Perry High School - Clock Yearbook (Massillon, OH)

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Bibliography Blue, T, O, History gf Stark County, Ohio, Heald, Edward Thornton. The Stark Countx Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Stow: T716 Am1CfiCl1Tl Wav of Life V01 IIC 1928, Part 3. Columbus: The Stoneman Press, Everts, l.. H. New Historical Atlas of Stark 1959. County Illustrated. Philadelphia: L. H. Per1'iH,Wi1liamHem'y. Hiswrrvi Stark Cvun- Evel-tg, and Company, 1375, LL Chicago: Baskin and Battey, Historical Heald, Edward Thornton. The Stark County Pl1b1iShCfS,l881- Story Vol. I . Columbus: The Stoneman Press, Other Sources 1949. ............. . ........... Personal interview with Clyde Heald, Edward Thornton. The Stark County Gates, Pfincipalf Richville School-1 Massil' Story: Free People at Work Vol. IV Part I. lon, Ohio Personal interview with Pearl Needham, Teacher, Richville School, Mas- Columbus: The Stoneman Press, 1955. ee-- Heald, Edward Thornton. The Stark County n I Story: The Suburban Era Vol IV Part 2. SINGH, 01110 Columbus: The Stoneman Press, 1958.

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far Slaves lmpvrfanf 16016 underground Kailrmd which was that of slave-hunters, one being known as a man who was in the habit of aiding slaves to escape, advising them what route to take, then following them for the reward of- fered by their masters, the name, of the slave- catcher was DeCamp. The slavecatcher had become as familiar as household words in these parts. Thomas heard him very patiently describe the woman and children, and say that he had traced them to his fThomas'j' residence, and produced a warrant for their seizure issued under the act of Congress 1793, and supposed his work was done-that the Quaker being a law-abiding people, the mother and children would be at once delivered. After he had exhausted his vocabulary, Tho- mas said, 'aDost thou think thou can take the woman and her children here if thou canst find themfw Certainly, replied the slave-catcher. 4'Well,', said Thomas, HThou may be mis- taken, thou hast not found them yet, and shouldst thou find them, thou might have trouble to take them. The strangers had not been invited into the house, and while the dialogue was going on between Thomas and him having the Warrant, the farm hands, of whom Thomas kept three or four, gathered around, and seeing such a crowd, the strangers began to look at each other and evinced alarm, which Thomas was not slow to notice, and breaking a momentary silence, said to the person having the warrant, Dost thou know of a man who follows the business of slave catching by the name of DeCamp? 'cl do,', answered DeCamp, for it was he, and was betraying fear of bodily harm, and in- quired, Have you any business with me? My name is DeCamp. By this time, the men of Thomas, household, himself included had formed a sort of circle around the slave-catchers. Thomas replied with the utmost coolness, 'gl expect very soon to have some very important business with thee, and it will be well for thee to be prepared for it? DeCamp and his confrere concluded it would be best to beat a retreat, which they did with- out delay. On reaching their horses they sprang into their saddles and left Spring Hill farm and its Quaker occupants, and never again called there for human chattels.

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John Kross and Frank Cosentino scan some encyclopedias in search of a suitable topic for their next term paper assignment. Perry lmzugurafes Independent Study as ffowrs Program Unique in Stark County this year was an in- novation by the Perry High English Department- The Independent Study Program for High School Senior English Students. The program, designed and organized by Pat F. Mattachione with the assistance of Mrs. Margaret Rownd, teachers of English IV, has as its objectives: 1. The teaching of student self-confidence in in- dependent study. 2. The teaching of composition by writing papers of major importance. 3. The teaching of the various literary writing forms, and devices. 4. The study of English literature by placing em- phasis on major literary works, and periods. 5. The learning of the use of the library, and its reference materials. When news of the program broke, thirty-four stu- dents expressed an interest in participating in it. However, by mutual consent of the instructors, only twelve were going to be taken into the program, for Mrs. Rownd and Mr. Mattachione felt that they could work with only six students each. The thirty- four students and their parents were asked to a special meeting where the program was outlined. Parents were told that students could be dropped from the program at any time if the instructors felt that they were not working up to par. Students who were working up to par had to write an exhaustive term paper in five worksg they were excused from three classes a week and during this time they were to be doing research in the library. They did no-t follow the assignments of the regular classesg nor did they have to take the tests. The grade was based solely on the term paper. If dropped from the program, however, every student was held responsible for work of the regular classes. As it turned out, thirteen students were selected for the program. All who wished to participate had to take the Purdue Placement test for college fresh- men. All participating in the program received 84 percentile scores or better. Thirteen were selected because the twelfth and thirteenth individuals had the same score in the test.