Oley Valley High School - Olean Yearbook (Oley, PA)

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Ten Education In Qley Township Today frw,,,.,.-'- -. :w2 A newly macadamed road leads to the present center of educatxon 1n Oley Townsh1p to all of us 1t 15 known as our school The Oley Townsh1p Consol1dated School IS located on a spac1ous campus made up of playground areas and athletmc helds 1t 15 beaut1f1ed by welltrlmmed lawns trees and shrubbery One of 1ts most attract1ve campus features 1S 1ts own prrvate forest of several thousand evergreen trees The bu1ld1ng 1tself IS a trne example of school archrtecture from 1ts place on the h1ll 1t commands a str1k1ng v1ew of the lovely valley from whlch 1lS student body IS drawn Our school occupres an 1mportant place not only 1n the l1ves of 1ts students 1t IS also the center for most of the communlty act1v1t1es part1c1pated 1n by the general pUbl1C Dances publlc meet1ngs commumty parttes and s1m1lar act1v1t1es are held ln the school wh1ch IS an xntegral part of both the educatlon and general communlty l1fe of the people of Oley Townshrp The motto of our school IS Enter to learn leave to serve and w1th1n 1ts walls opportumty knocks for those who seek knowledge For one hundred and e1ghty days out of each year several hundred ch1ldren avall themselves of that knowledge Accredmted teachers w1th the ard of the fmest textbooks and laboratory facxlxtxes lmpress upon these chxldren the 1mportance of a well I I I - - t - U-. -,,-,,.. , . f 1 f ,mf Q , ,,.,,..--f I 7: 'af 1 - . - - 11 11 . 1 . 1 ' 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 - 11 . .11 - - - 1 1 . 1 I -

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-ps fit X i. ,, g .1 I. 1,04 1 , A Q. 4 3.-1 1 W - ,j - 51 4 ef A . l l J f . V1-A1 f:1?,f-Sw We ,. gg, my 3 452- , . ...MV ,44-J 1 0:11 4-fr 1,114 fH2:?4Q'2.:, 1 ' fra, ifzfjeez-fffarkirf wi, e. 4.. f,'T1 1 the center of the room, bordered on all sides by desks in which the books were stored. There were twelve of these schools distributed throughout the townshlp area Merkel s School Breber s School Yoder s School one midway between Oley Churches and Gnesemers property Wriqhts School Werst School Knabb s School Guildrn s School Hunter School Maurer School Rerff s School and one located on the Maurer property Oley Academy the last school organized before consolidation was erected because of the widespread lnterest 1n education mamiested by the people of the community It was opened on December l 1857 with forty pupils and an outlook that was not too encouraging Debts were finally pa1d and a three story building was erected the building had dormitory space for chrldren who l1ved outside the township There were 500 volumes in the library The first graduating class was made up of twelve students In summary one can see how avid an interest in educatlon was taken by the parents and teachers of this area But 1n the light of later develop ments 1t can be said truthfully that this was only the beginning' ig5f' ?ni4 Aflll 1 , 1 . 1 1 - , - 1 1 1 . , . , . 1 1 1 . - 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 , . 1 1 1 1 u I - : . . . , 1 . . . 11 - - 11 , . ' 1 its CQ 1 25711121 If 1 A zflgfg F., vt? 1 .f ' 'M V - 2 , X We Ca la ' H ' 1' v. 6

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rounded educatron 1n the atomrc age The educatronal system ln the Oley Townsh1p Consohdated School ts departmentahzed 1nto four d1st1nct but well mtegrated branches elementary mtermedxate jumor h1gh school and senxor hlgh school After a student has successfully completed h1s traxnmg of twelve years he IS well prepared to take h1s place m SOCISYY well prepared to con tnbute h1s share to h1s own and the publxc welfare Reahzrng that formal textbook educatlon IS only a part of the task requrred to develop a ch1ld 1nto a well rounded personalxty those responstble for our educatxon have provrded us w1th a wrde range of extracurrxcular act1v1t1es An extenswe program of mtramural and xntermural athletrcs burlds strong bodxes for the sound m1nds and trams the partrcrpants m the prmclples o' sportsmanshlp and tau play Our excellent band and orchestra as well as choral smgrng acquamt us w1th the beaut1es of musxc All of us have the opportumty to 1o1n clubs of our chorce these clubs 1n most xnstances correlate w1th classroom sublects and enable us to further our especxal xnterests Partres and dances QIVS us experxence rn the soclal amemtres whrch experrence 1S essentlal rn the development of the complete mdxvrdual It IS m th1s way that the Oley Townshrp Consohdated School accepts those who Enter to learn and through the medlum of twelve years concerted and mtegrated trammg, prepares them that they may Leave to serve Eleven - 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 , A - 1 , . 1 1 11 .11 - 1 . . . 11 11