Blume High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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----------------------------------- Forword It is with great pleasure that we, the Seniors of 1925, present this annual to our classmates, friends, and alumni. We hope in the following pages we have presented so vivid a picture of Blume High School that the alumni will recall their own schooldays, and that our friends will be proud to have such a school in Wapakoneta. We have put our best efforts into the making of this annual and we now offer it to you for your consideration. We trust that it will meet with your approval. V )

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o o I The New Blume High o o o o I o 0 o “v V o 0 o o 0 o 0 o 0 to In 1908 Blume High School stood complete, ready to receive its first student body. The school was built to accommodate 240 pupils. According to the previous rate of increase of former years the Board of Education estimated that the building would not be filled to capacity for twenty years. Vet, in 1922 it became apparent that the building could not accommodate the increasing student body. Xot only were students from Wapakoneta attending Blume High, but from the surrounding villages and country as well. The total enrollment in 1925 is 463. The result is an over crowded condition. Mr. Xardin, our able superintendent of schools, was the first to notice this over crowded condition, and to bring the situation before the public. It was through his untiring efforts and the help of the friends of the school that the bond issue of 1922 was carried. The bond issue called for $100,()('() which was to be used to build an addition to Blume High. Part of this addition is to be used as a Library and V. M. C. A. and the remainder devoted to classrooms to accommodate the overflow of students. Work on the addition was begun March, 1924. The work was rapidly pushed forward although several unavoidable delays occurred. The front half of the building is given over to the library and the Y. M. C. A. On the third floor is the club room of the Y. M. C. A. which can be used as a reading room. On the second floor is the library and a booth for the motion picture machine which Blume High hopes to own soon. On the first floor is the gymnasium. The large stage at one end of the gymnasium makes it easily converted into an auditorium if desirable. Shower rooms and lockers are also located on this floor. The gymnasium separates that part of the building used for Y. M. C. A. from the part used for school purposes. o v O o o o o Blume High and the addition are directly connected by a door leading from the study hall to the new building. On the first floor of the part devoted to school use are located class rooms and the Home Economics rooms. These consist of a cooking room and two sewing rooms which can be thrown together and used as a cafeteria. The second floor is fitted up with class rooms. An office for the principal is also located on this floor. The third floor is given over to science, physical and chemical laboratories, general science and chemistry recitation rooms. The building is equipped with all modern appliances and conveniences. The students of Blume High owe much to the citizens of Wapakoneta for this splendid new building, especially do we need to thank Mr. Xardin because it was through his efforts that the people of Wapakoneta realized the need of a larger and better school and could set about to provide it. o ----- Q V J)