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mjr ' Hosennial v- » but postponed its erection because of the large increase in taxes. So partitions were built across the ends of the hallways, basement rooms were plastered and ficted up for use, but all to no avail. Finally even these makeshifts would no longer take care of the increasing student body. A site was purchased, with the thought of future needs of an ever growing city in mind, and the erection of a building was begun. The first of January it was ready for use. Nine thousand persons visited and inspected it the dav before the students began work there. Only words of praise and appreciation were heard from every one. This school is built on the unit plan and it consists now of the first two units. On Fourteenth Street the building is 180 feet long, on Walnut Street 256 feet long. It is well lighted, comfortably heated and ventilated, and all the furniture, scientific apparatus and industrial equipment are the best that could be secured. At present it will accommodate 800 students, all of whom can feel that no effort has been spared by the school management to give them the very best building and equipment possible for high school students. And it should be their ambition to be men and women worthy of this effort. We have seen the school of yesterday and of today. What of tomorrows? Already there are plans for the school of tomorrow that are no more of a fairy tale than the one we have seen unfolded. A unit is planned for Fifteenth Street equaling in every way the Fourteenth Street unit. South of this unit it is the hope, that a gymnasium may be constructed with possibly a large auditorium, with a cafeteria underneath. The fourth and last unit, necessary to complete this splendid structure would be the south unit, connecting the heating plant both on the east and west ends. With these additional units completed, from 1,200 to 1,500 students could be accommodated. It would not be fitting to close the account of the schools without stating that Mr. E. J. Llewelyn has been city superintendent for seven years and that his hopes are being realized for a high school that not only Newcastle but all Indiana can be proud of: and he and Mr. Valentine, the principal, and the splen- did high school faculty are devoting their lives to giving the young people of New Castle every opportunity to fit themselves for places of trust and honor in the community. Marion Idle. Page Fourteen Vs
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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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