Lima Central High School - Annual Mirror Yearbook (Lima, OH)

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rg I g 9 P335 FOREWORD UR AIAI HAS IEEEN TO RECORD THE ACHIEVEAIENTS OF THE CLASS AND THE EVENTS OF THE CLOSING SCHOOL YEAR. XYE DESIRE THAT TIIIS BOOK SHALL HAVE A PERMANENT EF- FECT UPON THE FUTURE CLASSES OF LIMA HIGH SCHOOLS: THAT THEY SHALL SEE AYHEREIN WE HAYE SLCCEEDED AND FAILED. AND PROFIT HY OCR EN- IJERIENCES: THAT IT SHALL SERVE AS A PERPETLTAL REMINDER TO THOSE GRAD- UATING IN THE CLASS. OF THE -IOYS EN- PERIENCED ID LT R I N G T H E I R H IG H SCHOOL CAREER: AND SHALL SPUR THEINI ON TO FURTHER EFFORTS FOR THE HONOR OF THEAISELYES ANIJ OF THE SCHOOL. RIF ' Q -JL 1-iks-1i'MJ'qA L L I I I LLL TW, L L L I 3? Q W - I IHQ3f5i?f1i--'L LQ, , ,, :IHA

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19' y, 615:11 ' j .1 a zz gi'-1242311 1 '- 1 2 1 Ig HISTORY OF LI A HIGH SCHCDOL . st ex111111ent 111 higher e1111c:1t11111 111 the city 111 1.111121 was 1111 IIF 111' -2 17, XX. I,1tt1et1e111, w1111, 111 13511 111:11111e11 the 111'g':1111zz1t11111 11t 11 - I'11i1111 Sch1-111. T11e 116111116 1'f the city, 1111weyer, were 11111 wit11 rg 11i111 1111 t11e p1'111111siti1111, 211111 it was wit11 great 11it'tic111ty that in 19-2,7 he was ahle t11 esta1:1ish hfs FL'114tl1. If .Xftcr three years as Sl1D6l'1111.Cl111L'l11, the t1tlC1t'1i 1'CS1g'11Ct1, his XIX 111ace heing t111e11 hy 111111. ,X. S11'1XX'. The c1111rse 111 st1111y, w111c11 X 111'ig'i11a11y 111C1l'lf16l1 111:1t11e111atics, science 211111 L'111SS1L'4, 11e L'11fl1IgCt1 1 s1'1 that it 1'6t'1l111'Ct1 ftllll' years' training Ill g1'Zlf1l1ZlIL'. Nr. Shaw was s11ccee11e11 11y 1111111 I1a11s1111, w1111, wit11 Miss 121111 C111- penter, Ctll1i111CtCl1 the sch11111 1111' the fli11113xY11iQ s1x years. 1t was 11l1l'1l1Q this 11eri1111 that the hrst c111n111e11ce111e11t exercises were 11e111. The g1'flf1l12lT.1l1gQ' c1ass 111 1:11111-. w11ic11 i11 its 1:1'6f1l111I1l1 yeitr 11111111l61't'11 twentystiye, were given 1111111 mas. i11 the 1.111121 Trust 1'il111l11l1g', 1111 the 1'11111ic Scluare. 111 18118, a 11111c11 XY1t1ClA range 111 st1111ies was 111:fere11 11y XY Ii. C1'11S1lf.', t11e new Sl11161'11IIC11i1C111. Greek was i11t1'111111ce11, 111111 t11e arts were taught :11 extra C4151 t11 t11e Stl1l1Cl1I. This 11eye11111111e11t 111 I11C sch1:1111 0111111111811 I111'1Jt1g'11 the 11ext lifteen years. G. XY. xY1l11iCl' was Mr. Cl'HS11f S s11ccess111'. 111 18118, the st1111e11t 1:1111y 411. t11e sch11111 was greatly 111Cl'C2ISC11, 1111e 111 the 1111 111111111 i11 t11e s111'r11111111i11g1 te1'rit111'y. 211111 t11e 61117 111n1e11t i11 the classes, w11ic11 were 11e111 i11 the 11111 East 1111i111i11g', 11111l'11l'C1'Cf1 tw1,1 11l111t1I'611 211111 twenty- fonr. It was at t11is time that the 1l1111I11l1g' was 11en1111is11e11 hy :1 wi1111-st111'n1. 211111 the sch111i11 was ICl11Ilt11'Z1l'11y 11-c:1te11 at the 11ew C1111eg'e, 1111 N11rth Janie- 51111, 111111 1I1fe1' i11 the 111111511111 1'1111C1i, 1111 Nurth Mufti street, 1'r11t'. .1111111 1Jz1yis1111 ttl111f c11:11'g'e of Zl1TIl11'S i11 t11e NCXY11' c11n1111ete11 1111i111i11g 1111 XYest lligh Street, i11 111115. The site is the same :1s at ll1'L'SC11I, Zl1I11tI1lQ'11 the 1llt11l11l1g' w1111111 11e scarce1y rec11g'11ize11 t11 1111 1.11111-11111C1'.H lfxe 16115111115 were h11i1t, which 111C111l1Ct1 a f11rg'e V1111111. 11111LlS1l'1Zl1, science, 111111 1111111estic art 11e11artn1e11ts, 211111 111tt11C1'11 CC1111I5111C111 I111'1'l1S11Ct1. X111 Stetifens, 111'111C117ll1 111 t11e High Sc1111111 at that tin1e, is 1Ill'g'C1y res111111sih1e 1111' 111:11ci11gg the TCTIINIT w11at it is at present. Mr. Schweikart started the 1Cl'1I1 111 114113-111 as 17l'1l1C1lDfl1, llhlllg' wit11 the IIGXY sch11111 SL11J6l'1lIIC11t1C11I, 1'1'11f. t'1111i11s. 11e was 11h1ige11 111 1eaye i11 the n1i11111e 111 the Sf11I1t11 year, 1111 i1CC111II1t IIT i11 health. 11is 111ace 1I1C111Q' ll1l1y t111e11 11y ,X. 1'f. K1111111y, w1111 e11ntin11e11 in the 111'tice 111l'1lt1g'11 the t'111111wi11g' 161111. The L'1t1S111Q SC11l,l11 year has 1:ee11 a11 GVC1111-111 11116, 1111' X111 L'1111ins. :11111 11111' 1J1'111C1tl2l1, Mr. R. lf, Ij1:fC1111Z11lC1', have 1itera11y 1113116 things 1111111. The 501111111 syste111 has 11CC11 1'e111'ga11izc11. t11e 1141 1111111 1:ei11g' est:1111is11e11, :11111 the 11l'1Q 111211 site 111 Central High 111111 1'A1'Il1l1i1111 G1':111e Sch11111 is 1111w c11yere11 with a 11Itl11SI1'tl11S structiire, aec11n1n11111ati11g' f1'111rteen 1111111h'e11 SI1lt1C111S. IX new gym, a cafeteria, 211111 an a1111it11ri11n1 are s11n1e 111- the a1111iti1111s w11ic11 have heen 11'IZlt1C. R1OI'Ct1X'C1'. a 11ew 81111111 High is 1111w i11 use, the l11IlQ'1111IL'L'I11 111111111l1g' 11C111f Z1 1111151 01111151616 H1111 1111111e1'11 str11ct11re. SE S Truly, 11pp111't1111ity is 1111w 11131611211 1111' :1 real high sch11111 e1h1eati11n. gl A 'B' H ee: I :ia I H Q1 H H1 1 fs 4 mga' it-11115