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STAR STAFF EpiTroriAL—Flossie Morrill, Chairman Ray Maxwell Inez Magginis Raymond Ludwig Naomi Brady Wit anp Humor—Helen Fitch, Chairman Business—Winthrop W. Ketcham, Chairman Albert DeLapp Kent Leasure Hazel Quince Clayton Weaver Faust Johnson Glenn Potter CALENDAR—Frank Shepard, Chairman TC eee ne aces Era Helen Patterson
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History of Auburn Schools af we could compare the Auburn of today with the Au- burn of seventy-five years ago, we would readily see that it has made a remarkable growth. From what was then a wilderness, has arisen a lovely little city. Where once the Indian hunted, the white man now carries on his trade and commerce. The beginning of the present city wasin 1857, when a Mr. Ogden and a Mr. Parks located a saw mill on the edge of the forest. Near this saw mill they built their cab- ins. The first store was opened by a Mr. Comstock, who began with a capital of $170.00 worth of goods. He paid the first license ever paid in Auburn, and it amounted to the large sum of 85 cents. Since a store is the sure sign of progress, Auburn now progressed rapidly. The growth of the town brought a blacksmith shop, a hotel, doctors, factories, and most important of all, pioneer teachers, who hailed mostly from the east. As the town grew, schools were established, for the pioneers realized the need of education for their children. The first school house was built near the place where the Michael Hebel residence now stands. This school house served not only the need of the school, but also for grocery, church and bar room. The attendance at the first meeting numbered about eighty pupils of various sizes and ages. The subjects taught were the three R’s, “Reading, ‘Riting and ‘Rith- metic.” The first teacher was Thomas Freeman. That he and his successors proved to be very proficient teach- ers was evidenced by their fine spelling classes. After supporting the good work for thirty-five years, the cld school house burned, and Auburn was left without a place to carry on educational work. But very soon a fine brick building was erected, in the park one block east of the present school campus. It was a modern, two-story building with a roomy basement. This school house was the pride of Auburn for four short years when it also yielded tothe flames. Two years later, the present Harri- son School building was built. The first principal was W. Harrison, and the present County Superintendent, H. EH. Coe, was assistant principal. Auburn’s schools now stand second to the schools of of no other city of its size in Northern Indiana. Of our buildings, three are comparatively new and very modern, the High School, the Riley School and the DeSoto School. We have enumerated over 900 pupils in the various schols of our city. The flight of time has marked many changes, from 7¢@5 or 80 students we have now almost reached the 1000 mark.—Raymonp Lupwia.
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