Mount Vernon High School - Forum Yearbook (Mount Vernon, OH)

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OLD JUNIOR HIGH This high school building was situated on the corner of Mulberry and Burgess Streets. It was built in 1897 and razed in 1938 when the present building was erected. From 1927 to 1938 it was used as the junior High Building. W

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Mount Vernon!! First Hzlglv School Old C entml Building Courtesy Clinton Williams Mount Vernon's first high school building, known as the Central Building, was situated at the corner of North Mulberry and West Hamtramck Streets. It was completed in 1859 and razed in 1923 so that the west wing of the present high school building might be erected. On the third Hoor of this building was a very large room which was used as a gym, but was later converted into a large study hall. The teacher sat on a raised platform in the middle of the front of the room. There were two classrooms at the rear of this large room and the only access to them was through the study hall. Usually there were a number of students going and coming through this room all the time.

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Foreword Sesquicentennial is not a correct name for the 1953 FORUM because Mount Vernon High School is fifty-five years short of celebrating its sesquicentennial. However in conjunction with the Ohio Sesquicentennial Education Committee, of which our own Mrs. Ruth Truxall is a member, we are helping our own school to celebrate Ohio's one hundred and fifty years of statehood. In this yearbook we are attempting to give a history of Mount Vernon High School from its beginning in 1858 until the present time. This is not a complete history because it was impossible financially to do such a piece of work. However, we expect to save all the material that will be of value to future historians. Some attempt has been made to identify former students by married names, but this is not complete. The list of deceased alumni is not complete either. Our thanks go to many of the alumni who contributed pictures, identifications, and editorial material. Especially do we wish to thank Mr. Clinton Williams for giving us access to his collection of old pictures and letting us use the ones we wanted. Formal photographs of the 1952-53 activities were taken by Guy Lipps, james Israel, and Don Garverick. Informal shots were made by Fred Kimble, Bob Lipps, john Wareham, and jack Bell. Cartoons were loaned by the Mount Vernon News. Vivian Gallogly and Shirley Wolf did the art work, and the entire staff worked hard to help you remember the happy days of the past and the progress made in Mount Vernon High. K 1 11 'Y' 'fkyylf 'Z' Z! ffl X if NN 5 M' M If , A-I wil if ,+ W X I I , f fl W . , -e R X 6' Z i ,ZHWWF 4 4A,.' ,x 1.-.- ,fnva P7 7 xi W 6 ll I i 'MJ NWI XX ll,lil'l' - Jf 'l'fy 1 , L '1' Page Six