Milton Hershey School - Acropolis Yearbook (Hershey, PA)

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ea ...ai . 'N LL Highway to Patt's Hill - I9 I5 PROGRESS From the time that the deed oftrust was signed in 19o9, The Hershey Industrial School has been growing in size and in the scope ofits activities. It has grown from :L group offour boys, admitted in I9 Io, to alarge family ofabout Iooo boys. Progress! The original condition of admission was that fatherless boys only were to be admitted. As the school grew and its authorities saw that the condition was too limited, it was changed. Now the admission requirements have been changed to include the fatherless, motherless, or the full orphan. The growth ofthe school during the first ten years was slow and gradual because of the fact that few ap- plicants met the conditions of admission. Growth! ,A Highway to Patt's Hill - 1939 Thirteen

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In the classroom - I9 I5 In the early years of the school, from 19o9 to 1911, the members of the school lived in the home ofour first and beloved superintendent, Mr. George Copenhaver. Today this building is affectionately known as the Homestead. In 1911 the Main was opened. Buena Vista Farm Unit was finished in 1916. In 1919, to take care ofthe Io6 boys who were then in H. I. S., Ivanhoe was opened. Thus the school constantly grew. Three new departments were added in 1926. The growth of the departments and farms was steady, and finally, in 1938, there were forty farm units and ten departments. Progress! The first teacher that the early students of The Hershey Industrial School had was Mr. Copenhaver Che was also school barberj. He taught the boys in the first class room ofthe school, which is now the Main Office ofthe Homestead. When the number of students reached 24,they were taught in a new class room in a building next to the Main. However, because of the great and rapid growth of the school, Mr. Copenhaver soon had to give up his teaching for the other activities which had now come upon him. Advancement! In the classroom - 1939 Fourteen