Jamestown High School - School Bell Echoes Yearbook (Jamestown, IN)

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Page 2 SCHOOL BELL ECHOES f OUR ALMA MATER HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL The first school in Baugo Township was or- ganized in 1839, nine years after the organiza- tion of Elkhart County. The first high school in Baugo Township was organized in 1909 as Baugo Township Cer- tified High School. There were ten students: Hazel Proudfit, Georgia Kern, Mary Wenger, Imo Kreighbaum, Maud BeMiller, Warren Cook, Ona Ehret, George Holderman, Lewis Wilcox, and Russel Ehret. Mr. Holben was the only teacher and taught the Eighth Grade in addi- tion to the high school pupils. Three of these pupils remained to graduate. It was the intention of the State Board to certify schools for three years ' work only, but a special dispensation was secured for four years ' work in 1912-13 on condition that a suit- a ble building would be erected the following year or the school discontinued as a four year .school. Thus Baugo Township High School en- joyed the distinction of being the only four year Certified High School in the history of Indiana. The officers to whom credit is due for Baugo Township Certified High School were Trustee John D. Bristol, and C. 0. Ehret, Charles Bel- den and James E. Proudfit, Advisory Board. In 1913, while Mr. Bristol was still town- ship trustee, but with the Advisory Board, David Stickel, Frank Watkins and Samuel Kern, a new ibuilding with five class rooms and an auditorium was erected. This was the first school erected in Indiana under the then new law permitting and legalizing centralization without the many former technicalities. Three high school class rooms and two grade rooms were added to this in 1925, by Trustee Peter Huff man and Advisory Board, Frank Kriegh- baum, Charles Belden, and Arthur L. Paulus. In the last two years a gymnasium and en- tire new high school department was added. This, according to the state high school inspec- tor, has made the school one of the finest school plants in the state. The trustee is Mr. Hoover and the Advisory Board, Carl Replogle, Glenn Parcel and Herbert Kilmer.

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SCHOOL BELL ECHOES DEDICATION We, the members of the staff, respectfully dedicate this issue of the ' ' School Bell Echoes ' to Mr. Theodore W. Fish, who by this most faithful and willing aid is mostly responsible for the success of our paper. APPRECIATION We wish to thank our readers, the business men, the typing classes and the High School Faculty for their help which they have given us, and we hope that they will be pleased and benefited by our paper.

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SCHOOL BELL ECHOES Page -, --c- -« -w-H -C ' -a- - % ♦ ■ - 3 9- o : Seated— Mr Hoover, Mr. Holben, Miss Ethel Holben, Miss Beckner, Miss Zimmerman, Mr Sheets, Mr. Fish. Standing— Mr. Motts, Miss Lawrence, Miss Bramard, Mr. Allgood, Mr. Jenks, Miss Housour, Mr. Boyer, Mrs. Willis, Miss Gulp. HARLEY HOLBEN, Principal- History — Latin Attended Indiana State Teachers ' College Indiana University ERNEST H. BOYER, Assistant Principal- English — Music Attended Manchester College LOWELL SHEETS, A. B.— Mathematics — Coach Attended Manchester College Muncie Normal THEODORE W. FISH, A. B.— Commerce — Civics Attended Manchester College HOMER B. ALLGOOD— Industrial Arts — History Attended Indiana State Teachers ' College University of Illinois CLYDE M. MOTTS, A. B.— Science — History Attended Manchester College Goshen College MARY BRAINARD, B. S.— Home Economics — English Attended Purdue University ALBERT JENKS— County Band Director Attended Earlham College Hanover College Metropolitan Conservatory of Music MAGGIE D. WILLIS— Sixth Grade Attended Marion College ALICE HOUSOUR— Fifth Grade Attended Goshen College Wmona Normal School WILMA GULP- Fourth and Fifth Grades Attended Goshen College Manchester College ETHEL HOLBEN— Third and Fourth Grades Attended Muncie Normal MARY BECKNER— Second and Third Grades Attended Manchester College DOROTHY ZIMMERMAN— Second Grade Attended Manchester College BERNICE LAWRENCE— First Grade Atttnde.i M!uv. ' hester College