Lockport High School - Forum Yearbook (Lockport, NY)

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Scene Scene Scene Scene Scene ROLOGUE I - NAMING THE VILLAGE Mr. Haines proposed the name of Locksborough, Dr. Isaac W. Smith proposing Lock Port. The latter adopted, the village had a name, though a stranger would have needed a guide to find it. 'Lock Port Hotel, by E. Brown,' stood about forty rods west of Transit Street, near Main, and, being the headquarters of the canal contractors, was for a short time the head and center of the newborn village. fFrom Illustrated History of Niagara Co. - 1878.1 II - THE FIRST SCHOOL The first school was taught within the limits of what is now the city of Lockport in 1821. The pioneer settlers in the vicinity, feeling the need of a school, made use of the Friends' Meeting House for a schoolroom until other accomodations could be obtained. The first teacher was Miss Pamelia Aldrich. III - OPENING THE CANAL At Lockport - the spot where the waters were to meet when the last blow was struck, and where the utility of an immense chain of locks was for the first time to be tested, the Celebration was in all respects such as to do honor to the work itself, and patriotic feelings of the people. It is here that nature had interposed her strongest barrier to the enterprise and the strength of man. But the massive granite of the 'Mountain Ridge' was compelled to yield. The rocks have crumbled to pieces and been swept away, and the waters of the Erie flow tranquilly in their place. fFrom Memoirs .... Celebration of the Completion of the N. Y. Canals - 1825.1 IV - A DISTRICT SCHOOL - 1830's The entire stock of apparatus consisted of a half-dozen well-seasoned switches and a substantial ruler, and no opportunity was neglected to make use of these appliances for the general advancement of the causes of education and good manners. In those days the question was not, 'Has the teacher a good education?' but, 'Is he stout? Has he good conduct? ' fFrom Illustrated History of Niagara Co. - 1878.1 V - THE FIRST BOARD OF EDUCATION In 1846 Sullivan Caverno originated the plan of this Union School system. He framed the act to be passed by the legislature. The trustees of the Union district were constituted a corporation by the name of 'Board of Education for the Village of Lockportf Immediately after organizing and adopting the by-laws, the Board of Education purchased a lot, centrally located, for the Union School-house, and commenced to build the large and com- modious house now thereon. CFrom Illustrated History of Niagara Co. - 1878.1

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CENTENNIAL OBJECTIVE Its object is to show the public, here and elsewhere, that L. U. S. is an excellent high school, that its history records facts of which every Lockportian should be proudg that it has a corps of teachers who would do credit to any institu- tion in the landg a Board of Education whose highest ideal is to see ours one of the foremost schools in the countryg that the citizens at large are deeply interested and desirous of having it leadg lastly, that the students are very appreciative of the above, that they not only love to advance intellec- tually under careful training, but to improve morally by the good example and enviable character of the teachersg that they are amassing knowledge for the future, which will enable them to begin life as noble men and women, and take their respective places in society. And whether they lead or be led, whether successful or not, in whatever position of life they are placed, they can look back, and lay nothing to the teachings of L. U. S. save what was advantageous and conducive to the highest standards of excellence. -CFrom The Junonalisf' I8974Lockport's first school az-znualj

