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

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1 1 - 5I'lU -'rurlllll ll 1111115 C.l'I.S. - -f-, - -1 '20 ister of Central High Scheel 7 ' R. ll. XY. l.l'l l'LlCFllfLlJ receives the credit fur tirst attempting to estahlish higher edncatinn i11 Lllllil. ln 1857, with himself as superintendent. the Linia Lvllillll Schiml was iirganized. The Clll'I'lCl1llllll ciinsisted inf higher niatheniatics, scientific and classi- IIIZY cal StllCllCS. llr. Littlefield resigned in 181311 and was succeeded IEQQZ1 hy Xldlhain .X. SlHlHQ lHldCY uliwni die hvur year cwurse xras in gf' wg. trnduced, Vrnf, -lilllll llansnn and Miss lfllen Carpenter were placed i i in charge i11 lgfill. The hrst freshman class in the fuur year C'Pll1'Se numbered twenty-tire. Fnur years later three nienihers graduated. In the year 1368, XY. E. Cimslmy hecaine the 11ew superintendent. Greek xvas introduced zuul wthcr huiguages xyere taught at an extra cnst UP the student C1 llf NX2dker succeeded Qaamhy hi 1S70,:u1d served hir hnuteen years. developing the sclinnl, sluwly hut surely. Ilue to the 1dllw1nn1 ai 1StRi the enrwhinenl ni die schiuds yras gready increased. The l1igl1 schunl shnwed an enrwlhnent uf 33.1 students nf wl1iel1 145 we1'e girls. Shurtly after this a wind-stwrni deinulished the wld lfasi Building necessitating the rnnying uf tl1e high sclinnl tu tl1e Luna Cwllegc Building an hlaniesnn Avenue. Later it was nuwed tn the Hivlland lllwclq where it remained lllltll 1005. ln IQO5. all fknisnn uiuachimen as superhnendentzuulthe sdioolyyas transferred to H1CIlCH'lHHldH1Q un XX'cstldigh Street lluruig Xlr.l7a1as1nfs Z1CllllllliSt1'Z'L'EiOll. Industrial and Duniestic civurses were added to the already large IHJHHJCY nf stuthes. l2xtensh1ns yrere alsn lnidt xyhich inzule iwnini for the Ciwrnmercial and Science departnients and ll14ltlt'l'll equipment was in-- stalled. fXlongg xyidi the resngnathmn ilf l'rnfess1u' lDa1is1n1 hi 14115 zdsfi canic the resignation mf Prnfessrwi' S. S. Steffens, whn had heen principal uf the school Mnce 1335. Prof. J. lf. Cullins as superintendent Zllltl l'r11fess11r C, li. Schwcickart as principal succeeded tl1e twin 111e11 whim resigned. Many changes were lllIltlC by the new reginie. New features and inethimds were intriiduced hy Mr, Collins. Mr. Schweickart was fnrced tu resign nn accirunt uf ill health and his place was taken hy Nr. ,X. lf. Klnntly. whu cirntinued in office through the following schunl year. ln IQI8, Mr. R. lf. Offenliauer succeeded Mr, Xlniuly as Principal and CO-operating XYltll Supt, Cullins have reivrganized the schonl system. The 6-6 plan yvas intrenluced :uid t11 udce care tif die ever increashig INJHIHCV of students the Original site uf Central High and Franklin Grade Schot 11 is nnw covered with an innnense schnnl plant. ZlCCHllllllHCl2lllIlg' fourteen hundred sttulents, Td1e features of die nexy adththin are die gwwir the cafeteria an1lzu1 aritlitoriuln of eleyen hundred seating capacity. S1 ruth High Schmid hnilding was built and first p11t in use in Itjlg. lt is a magnificent building, heing a niost niigvclern and cnniplete structure. The huilding uf Snuth High School changed the name of uld Lima High to Central High Schnt 11. 4.. . Y .fi a Y rarfr Z: - 9 ......... ,W . ,,,.,.,

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