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' ' ' — ' Hosennidl ' On Leaving the Old High School Building Goodbye — old pal — goodbye, I say it with a sigh. With a tear in my heart I take my final depart, But your memory will I cherish ' Till my very soul shall perish. Your foundation may not stand With the last in the land; But the deeds you have done. The battles you have won. The men you have made And set up in trade. Will forever carry on — • Your memory will never be gone. The old gives way to the new. The new, of different shapes and hue. To larger rooms and halls, To greater tasks and calls. Fate leads us from a pal; Obey we must, and shall. But with a heavy heart We play our part And leave this friend so true. For the old must yield unto the new. We leave this ancient sere. This place to us so dear; So it ' s goodbye — old pal — goodbye. We say it with a sigh. Goodbye — old pal — goodbye. Announce it with clarion high; Call forth the pals of yore. Let them come forth once more. Enter again the castle walls. Trod once more the sacred halls, Look again in familiar places. Meet once more the friendly faces. Make a grand and jubilant time. Sing once more in loyal rhyme. Tell the tales of time gone by. But keep back the tearful eye. Sing to our Alma Mater That ' s soon to yield to a greater. Theodore Dann Page Twelve
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»— Hosennial School History H AND in hand with freedom and self government is found the idea of universal education. The history of the primitive school house begins with a cabin of unhewn logs built in the dense woods. The seats were rough benches and mere were no desks except planks which were supported by pegs driven in the wall. The only cheerful feat ure of the room was a brick fire place and this completed the scanty equipment. Here in the winter of 1823 Richard Huff taught the first school of Henry County. This early school continued not more than sixty days in the year and the instruction was of the most elementary kind. The first teachers were from Virginia and North Carolina, and they be- lieved deportment to be one of the chief factors in education. So the boys upon entering the school house were required to bow to their fellow students and say, I am your servant ladies and gentlemen, then turning to their teacher with profound respect they said, I am your obedient servant, sir. The girls would courtsey and observe the same salutation. This was called, making their manners. Ten years had elapsed since Richard Huff taught the first school and owing to the increase in population it was necessary to have a permanent building. So in 1834 the first real estate for school purposes in Newcastle was purchased. The contract was let to John Paxon for $771 and a few years later the ad- joining lot was added for the sum of $10. The Central and High School Buildings stand on these lots at the present time. The early Hoosier school masters were not all paragons of learning yet many of them, as Elliot, Johnson, Julian, Powell, Rea, Kinly and Rogers were excellent men who possessed such qualities that no monument is needed to perpetuate their memory. For it lives in the hearts of all who knew them. With the coming years came growth and progress and the population of Newcastle was 1,100. The citizens found that the seminary was too small. So plans were made for a larger and better equipped building. This was red brick and consisted of eleven rooms. In June, 1875, the first class consisting of two members was graduated from Newcastle High School. They were Mrs. Elizabeth Rea Gillies, who is one of Newiastle ' s prominent citizens, and Gertrude Leonard Mitchell, who died several years ago. They studied Greek, Latin, French, Political Economy and Zoology. Mr. Hufford, who later became principal of Shortridge High School in Indianapolis, was superintendent of schools. Commencement exercises were held in the old Christian Church and the Newcastle Cornet Band furnished the music. Each member of the class read a twenty minute essay, then the minister of the Presbyterian Church gave the commencement address. For decoration there were two bouquets of flowers on the platform. From that time on there has been a class graduated every year. A little more than half a century has elapsed since the erection of the first permanent school building in Newcastle. A steady growth in population made a more adequate high school necessary. The city now has seven school buildings, live ward grade school buildings, a junior high school and senior high school building. During the five years between 1917 and 1922 the average increase in the number of high school students was approximately one hundred a year. The school management realized that a new building would have to be provided Page Thirteen
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