Broad Top Township High School - Top Yearbook (Defiance, PA)

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THE BROAD TOI MICROCOSM iiiiiitmiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiii HENRY H. BRUMBAUGH SUPERVISING PRINCIPAL We respectfully dedicate this issue of the Broad Top Microcosm to our beloved Supervising Principal who has served the schools of this eommunitv unselfishly for forty years.

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IIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIillllllllllllllllllllllllllllliii Uhe Siroad Sop SfLicrocosm Broad Top Township Bedford County = VOL 1. DEFIANCE, PENN’A., MAY, 1928 No. 5 “HAPPINESS’’ “HONOR” “SCHOLARSHIP” SENIOR NUMBER Published by and in the interest of the Broad Top Township Ilijih School 192 8 71 in............... iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.... ..............................

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THE KROAI) TOP MICROCOSM Three llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllili Henry H. Brumbaugh whs born at Clover Creek, Blair county, October 4. 1862. In September 1872, after the death of his father he made his home with his uncle, James I). Brumbaugh, a farmer, who lived in King Township, Bedford County. He attended public school until 1883 when he spent five weeks at a summer normal school conducted by Prof. Cyrus J. Potts in Pleasantville Borough. He was granted a certificate to teach and that fall was elected to teach the Knisely school in his home township for a term of five months at a salary Of .$22.:i0 for a month of 22 days. He attended summer normal at Pleasant- ville, Bedford and Centerville, Bedford County and taught in King Township until 1889 when he moved with his uncle into Bloomfield Township where he taught two terms. In 1891 he was elected principal of the Riddlesburg school where he remained two years, when he again returned to Bloomfield Township and taught two years. In the summer of 18$» he taught a sum- mer normal school at St. Clairsville and that fall was elected principal of the St. Clairsville schools for two years. In the fall of 189(1 he accepted the position of Supervising Principal of the Broad Top Township Schools in which position he has served continuously ever since with two interruptions—the first one in 1900 when the office was discon- tinued for one year and again in 1904 when he accepted a position as man- ager of the Kenmar Coal Company in which capacity he served for 3 years, returning to the educational work in the summer of 1907. The records of the district show that in 1896, when Prof. Brumbaugh was placed in charge of the schools of Broad Top Township there were 11 school buildings and 16 teachers in the same with an enrollment of 717 pupils. The county superintendent’s report for 1926-27 shows an enrollment of 1482 pupils. The township owns 16 school buildings, and employs 34 teachers. In addition to his work as advisor to the teachers of this district, Mr. Brumbaugh also serves in the capacity cf executive secretary for the Board of Education of the district and as clerk to the treasurer.