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. Courtesy Clinton Williams 11

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Mount Vernon s First High School Old Central Building Courtesy Clinton Willi 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 1925 so that the west wing of the present hi gh school building might be erected. On the third floor 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. 10

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The Men Who Have Guided Our Destinies In 1858 there were not more than five stu- dents in the high school, so the superintendent of schools added the duties of high school principal to his schedule. The list of superin- tendents is complete, but we are not sure about the principals. The first principal ' s name that appears in any history is that of Mr. M. A. Yarnell in 1884. That year there were only eight graduates, so we assume that Mr. Yarnell was the first high school principal. We were interested in noticing the fact that in our first hundred years there have been the same number of superintendents and principals. Several principals moved into the superintend- ency after they had been principals. SUPERINTENDENTS Captain William Mitchell 1858 - 1864 Colonel P. D. Hayes 1864 - 1866 Charles Baker 1866-5 mo. Richard Marsh 1867 - 1883 J. A. Shawan 1883 - 1889 Lewis Bonebrake 1889 - 1898 John Baxter 1898-1905 John G. Leland 1905 - 1907 John Alan 1907 - 1913 P. Zemer I9I3 - 1921 Dr. A. W. Elliott 1921 - 1941 John D. Geiger 1941 - 1953 Dr. Harold Nichols 1953 - 1955 Charles Pickens 1955 PRINCIPALS The dates for some of the principals were not available. M. A. Yarnell 1884-1885 Mr. Weld 1885 - 1890 John Baxter 1890 - 1898 John Leland 1898 - 1905 John Alan 1905 - 1907 R. E. Offenhower C. H. Winans W. S. Rimer 1916-1920 Dr. Harlan Koch 1920 - 1924 John D. Geiger 1924- 1941 Kenneth West 1941 - 1954 Charles Pickens 1954-1955 Clark Pouts 1955 - 1956 H. Max Wiggins 1956 0- h-:::. i 12