Gnadenhutten High School - Goal Yearbook (Gnadenhutten, OH)

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1 THR-1 noir. 13 Now' whose work is this? l I V U, 1 -Manifestly their own. Men.are the archi- tects of their respective fortunes.1 l The de- sire to be truly great, must be our standard, then comes the effort to reach that mark, and the Golden Opportunity will 'be yours, if- you persevere, for no one ever failed, who tried hard to reach the goal. ,N 1 VVe, The Boosters of t.he'G.' H. S. have inet a condition, thwarting our efliciency as well as reputation. Unfortunately some of-the pupils have be- come discouraged and to all appearances, have concluded their school career. What a gross mistake, at the very outset of life. aid one they may not befable to correct. If you wish to be successful, a. good educa- tion is absolutely essential. You will dis- cover that when seeking employment, for lrequently one of the questions asked 'is Have you a high school Certificate? Not that you are then supposed to have attained unto all knowledge, but that perseverance linked with good coxnmon sense have prompted your motives thus far, opening the door to greater opportunities. I heard a pupil remark, If I do not pass I will quit school. Parents come to the rescue, what a privilege and duty- is yours 'to en- courage and even compel such 'a' child 'o continue despite adverse circuznstances. Use your parental authority-issue the de- cree and forestall a calamity. Such a i.iis- fortune might have befallen many, had not parents interfered and induced them to con- tinue. If thou hast sipped from the cup of win- dom, many more cups shall not quench thy thirst. , Standing on the threshold between schowl days and life's school the seniors are given to reflection. Looking Lackward they seo ing- happy days that are gone and realize the opportuilties that are lost. The future looks bright but vcry uncertain. Each and cxery one hopes to attain some high ideal. Now they realize the value of an tduca- t.on, and are eager to press on to larger iields and learn more. To the discourage-l youths behind them they would say, Make the uiost of your present opportunities nt- ttnd faithfully to your studios and you will Igexfr rt-get it. On the evening of April 11th, while the large crowd of both old and young of this village and neighborhood that had gathered in the Town Hall Square, to witness the llag-raising, were singing the Star Spangled Banner, led by our band, Old Glory was unfurled to the breeze. Immediately there- after, five of the seven infantry-men detailed to this place, to guard the railroad bridge, tired a. salute to the flag, and then all re- paired to the Hall, which was neatly draped with flags and bunting, for the occasion. The meeting was presided over by the Mayor, Mr. J. M. Wheland, America was sung, prayer led by Rev. J. E. Weinland, and stirring addresses were delivered by lv.l8SbI'S. W. H. Stoutt, of The Chronicle, and Atty. G. W. Reed, both of Uhrichsville. both of the speakers were given the closest attention by the entire audience which coni- pietely filled the hall, and the frequent ap- plause indicated the fact that all fully un- derstood the gravity of the present national situation, so that when tho closing song, the battle tiynin of the Republic was sung, all present seemed to believe that iii- deed- God is marching on,' that o.i.n c...- ze.i-old or young-at this time has an in- dividual duty to perform, and that it niusi be resolutely discharged. Un Saturday evening about 6.30, Good Will Uouncil, Jr. U. U. A. Al. presented a new this to the Public Schools, which was unturled from a staff projecting from the Library win- dow at the school house, while our band play - ed The Stal-Spangled Banner. The presenta- tion was made by Mr. ltlnier Siinniers tclassof 19009 anieinber of the council, and was ac- cepted by Piol. Sindlinger in behalf of the school. The large company then innrclued to the 'l own Hall, where the Hon A. U. ltutf of Dover inadenn impressive patrioticaddress, Mr. A. Pfeiffer' presided at the meeting. The Senioicassisled by th Junior and l iur-h- man boys, gave Slmkespe :rubs famous Ihr- ' . Comedy of Eiroi's as their clacsplnli inthe Town Hall on lfiiday uenii g, May 25Ih. On thc following day, the 20th, aschool pic- nic was hcld, at which the Newcoineistown highschool team plug cd against out boys.

