Archbold High School - Blue Streak Yearbook (Archbold, OH)

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they became reconciled to its location. Some likened the appearance of the new structure to that ofa brewery and often referred to it as such. A11 finally joined in calling it a fine build- ing and in being thankful forits presence and what it stood for in the community. Supt. Biglow remained as head of the school until 1893 when he was succeeded by Elias XVyse, who was followed a year later by J. E. Hutcheson. C. G. Miller became Superintendent in September 1898, T. S. Orr in 1910, C. E. German 1911, M. E. Mattern 1912, E.S. Watkins in 1917, M. E. Mattern 1918 and R. L. Lorton in 1921. We shall list the corps of teachers every 10 years. Space does not permit of tracing the term of each one. ln 1901 the teachers were: C. G. Miller, Supt., Esther Rice, Prin.g W. G. Fisher, Grammar: S. C. Schantz, lntermediateg Alice Britsch, Second Primary, Alice Vernier, First Primary. E. P. Beucler was janitor. ln 1908 the course of study was made four years in length and in 1910 application was made for a charter as a First Grade High School. The charter was granted and since that time the graduates of our High School have been accepted by Colleges and Universities with- out entrance examinations. ln 1911 its corps of teachers consisted of T. S. Orr, Adol Nixon, May Hull, F. A. Tubbs Arvah Hallett, Berniece Swisher, May Miller, Celia Thourot, Ruby Pepple, Anna Bruehlman and Grace Betts. The janitor was Ed. Grime and the Board of Education was Dr. E. A. Murlwach, O. A. Bourquin, E U. Schnetzler, J. Munroe and F. A. Geesey. MIDWAY CLASS 1916 ll. Stotzer, A. Eicher, H. Frey, M. Nofziger, C. Ruehrer A. Brodbeck, F. Plettner, l. Nofziger, C. Moine, A. Ruffer XV. lfetters, E. Kluepfel, T. Rupp, S. Grime, M. Burkholder, K. Wetzel 1911-21 The decade from 1911-1921 is featured by the rise of basketball as a sport. It was dur- ing this period, too, that the territory served by the high school came to include outlying dis- tricts. Georgia Weber, in 1910, was the first Elmira District graduate. Since then there has been a multitude come from Elmira, and even Springfield Township in Williams County.

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at any time, not to use profane language, not to bring to the Schoolhouse books forign to the purpose of Study. No. 6. Pupils are to cultivate Propriety in deportmentg to keep their Desks cleang Clean their feet Carefully before entering the house, to refrain from chewing tobacco or gum, or spitting on the fioor. ' No. 7. Pupils are not to stay about the Schoolgrounds after School is dismissed, nor to stop on their Road going home, not to jump or hang on Sleighs or Wagons and to refrain from all disorderly Conduct. RULES AND REGULATIONS RESPECTING TEACHERS No. 1. All Teachers must be at the Schoolhouse and have their rooms warmed up by 8:30 A. M. and 1 O'clock P. M. That there was some difficulty in enforcing these rules is indicated by the fact that one teacher had to appear in Board Meeting to be reprimanded for arriving late on Monday morn- ing. In one instance twenty students, several of our leading citizens today, were expelled for having the itch. In 1876 a joint session of Board and Teachers was held to discuss the conduct of students, and pupils were reported as attending school without text books. The Board resolved that parents shall be instructed that they are required to fumish the same. The Board also resolved that everything possible should be done to improve the conduct of the students, and that the Board is to visit the school at least once a month. February 14, 1887, Prof. Newell resigned and Elias Wyse was chosen to take his place as principal of the school. It was during the career of Mr. Wyse, january 15, 1890, that Geo. Whitehorne, then President of the Board, suggested that the Clerk write and obtain all the information possible from the State Commissioner of Schools for the establishment of Town- ship High School. The members present at that meeting were: Watson Hawley, J. F. Dimke- Dan Siegel, L. D. Gotshall and Geo. Whitehorne. J. F. Yeager was absent. To the best of our knowledge a three year high school was duly established in the fall of 1889 and the first class graduated in 1891. In February 1890 the Board purchased and caused to be erected on the schoolhouse a staff for the flag to be floated. Whether this was the first attempt to display the flag over the building is not known. The increase in the amount of school work led to the demand for more room than the old frame building provided and on April 24, 1891, Chairman G. W. Hartman called a special session of the Board to consider the plans and specifications for the erection of a new school building. Lots were purchased to enlarge the school grounds and finally permission was received from the State Legislature for a new building. In May a 516,000 bond issue was voted by the Board. The old building had to be moved and so was not fit for school. The Methodist Church came to the rescue and leased their building to the school to house the primary grades. The lease was S100 for about three months. An elaborate con- tract was written up for a lease in which it was specified that school was to be dismissed for all funerals in the Church. The village Council joined the Board of Education in support of the new school, but there was plen- ty of opposition. When the build- ing was finally started they argued over which way it should face. It was not until the T. SL I. came that 1891 BUILDING NOW GRADE SCHOOL

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This influx of students crowded the high school quarters. The stage was torn out of the high school room and a room inclosed that housed the physics, agriculture and home eco- nomics laboratories. The basement room became the Manual Training Department work- shop and even the belfry served as a recreation room for some of the boys on nice, warm, sunny days. The decade marks the regime of M. E. Mattern as superintendent. Some of you re- member the now famous speech delivered by one of the boys in the study hall during the sup- posed absence of Mr. Mattern--- The fact of the case is, the probabilities are. Others will re- call the famous box cars on the New York Central and the lure of the outside that afternoon Others will never forget the wristwatch worn on the ankle, the candy stolen from the boy's pocket and the collection taken to repay the loser. Mr. Mattern sends greetings to all the graduates of this period. He says that he views with pride the accomplishments ofthe school during his administration and is filled with pride whenever one of his boys or girls does something really worthwhile in the world. He has reason to be proud, for there are many notable people listed among the graduates of his time. Still more are yet to be heard from. ln 1921 the teaching force consisted of M. E. Mattern, F. D. Treece, Theodoshia Kimble, Vera Mathie, Marguerite Hoskinson, Adra Ruffer, Osee Buehrer, Luella Lindau and F. A. Tubbs. Jacob Spoerli was janitor and the Board of Education was Dr. E. A. Murbach, A. Siegel, D. Snyder, H. Walter and P. Burkholder. This year marked the close of Mr. Mattern's service to the school. YOUNG HARMONS DO YOU REMEMBER? A GANG OF YESTERDAY 1921-31 The present head of the school, R. L. Lorton, came here from West Unity in Septem- ber 1921, and so has been superintendent for twenty years, the longest of any chief executive the school has had. Numerous changes have taken place during his administration. In 1922 the annex---a two-room, frame building---was built just back of the main building. This was to house the primary grades. In 1930 the new building was constructed to house the six upper grades. This completed the present building set of the school. During this decade the school developed a course of study broader than the neighbor- Ing schools. Typing, shorthand, home economics, industrial arts and other courses were im- proved to such an extent that the school attracted more students from an even larger tcrritory. Clinton, Franklin and Ridgeville Townships sent their students here in ever increasing num- bers. Education became popularized to such an extent during this period that Ridgeville ad- vanced to a four year school and Pettisville was set aside as a separate school district and a