Beaver River Central High School - Beaverian Yearbook (Beaver Falls, NY)

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EIGHTY HIKE YEARS OP BEAVER FAJjLS SCHOOL The pendulum swings back over the steps of time and reawakens the steadily growing past as a camera projector makes live again the events of yesterday. How proudly Mr. Hiram VanAman speaks of his mother, Miss Celestia Lewis,as be- ing the first school teacher in the log building across the road from the old Frye house. Only five years later in I857, a frame schoolhouse was built where the Fire House is now located. But this old red school soon became antiquated; and a new school, better known as the school with the partition, was erected on the site between the Martin Just hone and the present red brick structure. Mr. Howard Barring vividly recalls a conmon form of punishment used in this school, that of making the boys sit with the girls when they misbehaved and vice versa. Also very interesting is Mr. VanArnao's register of 1881, 1882 and part of I883 when he taught the advanced grades in this school The remaining term of 1883 was taught by Miss Libbie Radigan who was succeeded by Miss Angeline Duncan. In I885 a new school was built on the same site as the school with the paiv tltion. Mr. James P. Lewis served as the first trustee of this school. Many of the villagers both young and old will recall that this building remained in ser » Nov ember i n g this t i me the was limited a c a demic with no as to sub- the fields Music, Home In dust rial Agriculture, which have introduced, status went sev er al its develop- fir8t being elementary, being raised to a year , ? — high BCilool i n g, '---------' later to a year and finally our And the Beavers build their houses years 0 f high school w h ich we now have. The extra curricular activities were few, the main interest being a limited participation in athletics. Under very capable leaders, school standards were set and maintained; the foundation was laid on which the present functions are built and progress was well started on its way. vice until 1927. Our- period of curri culu m to purely sub Ject s variation s jects i n of Commerce, Economic s. Arts and all of s'neo been The School's thr ou g h stages i n aent, the s t r aight then two rat three to f To many of the tine honored residents of Beaver Falls, these names of principals will be most familiar. Tho Messrs. Evan J. Smith, Glenn Pooler, James Fitzgerald and William Semper, each serving two years with the exception of Mr. Pooler who served one year, are among the very early principals. Mrs. 'Mi.