Ashland High School - Hi Life Yearbook (Ashland, KY)

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Progress ln Education DR. D. FALLS, Superintemlrnt Ogden College A. B., Peabody College B. S., A. M., Ph. D Phi Delta Kappag Kappa Delta Pi Free public education and America today have become synonymous in our country, but it has taken the advocates of liberty, freedom, and justice, a century to make them so. Education was once only for the wealthy, but now for all. Those who have loved little children have won a battle-of-the-ballot over those who have thought they owed nothing to the common emerged to End Our system cation is power prevailed. It is childhood of this great common people. The soldiers in this battle have their Nation the greatest generally educated country on earth. of schools today has given us a thinking generation. Suffrage without edu- without wisdom. With education, freedom of thought and justice have the safeguard of our liberty and too much retrenchment in education will of necessity mean an increment in the number of recruiting officers. The world has coinc- to realize that education is the cheapest bulwark of liberty. This present generation owes a debt of education to the next generation, to compen- sate the past generation for its contribution and sacrifice. We believe now the Hrst ob- ligation of a government is the educating of its citizens. Education has always been and always will be the vanguard of religious freedom, of public liberty, and of national progress. J. D. FALLS, SUPnRiNTnNnnN'r on Scnoous. 16

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The Progress of Our I-ligh School W. B. JACKSON, Principal University of Kentucky, A. B., M. A. Phi Delta Kappag Kappa Delta Pi The Ashland High School was organized about the year 1879. It was housed in a two-story brick building located at what is now Fourteenth Street and Carter Ave. Miss Margaret Coles was the Hrst principal. Apparently the school was run as a three-year high school until 1882. In 1883, the first grad- uating class consisted of seven members. The growth of the high school and its work was steady, but probably its greatest progress was during Mr. Crabbe's administration with Mr. J. W. Bradner as principal of the high school. These two Figures, important in the history of high school education in Ashland, built a foun- dation for the present modern high school system. Mr. Bradner was followed by Mr. A. F. Darby as principal of the high school, with Mr. B. F. Stanton as superintendent. Mr. R. T. Whittinghill followed Mr. Darby as principal. It was during Mr. Whittinghill's administration that the high school was accredited with the South- ern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools with an A standing, which it has retained. Mr. Whittinghill's successor was Mr. Edmond Rowe, who remained in this position from 1916 to 1919. During Mr. Rowe's administration, the high school was moved in the fall of 1918 from the old Crabbe building in Central Park to the excellent new building on Lex- ington Avenue. The new building was designed and completed under the supervision of Mr. J. W. Brad- ver, who was superintendent at that time. The high school building, when completed in 1918, was modern in every respect. It was operated at that time as a four-year high school. Mr. Rowe was followed by Mr. E. M. Edwards, who was principal of the school through the school year ending in 1921. He was followed by Mr. M. E. Ligon, who was the prin- cipal for the succeeding 2M years. Mr. Ligon was a principal of wide experience and a great organizer of high school work. It was during his administration, beginning in the fall of 1922, that Mr. C. E. Ackley became the Superintendent of Schools. Mr. Ligon left the system before the year was up. Mr. E. O. Saunders, as acting principal, finished out his term, ending in June, 1924. In September 1924, Dr. J. D. Falls came to Ashland as Principal of the High School. In this capacity he served four years until he succeeded Mr. Ackley as superintendent in 1928. Dr. Falls, like Mr. Ligon, was an excellent organizer. The school continued its rapid growth under his direction. It was in 1924 that the school became a Senior High School, enrolling only the tenth, eleventh and twelfth grades, the ninth grade was transferred to the new Junior High School Building. In 1924 and 1925 the total enrollment was 438. At the present time the total enrollment is 875. In the fall of 1928, the writer became principal of the high school and is serving in that capacity at the present time. It was also in 1930 that the Senior High School building was enlarged by the addition of a new wing consisting of I3 rooms, this is being completely utilized at the present time. In 1927, a modern gymnasium was completed. This building has done much towards taking care of our etrxa-curricular programs. The school at the present time is being operated by a staff of twenty-seven teachers, and by a librarian, principal, and secretary. Thus, with the foundation laid in 1879, the high school continuing through more than fifty years, has grown from a school with a graduating class of seven and an enrollment of less than a hundred, to a class of 216 graduates and an enrollment of 875. I7