Franklin Community High School - Kite Yearbook (Franklin, IN)

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ZW WMM MMPMM 2 Garly History gi' ff? 1 5 of franhhn Blgb School ',f- ...,,... 1 vom rig. 1 1 1 1 E7 RICH to 1871, Franklin had 110 up-to-date systeni ot graded schools. Z For at nuniber of years SCl100lS had been taught 1.11 tl1e old Acadeniy ig, building, located where tl1e High School building 11ow stands, 111 ' tl1e basenient ot the Presbyterian Church, in tl1e building now tl1e Catholic Churchg also i11 a brick building in East Franklin. ln 1869 tl1e Board of SCl100l Trustees, P. W. Payne, D. D. Banta a11d J. O. Martin, se- lected the locatio11, bought tl1e lot a11d contracted for tl1e erection of a11 eleven-rooni building, having in View a111ple acconnnodation for a graded sys- te111 of schools froni priinary to high school, all witl1i11 0110 buildi11g. For doi11g what they thought best for tl1e city, tl1e Board was 111alicio11sly criti- cised Ellltl unniercifully censured-in fact, the opposition beca111e so pro- nounced Hllfl annoying tl1at tl1e Board of Trustees resigned i11 Septeniber, 1870, before tl1e buildi11g was co111plete. On Septeniber 11, 1870, W. H. Bar- nett, County Auditor, appointed Tl1os. W. Woollen, Cas. Byiield Zllltl A. B. Hunter to till tl1e vacancies 111HtlC by tl1e resignations of Payne, Banta a11d Martin. At a 111CCtl11g of tl1e Board of Trustees, held January 16, 1871, Prof. H. H. Boyce was einployed as S11PG1'l11tC11LlQ11t of Schools at a salary of 342,050 per year, which included tl1e services ot Mrs. Boyce as principal ot High School, tl1e schools to open on February 8, 1871, which date is tl1e llilllill day of Franklin High Scl1ool. Superintendent Boyce Hlltl wife had charge of tl1e school u11til May, 1873, a little 111ore than two years. He was a good organizer a11d a superb disciplinarian, but tl1ose qualifications were di111111ed by transgressions which wholly uniitted l1i111 for school superintendent. On April 8, 1873, tl1e Coni- 111011 Council of Franklin appointed I. J. Arnistrong, George F. Herriott tllltl A. B. Colton School Trustees fsuccessors to Woollen, Byfield a11d Hunterj. The nrst duty tl1at confronted tl1e new Board was to get rid of Superintend- ent Boyce Flllil S111OtllGI' scandalous ruinors. He was allowed to resign for tl1e good of all CO11CQI'l'1GCl. His resignation was received and accepted by tl1e Board April 29, 1873. The first annual C0111111G11CGl11Cl1JE exercises were held May 23, 1873:

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Order of Exercises fi' Invocation. Music. Declamation . . . ............... . . . Catholicism Peter M. Dill. Essay .... ................ . . . . . . Words Aurelia Whitesides. Music. Deelamation .... ............... . . . .... Lessons from Willis Jessie Forsythe. Music. Essay .... ............... .... A S tudentis Iniiuence Alice Palmer. Declamation .... ............. . ......... A ddress to Mount Blanc Frank Blaekledge. Music. Essay . . ......... A ...... . . Our Ideals Mary Wishard. Music. I Essay .... ............... . ........ . . Silent Work Emma Belle Forsythe. Presentation of Diploma to Emma Belle Forsythe, by President of School Board. For the school year of 1873-'Ti the Trustees employed Prof. E. E. Thompson for Superintendent, and his wife, May Wright Thompson, princi- pal. Mrs. Thompson, before her marriage to the Professor, had taught in the High School during the winter of 1871-'72, under the superintendency of Professor Boyce. For reasons best known to herself she resigned in March, 1872, about two months before the close of the school year. In securing the services of Professor Thompson and wife the Trustees were very fortunate in obtaining teachers skilled in their chosen profession. 'The school that year was a success all along the line. There was no gradu- ates in 1874. Professor Thompson and wife were re-engaged for the year 1874-'75, but before the opening of the school in September they resigned on account of the poor health of Professor Thompson. Prof. D. Eckley Hunter being highly recommended for Superintendent and as an educator of ability and experience, was employed as Superintend- ent, and Miss M. J. Neeley principal. They taught one year, and graduated a class of four. Sec-ond annual coinnienc-ement, Thursday evening, May 20, 1875: