Olean High School - Congress Yearbook (Olean, NY)

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OUTSIDE THE LOG SCHOOL- HOUSE, I842 JOSIAH TRACY HOLLIS HUMPHREY INSIDE THE LOG SCHOOL- HOUSE, IS42 SCHOOL HISTORY PAGEANT OLEAN ACADEMY FALL I858 GRAMMAR SCHOOL DEPARTMENT OLD ACADEMY, I878 INNOVATIONS IN OUR SCHOOL I889 - I946

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OLEAN SCHOOLS - A HISTORY and Grade schools. In I883 drawing and penmanship began while Music was added in IS89. Induslrial Arls was inlroduced in Ihe grades in I888: free Iexf boolcs for Ihe grades were Iirsl' used in I894y I904 saw Man- ual Training inaugurafed: and Domesfic Science was offered To girls of grade school age in I905. Ari' courses were infroduced info e High School I9O e nexf year a Commercial Deparr men? was added Medical inspec hon however was noi sfarled unh I9I5 Ihe same year Ihal a SCHOOL 8 library was esfablished in 'the High School One year Ialer Physical Educaflon became a parl of Ihe sfudenls daily roufune Wi+h I9I7 came whar could be ap+Iy en+i+Ied Ihe firsf chapfer of 'rhe Olean Schools War HISIOFY As early as I9I4 Ihe sfudenfs had conlribufed Io Ihe Belgian Relief bofh by raising funds and by making bandages now Ihey conhnued Ihe work for The Red Cross Under The guidance of Mr SacIce++ Ihen in his fursl' year as principal lhe sfudenls of 'Ihe High School raised S400 +o buy Liberfy Bonds for 'Ihe High School whxle in I9I8 +he Seniors confrib ufed Ihe receipls from Iheir play amounhng I S622 'Io Ihe Red Cross Following Ihe war Ihe Board of Educahon again underfook a se ries of rennovahons in Ihe school buildings A new addmon was made on School No 4 in I922 and Ihe nexr year Ihe presenf School No 5 building was com pefed I924 Ihe exnsin School No 9 building was erecfed SCHOOL 9 in Seneca I-Ieighls Since Ihe old School No I had been dISCOFlIIl'IUSd a new one was bull? in I925 on Ihe corner of Wes? Sullivan and Norfh Sixfh SIree+s a safe formerly occupied by S+ Marys Academy The Iasf grade school in fhe Olean sysfem was School No II erecfed 'rhree years Iafer on Wesf Slafe Sfreef 'Io facllilale Ihe educafion of Ihe children in fha? area For a number of years Olean had fell Ihe need for a new Hugh School and now 'rhe made quacles and age of +he old build ing made fhe need acu+e There yfi ry ore n congunchon wifh Ie Federal program for Ihe con sfruchon of High and Cenfral Schools fhroughouf fhe country fe exisfing High School was ed I935 and wor wa sf rfed proiecf No 63l8 deshned 'r become Olean High School The million dollar building was complefed an 1936 II' now insures fhe besf educa lional opporfunihes for Ihe 'I Iure cmzens of Olean SCHOOL II I3 fh ' in 8: Ih .I I . O ' I . In , ' I' g I , i ' ' ' I1 ' . J 1,1,,X1'f J ' fx h . . . , V N A 'N V 'A raz in , ' I: s ' I . I , K - V' 'A 6 on . . - ' 3 . O I . . . U-

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