opportunities for the boys and girls of our township in their training through the elementary grades Its location in a beautiful little park at the center of the township makes it easily accessible to all and lt is geographically as well as socially a center of educational interest The building contains four well ventilated rooms with sufficient light and a local lighting system for evening enter tainments and social gatherings The school does not provide 111011 school training because of inadequate rooms and equipment but the pupils after finishing the eight grades are transported to Sullivan Wellington and Brighton for high schoool work The early training of many who have gone into professional work 1 I , D4 I. II l l 1 I .IL JK. '- 'VV' I reflects credit upon the educational spirit of our centralized school system., rf! e a 41' ' m E: W 7 ?ll'9 vIl'la:Eil-wig! Twenty-Five

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lhlsicaa l If ll? ll Ridgeville Q, The first Ridgeville school was organized about 1812. Miss Lydia Q. pf Terrell was the first teacher and one log building took care of all the if school children in the township. More such buildings were added through- gi ll I out the township as the population increased. Frame buildings replaced if 3 5 , some of the log buildings as time went on. Commencing in the 1860's l 1 these buildings were gradually replaced with larger brick buildings. Q, lr I Ridgeville is on the main highway between Elyria and Cleveland. Its ff' 'gg citizens have always kept abreast of the times. When the little red school 5, 1 . 5 house had served its day, they very generously provided for the erection of Q... eg, .1 a modern school. Two buildings were erected during the year 1923-24 and IQ E, 5 I were occupied in Sept., 1924. One of these buildings houses the junior and E l 1 senior high school and a part of the elementary grades while the other d, I I I I l I located at Fields, houses the remainder of the elementary grades. Mr. F Geo. E. Sidle has the honor of being the first principal of the Ridgeville , 4 2' schools, assisted by Mrs. Ethelyne S. Stocks, principal at Fields. To Miss 1 ' 1 Genevieve Kuchenrither belongs the honor of having taught in the Ridge- . 4 7' l ville schools longer than anyone else in recent years. 3 Q 9 The two buildings together with their grounds and furnishings cost gglb H --1 approximately S170,000. ,-,I 3 1 5. The people in general are well pleased with the progress made, and 535, A the Parent-Teacher Association, the principal churches and many other if good citizens have shown a lively interest in promoting the welfare of Vg I the schools. ' if .6 Q-3 , . , , iii! Wellington ' e qi he M- I ll-iii In 1820, two years after the first settlers came to Wellington, Miss ' Caroline Wilcox opened a school in the home of a neighbor. After a few it l ' years a log school house was built and she continued to teach summers if in that building, for there was no school in the winter. In 1849 a private ll 1 school of higher grade was opened, which later became a part of the pub- lil lic school system. For several years there were three small school build- lii ings situated indifferent parts of the town but in the years 1867-69 a large central high school was erected upon the site of the present one. This seemed adequate until 1918 when the schools were centralized and a Eg 1. ' 1:1 l new building erected in front of the old one. 375 lg I The agricultural department was established under the Smith-Hughes . ra .up law and its influence extends much farther than the school itself. The ,il home economics class serves hot lunches during the winter months. A til ll school paper has been issued since 1917 and since 1921 an annual. li, 311 Wellington has a most loyal alumni association and in 1921, in mem- , A 'ti ory of R. H. Kinnison, a former superintendent, an observatory with a in four-inch telescope was erected. Later, a radio was purchased with the .5 U, memorial fund. 3 The loyalty of this alumni association is only one of the proofs of ,S Qlggi the large place which Wellington High School holds in this community. I 12 fx If J 1 I g HUM . 8 8 :Eli-v an-Isla'-1-lg Twen ty-Seven