Norwalk High School - Signal Yearbook (Norwalk, OH)

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One of the earliest descriptions of Norwalk High School is that recorded in the Norwalk Experiment News in 1896, the year when Principal James Cole came to teach. From the 200-odd pupils and the four faculty members of that year, the school has grown to the present 950 students and 41 faculty members. The high school occupied three rooms and a laboratory on the third floor of the Central building. Miss Ellecta Miller CMrs. Ruhl- koetterj taught physics and chemistry in the laboratory which also served as a classroom. Mrs. Ida Baker, history and English teacher, and Miss Susan Benedict, mathematics teacher, divided the freshmen and sopho- mores between them. 1 L is . 21 , ,f 1 fx fx 1 if 'Q' y fo- 'E' , t 1115551143 'f Hi 19 School as 200 Pupils' in 1896 fgssrfir Mr. Cole taught Greek and Latin and had charge of upperclass- new men. Thirty pupils were graduated that year. 0 . 'Wm Miss Benedict, a direct descendant of Platt Benedict, later joined A 5 the teaching staff of Smith College and was head of the mathematics . ,Q f N department there. Mr. Cole taught here from 1896 to 1938. Q' Q 1 Oi 'Eff I - fQx':1L2 F' . wg. X, , l ly' 6. W' Us W gl. avi ' 5 W 9 VE 0 f , , . 4 'ii N Y :xii In 6 First Graduate Takes Part In Laying Cornerstone MRS. OLIVER P. DUNBAR fSarah Wilkinsonj read The Declaration of Independence in the ceremony for laying the Central building corner- stone on July 4, 1883. Placed in the cornerstone were a cancelled S500 school bond and an autograph of President Rutherford B. Hayes who attended school in the Institute build- ing.

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.U-A in- I Q i i 1 .f.35 L.214 in b Seven Former Teachers Honored By Portraits in Study Hall Wi 1il'1i'f,f', i'lli:lllig g:i,E, V 1 I JN Jia ,isgi li ti Ml ' t 5 iiwllli I lrlliml-:'i11lW'lllilii!ll' it . tl 'tif-',f1:.' 'lsllllitll .,,,N lj, all lim ill, W Jill tlli'1yii,,i ,,, jlliyitlllQll7?t- , tllwililt' l li, .iiiixii rttt ii, ' wi i lViiiIiMiiiiiW,,,wiiHii1mw r i WWVN dxvx X ,,... t w 1 l 'fN-q ,.lWl,i3,ill.,Q.,j! ' lllsl Wfli. Institute in 1855 Serves as School HVIGOROUS, popular, and thorough institution, aiming to qualify its pu- pils for the business of life or fit them for en- trance into the higher departments of collegi- atc study was the aim of Norwalk Institute, which was a private in- stitution from 1846 to l855 and was used as a high school from l855 to 1883. Principal Rev- ercnd Jeremiah Hall was first headmaster. In 1849 the Institute student body consisted of 115 gentlemen, 93 ladies, and 22 children. PASSED DAILY by students in study hall are the portraits of seven former teachers-Mr. P. J. Garcia, Mr. Carl Seibel, Mr. D. E. Stewart, Mr. Homer Ellis, Miss Madge Mossman, Mr. James E. Cole, Mr. C. E. Patterson. Last picture added to group was Mr. Garcia's which was presented by Hi-Y in 1959 at time of his retirement. Walking by are seniors Linda Lawrie, Homer Stall, Ruth Brown, and Pam Norsworthy. .re 4 I e1 '-QFJ K .1 Y he ' . , '9- . '4Q. .K si 9 -2- fx . 'L Qpti kt. I. V 0 . , Q . , V . 1 , In 'ln' 1 1 ' at .er A A A v NR x 2 , Q 1 -. nsikr' ft' 1 W. .5 'F M.- -FS. s -