Arcade Central High School - Edacra Yearbook (Arcade, NY)

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NOTES FROM THE PAST continued on Page 47 1870 The Arcade Academy and Unlon,School boasted a faculty of two in the aca demic department, about the same number ln the grades, and a part time vocal and instrumental teacher Two terms of sixteen weeks made up the school year In 1883 Mr Goldsmith, Principal was conducting teachers classes Two of the best remembered teachers of the training class during the subsequent years were Mrs Mary Fenner Knight and Miss julia Young Blackboards, in these days were painted boards, while erasers were blocks of wood covered with sheep skin or rags It ls interesting to find that ln 1880 the School Commissioner complained, in his state report that many schools had no crayons or erasers, while blackboards were univer sally poor To remedy the situation, the Commissioner carried a can of blackboard slatlng under his wagon seat a brush ln a teapot with a hole in the lid to allow the brush handle to pass through, a tea cup, a lot of erasers he made himself, and a box of chalk He claimed to be able to paint the blackboards in ten minutes and that twenty minutes later, the boards would be ready to be used The school had its own outside pump to which the older boys went with pails Back in the school room it was a privilege to pass the water pail, while each pupil filled and drank from a common dlpper Each room was heated by a large stove which used three foot sticks of wood brought in by the older boys Q A pile of such wood can be seen in the pic ture of the building J James H Gibson was principal of the Arcade Academy for seven terms in the 1860 s and 1870 s I-le is pictured above ln his home office It is interesting to note that, before entering the field of education, Mr Gibson was, at different times a drugglst and a printer The local paper, Arcade Enterprise, ln April, 1865, reported that James H Gibson was making qulte a success of a hair restorer called Orn aline which was supposed to eliminate gray hair In August, 1865, the Enterprise carried this advertisement for Gibson s Restorative Dressing Cures baldness, falling hair and promotes growth been ln use about a year There ls a class of bald headed people upon whose heads the hair cannot be made to grow by any remedy known The Restorative Dressing will not perform miracles Mr Gibson was founder, editor, and publisher of the Arcade Enter rise established March 31 1859 This was Arcade s flrst regular newspaper In his st issue he offered to take good maple sugar or wood on subscriptions NOT rr- FROM THE PAST continued on page 47 38 ' 9 ' I ' - , . I D Q , 4 i it 8 all ll' f, , Q - s A A 13 A I, 1 , fi Qi . an a .ag - '2 A no I: L 5 1 .-J . 4 zf' , I B I ' , ll . C - I . II 1 . , u . II I I ll .ll

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