Mansfield High School - Manscript Yearbook (Mansfield, PA)

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CONTENTS Foreword Dedication Faculty Classes Activities Life and Ads E51

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Foreword As we dream about the Future, we have visions of many developments in Education. A glance into the Past discloses what drastic changes have occurred in the last fifty years. In this yearbook We shall give a brief history of Education in Mansfield, and to some degree, con- trast Education in the Past and Present. That loyalty to our school may not cease to grow, that friendships formed under her influence may not be severed, that our endeavors may aid others in the future: such are the objects that we strive to attain in our yearbook. E41

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History of Mansitieldis Schools Our town is known as a College town. Therefore it seems only fitting that this history of education should begin with the- college. The building of a small seminary was completed February 15, 1857, on the site where our college now stands. It opened its doors to students January 15, 1857, under the supervision of the Methodist Church. This did not prove entirely satisfactory, so finally the State took it over, and it was reorganized into a State Normal School, December 11, 1862. The buildings formerly used were enlarged and improved, and the attendance grew until in 1927 it was made a State Teachers College. It has become very well known, especially for its work in Music and Home Economics. A Soldiers' Orphan School was no doubt the next organized. Its name signifies the type of school it Was. The main building was on the site where Shepard's men's clothing store now stands, on the corner of Main and Wells- boro Streets. There were various other buildings belonging to the school, such as dormitories. The Boys' Dormitory was directly across the street from the main building. The children did a great deal of good under the super- vision of Professor Allen, who at the same time was President of the Nor- mal School, for which he accomplished some remarkable things. Later the main building of the Orphan School burned. Besides these schools, the one used for more general purposes was the Academy, situated across from the college on Academy Street, named after the school. This took the place of other schools until the building we now use for a High School was built in 1882. It was then called the Borough School and was graded, being used for all grades, from the highest to the E61 '