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Historical In November, 1872, school opened in the new building, with “Mr. Samuel Dickie, now President of Albion College, as first superinten- dent. Under his direction the school was first regularly graded. There were three teachers in the High School department, who taught Geom- etry, Algebra, Trigonometry, German, Latin, Greek, Chemistry and Astronomy. At first only two rooms on each floor of the new building were used, and for a number of years the janitor lived in the building. In these early days, and until 190.3, the Board of Education con- sisted of twelve members. This first graduating class of ’77 contained five members and the exercises were held in the old Union Hall. Since then there have been twenty-eight graduating classes. With the growth of the town the “new building became filled to overflowing, and two small one-room ward school houses were built. In the earlv part of the “nineties a commodious seven-room building was erected on the square with the main or “High School” edifice, at a cost of $n,oog In 1904 the little district school type of the Second ward building was replaced by a nice two-room structure, and this spring our Board of Education voted to build a First ward building similar to that of the Second ward, at a cost not to exceed $4,500. The growth of our school system has not been strikingly different from that of the average town. From the foundations, well laid by our “educational pioneers,’’ there has grown steadily under the watchful care of the able men who have supervised it. of the teachers who have served it well, and of the community which has been sensitive to its needs, an institution of which we believe we are justly proud. This product of the devotion of over a half century, today stands high among the schools of the state and influences mightily our little city and community. Our Superintendents. Samuel Dickie.....................1873—1877 Hutson B. Colman..................1877—1878 Irving N. Mitchell................1878—1880 Clark B. Flail....................1880—1884 Charles H. Cole...................1884—1887 J. W. Roberts.....................1887—1890 Wellington D. Sterling............1890—1895 Berto A. Holden...................1895—1898 John E. Mealley...................1898—1900 N. H. Hayden......................1900—1902 Charles F. Field..................1902—1904 Addison W. Chamberlin.............1904— f agt twiht
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Historical The first school building in Hastings was erected in 1841. It stood on the lot where the Masonic Temple is to be built on Court street. 1 his one-room frame building did service for ten years. The first teacher was Sophia Spalding, now Mrs. Henry Knappen of Kalamazoo, and among the first pupils were William Hitchcock; Mrs. Hitchcock, nee Angelo Hayes; Mrs. George Reed, nee Ann Burch ; Mrs. George Osborn, nee Wilhelmina Hubbell; Mrs. Ed. Reed, nee Sarah Hubbell; Mrs. Mary Geer, nee Mary Young; Hiram Jones, and Mrs. Charlotte Rus- sell, nee Charlotte Barlow. The first annual meeting of which we have any record was on September 30, 1850. At that meeting Nathan Barlow, )r., was appointed Moderator; H. A. Goodyear, Director; and William Temple, Assessor. The minutes of that meeting contain these entries: “Motioned and seconded, that a portion of the stove pipe be sold to the highest bidder. Sold to T. J. Harvey for $1.76. Motioned and seconded that ten dollars be raised for contingent expenses, which motion was carried. It was voted that the school teacher be hired in the ensuing year at a rate per month; that such teacher board at his or her expense. Motioned and carried that three hundred dollars be raised for the purpose of building an Union School House.” We are told in the minutes of a special meeting held May 17, 1852, that ‘after considerable quarreling and a great many words of no account,” it was decided to build a two-room school building, “imme- diately north of the cemetery”—the present location of the main build- ings. In the winter of ’51 and ’52 “school was taught 4% months by I. S. Geer at the rate of $26.00 per month.” Mr. Geer was assisted by Mrs. Margaret Geer for twelve weeks, who drew a salary of S2.00 per week. “The whole No. of Scholars in the Dis. between the ages of 4 and 17 is 155,” gives some idea of the size of the school of that day. In 1871 the school building had grown to be a three-room house, “with a large entry.” It was considered a large structure, and in appearance resembled the old Court House which stands today in the rear of the Parker House. During the winter of this year, the school house burned and temporarily the school was held in a hall which stood near the site of Mr. Hendershott’s store. At a district meeting of that spring, it was decided to build the present High School building. The contract for this structure was awarded arf Ann Arbor party for $38,000, and later $6,000 more was given a second contractor to compTeFe the work, “since tfie first con- tractor jumped his job.” It was about a year before it was completed, and the bonds which were issued for the payment of the cost ran 20 years and “were to draw 10 per cent, interest.” i 9 eleven
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