Chester High School - Ravelings Yearbook (North Manchester, IN)

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To our principal, Herman I. Shultz, who made it possible for us to publish an annual, and who is one of our class spon- sors, and to Miss Orpha Book, our other class sponsor, who was also our Junior sponsor, we affectionately dedicate this first volume of the “Ravelings.” They, through their ser- vices to our class and by their intense interest in the students and the student activities, have won our sincere admiration. DEDICATION

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Prior to 1902 there were two two-year High Schools in Chester Township. The one was located at Liberty Mills and the other at Servia. Mr. A. L. Ulrey was the last Principal at Servia and the first at Chester. Mr. Henry Hoover was the last Principal at Liberty Mills and succeeded Mr. Ulrey at Chester. The first high school at Chester offered only two years work, the students being transferred to Central for graduation. The first Chester High School building was erected in 1902 and remodeled in 1906. This building served the people well. To keep pace with times and meet enrollment needs a new building was considered in 1929. Trustee Charles Wright and his Advisory Board early in the year 1929 asked for a bond issue for the financing of a new school plant. Everitt I. Brown was secured as architect. The General Contract was let to Frantz and Loucks, the plumbing and heating contract to H. W. Canvin, and the electrical contract to C. E. Ruppel and son. The equipment furnished was of very high quality and ample in the Science anu Home Economics Departments. The gymnasium-auditorium was made amply large and well equipped. The landscaping was well planned and as a result the exterior of the building is given an excellent surrounding of natural beauty. The building has been rated as one of the twenty best rural buildings in the state. Prior to this year a strong academic course has been offered. An effort has been made to continue such a course and also to add to it a more varied and enriched cur- riculum. Bookkeeping and typing were added this year. By the addition of shorthand next year, a full commercial course may be obtained. A general shop course and courses in advanced agriculture are also contemplated for next year. It is hoped that such a curriculum may more fully meet the needs of the community. SCHOOL HISTORY

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“IJeside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom’d furze unprofitably gay, There in his noisy mansion, skill’d to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view; 1 knew him well, and every truant knew; Well had the boding tremblers learn’d to trace The day’s disasters in his morning face; Full well they laugh’d, with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes, for many a joke had he; Full well the busy whisper, circling round. Convey’d the dismal tidings when he frown’d; Yet he was kind; or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault.” —Oliver Goldsmith.