Delta High School - Del Hi Yearbook (Delta, OH)

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Fifty years ago Delta Public School was one of the most modern schools in Fulton county. It was a brick construction with all the modern conveniences of that time. It was first located at its present site between Monroe and Wood streets. In the autumn of 1888 the high school opened with about 225 pupils enrolled. In 1889 the first class of five girls was graduated. The members of that class were Carlotta Ross, Clara Coleman. Eudora Bishop, Clarice Sargent and Lena Montgomery. The first superintendent was E. K. Barnes, and he continued in service until 1892. Succeeding superintendents were: W. D. Pepple .... 1893 to 1895 O. J. Dodge .... 1913 to 1916 A. L. Bigelow .... 1895 to 1897 C. C. Smith .... 1917 to 1922 J. M. Beck........... 1897 to 1899 C. E. Oxley........... 1922 to 1923 R. H. Dunbar .... 1900 to 1902 j. j. Beall........... 1924 to 1935 G. R. Anderson . . . 1903 to 1904 L. W. Burkholder . . From 1936 to G. W. Hoffman . . . 1905 to 1912 present time. Principals of Delta High School were as follows: Sarah Woodward and Mae B. Bunge, 1892 to 1893; R. H. Dunbar, from 1894 to 1899; John Hettinger, from 1900 to 1902; George Keinath, 1904; Viola B. Wilkins, from 1905 to 1922; C. C. Stough, from 1922 to 1923; D. V. Smith, from 1924 to 1926; Wesley Ackerman, from 1927 to 1928; R. A. Younkin, from 1929 to 1935; E. A. Sutermeister, from 1936 to 1937; and R. P. Heischman, from 1938 to the present time. Delta High School has been a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools since 1929. The total number of its graduates since its first graduating class in 1889 is 989. The oldest living members of the alumni association are Mrs. Emma Hall Crisman. Class of 1879; Mrs. Cora Thompson Miller, Class of 1882; Mrs. Ida Z. Whitehorne, Class of 1884; Mrs. Lulu Williams Nachtrieb, Class of 1885. In 1908 it became necessary to build a new addition on the north side of the building. Changes introduced in the school work during the past few years include the addition to the high school course of public speaking and debating, physical education, high school science, practice mathematics, and the commercial department. A student council of ten members from each of the four classes in high school was organized to assist in handling pupil problems and securing cooperation, and has been very helpful. The music department was started by Mrs. Bertha Wilkins. In 1910 the first Junior Class Play was presented. The Class of 1897 was the first to obtain class rings. Parent-Teacher Association was organized approximately in 1925 and it has proven to be a most excellent aid to school work during this period. It sponsored a fine spirit of cooperation between the homes and the schools and it has been directed by very capable officers in every case. The Delta school system has grown to a total enrollment of 460 pupils during the first semester of this school year. Seventeen teachers are required to care for this number of pupils, and of this number 11 are in the high school. Delta has been unusually fortunate in having as members of the Board of Education men and women of unusual leadership, of splendid educational training, and of sound business judgment; and the confidence of the public in the school system has been due in very large measure to the type of people who have served so ably as members of the board as well as to the appreciation of the value of education and the high character of its citizenship. Thirteen

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E. K. Barnes 1889-1892 W. D. Pepple 1893-1895 R. H. Dunbar 1900-1902 G. W. Hoffman 1905-1912 C. C. Smith 1917-1922 J. J. Beall 1924-1935 TNote: The editors of the Del-Hi were obliged tc omit pictures of other superintendents of Delta High School because photographs suitable for reproduction were not available.] Twelve

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