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'nrkpnri Eailq Sthnrriiirr. I vor.. lm uouaroliu-, riuoil, rmnxsnuzr 9, uses. I A ne. I ,,,:'a's.'s.:i.!:.:bx I A usa.. ,. 99 ' THROUGH THE YEARS L lad is Q, . . Q ., . Scene I - O emng of Umon School, July 4, 1848 0 Q4 51 gn ' P 035 gs 9' ig Until 1848 Lockport contained no academy, sem- - P 'ffl' 3, inary, or other educational institution, except seven x , 4. A common schools, some of them kept in houses NQ1, 1 unpleasant, uncomfortable, unhealthy, dark and gloomy, and a few so-called select schools. To obtain N - S. . a respectable degree of education for their children, REWYOB.I,,HRfI gALRAUaBOAD- parents were obliged to send them away, at great expense. The new system went into operation July 4, Tnlnl pass Lockportsrfollovu: vns-rf un.. 'IhNiqraraFalls. Tblilflllllf. ggi ECM. Ex. :Ami Freight. pm Sim Aoeommoddnl 1:81 N. Y. Exprt 10:21 To Bible- ignnt gm. 0:58 glam 11:48 so . 7185 N.Yt Express mms 5:40 Mail 8:45 'Q'T.Zl'.,.... ' t E33 P-IL Aceomsladou 5280- Dd.z0h1. Ex. 10:21 emmxr mulls- Toluislo sm. 9:50 Falla W 10:56 eh S . E552-, E..ifi'1'.'L, f1-?.'Snr1,' V313 vim cn. - To N' t Em lfTo.l!.nii-interynan. 4:38 'halos have ankle lor Loekpertu N on :- lui train lesvesBuKa1o st - - - 'l:50s,m. ghd ss u - - - lgmgn. a I'hs:s tutxlueeo bij'-Allnuy'-M in 0 N - , . . . 586111: N minutes hsrtginasn pox-red Iockpo me. , HDAG Pwpridom at ik TBBOK k 0 Winn or mm mm, Lockport. omnibus runs in eouoeetlon with the esrs, eu-:ying penn' gerl Sree of chu-gs. k , JQB. GALDICOTT 85 00.1 Nmnn 86 lun Stun,-Locxronr, Wholesale and Retail Dealer!!! Groceries, urns, wooo nm swam: wma, p V7 I N' E S , Foreign lad Domestic 4 Liquors and Cigars, And deihr In l'srmer'l Produce gene:-diy. 1. l. oawiooxt. .AI-IL DOUGH!!!- '- Vsliso and Carpeting Store. f ' ' INTBEBERKSHIRE BLOCK.. JOHN HUMPBRYM sinh' 1 established inthe business of sz- uesssnd tnufk makin , nearly opposite hislold phoe of bushes. Ike workmanship has he- qusutly received premiums, sud he Batters him- sellthsi the work turned out of his shop ' is ll ih ch t d d th bell. , if I jg-s, etc., alyaysgnjiaud. Repgiijigg nsuslifi. M BBIGEPB Henan! Znmranoe Agency' OH IB Main streegnt H. Helmet 8 C0.'!lf01'0. eohsv You Cin' Ixsuxnrol Oolrulr, New York City. lmuvx Vsun Ixsuiuxcx Coxun, Amsterdam. Tu Ihun Ixsuiunes Courun, N Y rk Ci ew o ty. Burma Cin IKBURAMGI COIPAIY, Hartford, Conn. Coxlnaul. IIIBUBAFGI Conan, ml New Jersey. G0,DB Y'S Msgs-sine for January, 1855, Ruth Hall, Barnum s Autobiography, Life of Hor- ne Greeley, at the Cheap Bookstore, one door Ooltol Chrysler tBl-eylodn. I. W..ABBlY. Scene II - THEN .QND NOW Scene From the horse and buggy to the helicopter, from oil lamps to neon lights, from parlor heaters to solar furnaces, from handpower to atomic energy, from the town crier to television - that is perhaps the story from 1848 to 1948. Certainly with such strides as these, education could not stand still if it were to meet life in a changing world. To veer from chronology seems a necessity to show how life in the classroom has changed from the days when the Old Union School opened as a spacious stone edifice, the grounds provided with stone walks, shade trees, and other requisite con- veniences. Changed from the days of the New Union School building, commodious, convenient, centrally located, and scientifically planned and con- structed, one of the best, if not decidedly the best. public school building in the State. III - FAMOUS PEOPLE To pay tribute to all the men and women who have played a part in the development of Lockport, or of its schools, would require a full evening's perform- ance. It is with regret that-we can give only a few brief sketches. Those we have chosen are merely representative of phases of democfatic life: freedom of the press, the right to vote, tolerance, education, and family life. Surely every Lockportian has influenced one of these in some small way. C ,, V '- , - UU8'.NlBOUIAND8lIOXB'!0Hl RUBIIIHISELBGUJBB Corner Sun, - e-.ex Stands snperlor 5' No. 1 nuuv same. .Q Q S 5 xx um. sn. like subscribers . KN X Toni Rouen- . :m '::'it ci' - 1- 'r.: '...f:,'tf,':.': .1 n o o ', bl . ,wxili the public generally , I' X i 'Qi gg perous, bo.,qv- gtygx eg . tbthelumnfnoon v 1 'N 'erinveu!ad. It s V P ' sndshuesprhlchthey ' ' - sg. ,- 'X iam ulalhly .ts 1.4131 ,ff :hooking chapter . K , gazgtheirtbr .- ff,-4. . - i fr M- ,vyl x 1, 9-emma ue. X 4 by 1 r Ale in bowl: ' f n1:P.4mma ws, - :A 'vis' the mul ' , K 'QA l ' donein thebest style is K ' dmv 1125 0001!- ozessnoteic offs Geo- ...:.':'s:'.,.'1s ' 1,, gg .. . ROY! ' . . 'qi ' Juno 10. 1854. 0 X-J the trade. A B Moon sole sgent,226 Main at Bulhlo APS mods to measure and order st LUI-L'B. 82-ting' uilnmnr A. nn Age-2.,Tl.mxperi. BIKE! old.