Pandora Gilboa High School - Mirror Yearbook (Pandora, OH)

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MIRROR published by tlwe Senior Class of V943 PANDORA HIGH SCHOOL Pandora, Olwio Amy Leiglwtner, Alford Diller, Co-Editors

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The l-listory ot lQiley Qural School Our Alma Mater first opened her doors as a centralized school in 1927. The movement to establish this school started from the one-room country schools of Riley township and the two-room brick school of Pandora. The first school house in town was a log building which is now the southeast part of the Donald McDowell Implement Shop. As th-e population grew, the school house became so crowded that provisions were made to send the advanced pupils to the United Brethren church. The pupils sat on seats without desks or backs. The United Brethren church vi as located on the north side of the alley back of Huser's Barber Shop on the Alex Burry lot. A two-room brick building was erected in 1870 on North jefferson Street in Pan- dora. and it served as the school house until the early nineties. At that time it became so over-crowded that it was also necessary to use the large front room above the Ba- ringer Bros. Carriage Shop. which was located on the lot now occupied by the present Pandora Post Office. The two-room brick school hous-e was remodeled and is now owned by the Township Trustees. A two-months' term was taught in the spring and in the fall. The first teacher was J. D. Wamsley. When school rules were not obeyed to the letter, there was no hesitation in the use of the rod. The average teacher's pay was 37lfQc per day. It became evident then that a new high school building should be built to ac- commodate all the students. Two locations were considered: namely, the south part of town near the railroad on the road leading south past the Grace Mennonite church. and the Jesse Davy lots directly across from the two-room school house. After much controversy the first high school building was erected in 1895 on the jesse Davy lots. The approximate building cost was :lS15,000. It was believed that this new four- room school house would be too large for the increasing enrollment. This supposition later proved to be false. The first high school building served as a community center, but it was soon seen that it was not adequate for the school's rapidly-developing needs. The present art room and sixth grade room were formerly connected by a sliding partition that could be lifted into the atticg thus the two rooms were converted into a large hall. There