Bryant High School - Hoosier Owl Yearbook (Bryant, IN)

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.E ,ei X A .fr-W , A' I' V - v' Ah, Q , jf' of T 4-an 'ff M, pi Gbfsff, W f' I ,. In about the year l8Q3, Philip Stolz became trustee df Bearcreek Township. He first suggested the idea of having a high school in this township and chose J, C. L. Whiteman, who had been attending school at Ada, Ohio, for the position of teacher and principle. E After conferring with the county superintendent, Kr, Francis L. Crowe, Mr, Whiteman made out a course of study, and began talking to the eight grade graduates and others who were still interested in school work., At the opening df school in the fall of l899 eleven students presented them- selves to enter upon the pursuit of higher education, Needs less to say, all were freshmen, but the students were older and more advanced than freshmen, today. Almost all were pre- paring to teach, some had already taught a term or two of school. H The subjects taught' were English, Latin, Elgebra, and General History, The methods of teaching followed closely, those used at the Ohio Northern College. Students were en- rolled and given a grade every day in every subject and every student made pa special effort to make good, if not a perfect recitation in every subject, Of course, it was a pleasure to teach in that kind of a school, In addition to the high school students the 7th and Sth grades Ccombined in most sub- jectsb were taught in the game room and the work of the ai- vanced students seemed to set the pace for the grade students and make them work harder than the average class. The room where the first classes met was a building west of town, a two room two story building in bad repair, only the upper room being used, Fortunately, it was a mild winter, and the school and teacher escaped freezing but endured consider- able discomfort. The lower room had no doors or windows intact and wind and rain and snow had free access. The lower grades met in the Bonifas building. Miss Ivy Beohm Know Mrsi W. J, Siskl taught the primary room for the first half year, then she entered the high school and another student of the freshman year took the room for the rest of the year, So the enrollment remained eleven until the end of the year. Mr, Ephriam O'Hara taught the upper grades, sth, 5th, and 6th in the upper room of the same building.