McGuffey Foundation High School - Reflector Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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iw uf 4. 1 . if!I:,,afl5.' NIE' , .ri .-. l l McGufTey was founded in 1910 primarily to provide a place for the students in the Teachers' College of Miami to practice under trained supervisors. However, the high school, not a four year course until 1912, has developed both materially and scholastically until it has today a rec- ord which few schools its size may claim. The lVlcGuffey of today, drawing its enrollment from Oxford and Oxford Township, Bath, Somerville, Darr- town, Collinsville, and Israel Township, is a center of learning and an institution for the building of better citi- zens and the furthering of democracy.

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THE REFLECTIIR MCGUFFEY HIGH M 0 M F0ll 1941 The Reflector as a mirror IS held up to the life at McGuffey Hlgh School durmg the year of 1940 1941 MG Edt J B B M g SCIIIIIIL

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af R D EJ WILLIAM IIULMES MBGUFFEY In the late autumn of 1826 a sandy-haired Scotch- man named William Holmes McGuffey rode into our little village of Oxford where he was to conduct ex- periments in child psychology which were to have a far-reaching influence. In his home on Spring Street he personally directed the elementary edu- cation of a class of village children and noted the reactions of the children to various education meth- ods. From these studies he conceived the ideas for his famous McGuffey Readers whose wholesome philosophy and homely teachings are quoted and loved to this day. The influence of this remarkable and kindly teacher is today greatly felt within the walls of the school which proudly bears his name.