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

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ties. Children were thought to learn best by doing the thing they wanted to do. About 1930 an extreme was reached when a busy, interested child was the desired situation in the school. Wcnrkshops, industrial arts, home economics, art, etc., became quite the style. Today the school is looked upon, not so much as a place where heads are filled with a multitude of facts and figures, but as a place where children can make the most of themselves in every way. Some are equipped to earn a good living as soon as they graduate. Others are given the inspiration for further training. Still others look upon school as a place where the state required them to spend four of the best years of their lives. For these life begins at about 18 years of age. Present world affairs have required the public school to assume a new responsibility. The country is committed to a policy of democracy as a form of government and it behooves the public school to help preserve it by being in itself a democratic institution. The course of study has been enriched by making more subjects elective and fewer required. Social activi- ties have been emphasized and school has become more like a business concern, with each student an employee having within himself the possibility of reaching the top. The athletic program has been broadened to include other sports than basketball, calisthenics has been in- troduced in gymnasium and the whole plan is designed to develop the whole physical make- up of as many pupils as possible. The public school, together with the church and Sunday School, is trying to build men and women developed to their fullest capacities, physically, mentally, morally and spiritually. The measure to which she succeeds in these respects will determine her worth in this democ- racy. A complete summary of all the events of these fifty years would take volumes. lt is our sincere hope that the mention of a few of the incidents will bring back to you some of your own escapades, and as your memory dwells fondly on them that your heart will be stirred with thankfulness for those good old days spent within these halls of learning. May you breathe a prayer of thanksgiving for all those friendships, ideals, and inspirations you gained. May these remembrances cause you to lead a better life. NOTES OF APPRECIATION Much of the credit for the excellence of our I r school must be given to Dr. E. A. Murbach, whose i untiring efforts during the 45 years of his tenure on the Board of Education, have exceeded the term of any teacher or worker in the school system. Dr. Murbach has always been interested in education and particularly in our school. He has inspired when things were dull and disappointing, he has acted as a balance when in time of stress and pres- sure, he has been a stabilizing influence for good in the school as well as in the community. His abili- ty as an executive has been an important factor in the upbuilding of this institution. His exalted ideals and sympathetic kindliness have been an in- DR. E. A. MURBACH Spiration 'O all' With deep gratitude and appreciation, we wish to thank Dr. Murbachfor his sincere devotion to the school.

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1931-1941 Consolidation came to pass in 1937. The equipment from the rural schools was moved in and the schoolhouses sold. Some of those buildings have been remodeled and some torn down. With their passing the last vestige of the old regime will have gone except in the minds of a few people who hold the memories of the rural school close to their hearts. Since consolidation it has been necessary to revamp the grade building. The large room upstairs has been divided to form two rooms, the manual training room has become a store room, the girls' toilet has been divided into two rooms accommodating both boys and girls and the boys' toilet has been refinished for a band room. In the new building the home economics room has been refinished with new cabinets, gas and electric ranges, electric sewing machines and the very latest equipment in every way. The history of these individual departments of the school will be discussed later. xi QI .J a 'tx 4' . 'f .4 a A Q. , 1 . J? X DO YOU REMEMBER? PURPOSE OF EDUCATION In these fifty years the school has had a varied idea of what education is. In the be- ginning it served as the institution of learning for only those very fortunate, chosen few who were privileged to attend. Latin, German and English were emphasized because it was thought that they were cultural and culture was a thing to be learned from books. It mattered little if the student leamed anything of the facts concerning every day living. They could learn those things at home. The harder the mathematics and science taught, the more mental training and the more value the subject would have. In the early twenties schools began to encourage children to participate in school activi- A

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The conduct of the school for the past twenty years has been under the guidance of Supt. Lorton. Whatever of good or bad that may be said must be said about him and the corps of teachers for which he is responsible. His efforts have been untiring and his life has been an inspiration to both student body and faculty. f'Old grads can look back with con- siderable pride to their accomplishments under his leadership. Awards that have filled a tro- phy case to overflowing are but a small measure of the worth of what has been done. The real value of what has been done will be found in the nature of the community that has de- veloped during this time. The fact that Archbold has developed into a prosperous, ambitious, public-spirited, loyal society is partly due to the efforts of its leaders of which school people are doubtless to be numbered. swears cmewa SCHOOL LIBRARY In 1910 Supt. Biglow made an important request to the public. The Buckeye files re- veal that he entered a plea for a school library, asking the public to donate Reference, Histo- ry, Science, Literature and Standard Fiction to the school for a library. Somewhere back there that library became an actuality. It has never been necessary to build this into a large library, for the town library has always been accessable to the school, but that reference li- brary has always been maintained. Today our library is housed in a special room, partitioned from the main study hall. lt contains eight sets of encyclopedia, eight dictionaries, together with nine hundred twenty-five books of various classification. Each year the students are required to pay a library fee which is used to purchase mag- azines for student use. This year about twenty-five different publications of this nature have come regularly. Individual students brought others. This has become a valuable part of our school equipment. The library has been kept open all the time school is in session and students are per- mitted to use it freely. have imma JR-SR BANQUET There have been numerous other activities in the school. 'As early as 1911 the Buckeye tells of high school pupils having a party at which a four-course supper was served. That party was held in the Opera House. School colors were very much in evidence. Whether this was a forerunner of the Junior-Senior Banquet or not is not known. At least the school was staging real parties then as now. This big banquet has come to be one of the feature events of the year. Sophomores gauge their popularity by whether they are chosen to help serve the dinner and Juniors and Seniors still vie with each other to see who can get a date with the pret- tiest girl at that party. The dinner continues. There are still toasts and music. After the din- ner there is usually dancing which is being participated in by an increasingly large number as the years go by. The new High School Building offers fine facilities for these parties. The large cafete- ria lends itself easily to decoration, the kitchens are easily accessible and the banquet room is ample in size. The auditorium furnishes the dance hall and music is easily provided. What a difference from the old times when the party was held in a private home with its accompa- nying troubles and worries. GWWYD GWVVD HOME ECONOMICS Home Economics came into being while the school was housed in the 1891 building. The stage in front of the big high school study room was torn out and the space was partition-