Decatur High School - Ravelings Yearbook (Decatur, IN)

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FOREWORD INCE MR. WGRTHMAN devoted his life to the cause of education, as exemplified especially in his masterful ser- vices rendered in the capacity of Superintendent of Deca- tur Schools, and since the Decatur High School is a descendant of that first high school which was established at Boston, Massachusetts, in 1635, we have chosen as our theme the 300th anniversary of the public high school. We know that had Mr. Worthman lived throughout the year commemorating this anniversary, he would have been deeply interested and would have striven to make the students aware of the 300th birthday of that little high school that pioneered its way through three centuries of difficulties. Therefore we take up the work left by Mr. Worthman and carry on as he would have wished us to do. As the leaves of the Ravelings are scanned, we hope the readers will feel that we have brought honor to our illustrious ancestor, the first high school, by the progress made in 300 years of high school education.

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ADMINISTRATION F THE SOLE instructor and the founders of that first pub- lic high school, established at Boston, could come back to- day, they surely would give evidence of their amazement and elation at the three centuries of progress made in the public institution of free education, the high school- From the fact that there are now 28,000 high schools in the United States, the teachers and administrators of the past and present could consider their time Well spent. From a tiny quota, educational forces have increased in power and number through these years, and now The Teacher marches at the head of a mighty educational army 6,000,000 high school students strong.