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12 THE GOAL THE GOAL. Punuslmu ANNUALLY nv 'run HIGH Scnnoi. or GNADENHUTTEN, OHIO. '18 Raymond F. Peter '17 BUSINESS MANAGER ..... Walter Barnes Enrron ....,........ . . llflorence Johnson '17 Assocuvrn Emmons . .. In Herbert Gray ,18 - f Nellie Walton '19 '18 17 Helen lininilton 1. . .Esther l'e-try Cnnss Emmons 4... ...' - ATHLETIC Emron .. .. Ralph Johnson '18 'l'anAsuima . . . . I.ucy McConnell '17 5 .. Grace Wlnelnnrl '17 , , .. Mamie Mathews '18 BUBSCRIPTION AG T5 .. Helen Hamilton '18 . Grant Uumbauld '19 Vol.. 8 MXY 29. 1917 PRICE 1Ut7're Pnmfsn AT TH: PRESS PRINT SHOP GNADENHUTTEN, - ' OHIO EDITORIAL REMARKS to tender our any wise con- this magazine, source of grati- fication to its readers and those who have so kindly added to its interest with their communications, not forgetting the advertis- ers, who have made its publication a possi- bility Hnancially. Our business manager did his work well and deserves special mention. We are indebted to Miss Alma Kinsey for our frontispiece, it is the familiar view of the hill beyond the south end of Walnut street. We deem it a pleasure thanks to all who have in tributed to the success of which we believe will be a Our nation is now facing a crisis. People are horriiied at the Waste of human life, but though we are a peace-loving nation we must stand up for our national honor. We must stand firmly behind the president. Everywhere you hear people say, If they need me I will go. This is the right spirit and the true American way. Whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so. --tPsalms 16 parts of 3rd and 4th verses.J This quotation is a statement so befitting the life of a pupil, that it must have been expressly written for him. It does not mean that the school tasks of a pupil who loves God will be accomplished without effort. But the pupil will be endowed with a strong desire and determination to accomplish them by the help of God. This promise :hould be a very precious one to the young man or woman whose desire and duty it is, to make the world better for those living in it. . The idea, that to prosper is to merely ac- cumulate the riches of this world, is courted only by narrow and selfish people, who expect to receive their reward in this life only, regardless of the next. The truly prosperous person is he, who receives spiritual riches. Near the close of life is not the time to make sure that you shall prosper-your chance is nearly gone then-but in the morning of life is the time. lt is sad indeed that we lind such a small number of young people who are really claiming this promise and so many others that God offers. The education-moral and intellectual-- of every individual must be chiefly his own work. How else could it happen that young men who have had precisely the same op- portunities should be continually presenting us with such diiferent results and rushing to such opposite destinies? Difference of talent will not solve it, because that differ- ence is very often in favor of the disap- pointed candidate. It is perseverance that helps form the foundation of character so essential in all our dealings with our fellow- men. Opportunities rarely come to us without some degree of effort. You will see coming from the walls of the same college, and sometimes from the bosom of the same fanl- ily, two young men,' of whom one shall be admitted to be a genius of high order, while the other not. You are compelled to recog- nize the genius sinking and perishing in poverty of effort in the one, while in the other, a determination to plod his slow but sure way up the hill of life, gaining stead- fastly at every step, and mounting at length to eminence and distinction-an ornament to his family, a blessing to his country.

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14 THE GUAL. THE HISTORY OF GNADENHUTTEN The Village of Gnadenhutten is situated on the east bank of the Tuscarawas river. lt was an Indian religious and industrial ccntcr, founded by Zeisberger and the Brown Brethren in 1772, and which was brought to such a cruel and untimely end by Wl1ll8lHS0ll'S expedition. On that memorable eighth day of March, 1782, the Christian Indians were by strategy captured and imprisoned in their mission houses, where they were confined and then led out singly and killed with a co0per's mallet. Only two youths escaped death. The village was destroyed by fire and nothing left but the ashes and charred bones of the ninety martyred Indians. This sad event is commemorated by a large monument made of Indiana limestone, 56 feet, 7 inches high, and costing S3,000, w'hich was erected on the site of the Mission Church, and is annually visited by many people from a distance. The site of the missions was on the east bank of the Tuscarawas river, on what might be called the third terrace above the river bottom. This location was character- istically chosen because of its security from hard storms, and high water, its prominence over-looking the low river bottoms on which the red men raised their crops of Indian corn. Quite naturally then, fifteen years later, when Heckewelder, William Edwards, and four Indian brethren returned to this section of the great western territory, from their temporary stopping place near Sandusky, Ohio, that they decided to locate the new settlement for white people as near to the former-.mission site as possible, where their brethren and kindred had so cruelly been put to death. No wonder that after so long and weari- soine a journey, Heckewelder wrote the fol- lowing, when they had set foot on these familiar grounds: It was a very pleasant thing and we held it to be a good omen, that so many birds in branches of the surrounding trees lifted up their voices and sang sweetly as if to express their gladness at our coming. On Sept. 29, 1798 Heckewelder moved into the first house situated on the present corner of VVest Main and Cherry streets, now the site of E. B. Campbell's residence. For five years this was also the meeting place for the community which soon became established here. This resulted in the or- ganization of a Moravian congregation on July 6th, 1800. New cabins were built, and in 1803, the first log church was erected on the south side of West Main street, between the houses of R. Everett and A. E. Milligan. It was dedicated July 10th and Rev. David Zeisberger, then stationed at Goshen, preached the dedication sermon. This building also served as a school house until 1843, when the first low, one-roomed, public school-house was built on the east side of North Walnut street, on the lots now occu- pied by the homes of G. J. Gray and his son Roger. On Aug. 13th, 1820, they started to build the second church, some feet east of the Hrst one, on the lot now occupied by L. Williams. The first parsonage was built on the cor- ner of West Main street and Cherry, the present site of D. Kennedy's residence. David Peter built a house on Cherry street where Reuben Mohn now lives, which served both as store and dwelling. Jacob Winsch built a house on the corner of West Main and Cherry streets, where O. Gray now lives. The first mill of Gnadenhutten was a lit- tle hand-mill set on a post in the middle of West Main street, in front of D. Kennedy's residence, on one side of the street, and 0. Gray's on the other. The residents used this mill to grind their corn to make corn cakes, and it is at present in the care of W. T. Van Vleck. Near by they sank a well, and later on sank another in the middle of East Main street, in front of S. Mil1iken's residence on one side of the street, and F. Meyer's, on the other. A Mr. Heidig was the first tin and copper- smith, having his shop at the present site of Mary Myer's property on East Main St. In L. S. Winsch's youth, some of the rem- nants of the first saw-mill were yet evident, protruding from the bank in the vicinity of the rear of Ed. Rank's property on North Cherry street. The second saw mill was built by Lewis Peter.