Plymouth High School - Mayflower Yearbook (Plymouth, IN)

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HKADIJGHT. tOtCAIKMAI. The Plymouth public school srv excel - kut specimens of I be Mi«B« public school system. They are graded «bools, under able supervision, and during the past few mn have made marrelou advancement. The school are fitted «ml with all the oec- eaaary imainriw. and offer exceptional opportunities for m complete an education a» can be obtained anywhere abort of a college. The system in vogue ta the reault of care- ful thought on the part of men who have giren aperiat attention to educational mat- ten for yean, and no detail haa Wen neglected that might strengthen the naelut- neas of the achoola The building are substantial Imck structures of modern architecture, furnished with every conven- ience to preserve the health and promote l he welfare of the pnptla. The new WrUter school building la a triumph of architec- tural akill. and lack» nothing to fulfill the requirements of a nineteenth century edu- cation. The aorth liuilding of the Waahington acbooi waa built ta 1»?$. Three yean ago the south building wais erected. Tlie build ing base l een remodeled several time . Our visiting correspondent of thia edition will frankly state that they are the moat complete and most neatly arranged acbooi hollaing that he Una had the pleasure of vkiting The hwainesa management of the acbooi is vested in a board of education, and the ettitena watch carefnlly the devel- opment of the avstem that ia promoting the welfare of the coming generation, and the mnwt liberal police is punned The course of instruction in the city schools ia divided Into twelve grade , num- bered from the ninth, or lowest, to the senior clam of the High School The three highest grade are included in the High School The different branches taught are : Heading, penmanship, spelling, language. Knglish grammar, geography, antli- ui e 11 c, United States history, drawing, singing, nature study, lit- erature. algebra, genera) history, rhetoric, geome- try. political rcon- omy, astronomy, cbemiatry. botany, and the usual com- mercial college course in book- keeping. The po- | Mils are divided into siateen din- uotti and taught by eighteen teach- m. The direct supemuo of I lie schools is under tb charge at Prof. Koaroe A. Chase, an educator of wide experience. Kuacoe A. Chase was lmen in the town of Killwgly. Connecticut, in t 47- 1 i« A hit family removed to Ashtabula County. Ohio. His elementary schooling was obtained in the common arhools and io Orwell Academy In theae schools be waa under the tuition of some of the Iwat teachers of the country, among whom may be named Mr. Anthony Warren, of Connecticut, still living at a very advanced age; Mtas Kllen South, for the last twenty flee years profeusor ami registrar of the University of Nebraska; Prof. S. J. Back, recently Profensor in Cornell College, Iowa ; Prof, lames F. Johnstone ; Mr . A. F. Johnstone, for many years preceptress of Oberlin College Mr. CIsaac took the classical course in Hillsdale College, receiving the degrees of H.A. and M.A. tn conrse. With the excep- tion of one year spent as clerk in a country store, his whole life since childhood haa teen spent in the schoolroom, either as pupil or teacher. Ilia teaching has been In the distrvcl school , aa Into» in college, as principal of village schools, and am superin- tendent of the Plymouth school , which latter position he haa held since i ?o. The following gentlemen comprise the Hoard of School Trustees : President. W M. Kendall; secretary. I r. F. M. Burkett; treasurer, David B. Snyder. The following are the instructors: Zk Frank Redd. High School, principal Phoebe Thompson. High School. R. A. Chase. High School; Jacob Martin, first ami second grade ; Peter D. Hurgman. third grade; Idalie R. Bell, fourth grade; F.va T. Meno, fifth grade • F.mtua S. Crowley, aisth grade ; Mamie Kleinsmith, siath ami seventh grades . Kiltie I ockwood. seventh grade. Maud Mrtsker, seventh and eighth grade Rene 1. Smith, eighth grade . Alma Holsctl. nfcasre school KA°f Vmool W£%St -I PHS ' H ’ ( ' ‘V

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and served as such continuously until 1900. a period of thirty tort years He at unee set .llxy reucuanixing the school» on'a ‘xisinCMand etfcjcatiofiai hu s. introducing many change» in the dministration of the schools A systematic course of study was idopied; the schools were graded a moreeitacl discipline was -rmduced. and from a stale of comparative contusion, as gards any settled pi Bdioa, the business of the schools •» as completely systematised as any business firm in town In 1874 a nets school bulking of brick, two stones, with a asement story divided into school rooms, was built About HID n addition to the mam building was erected, with an auditorium : a sea tin . of 600. with other convenience■» r •per management of the schools What was known as the Ward School Bialding was erected on ie south side In 1868 It was a two-story frame structure, and was wd for the accommodat ion of first grade pupils for several ‘ars With the growth of the town the need of be ter facilities ade It necessary to rrart a more commodious building, which as done in the Ms. and now there is ample room and every « • for the education of ihe entire school population of the m The high school was organised in 1874 and the first aduattng class was in 1876 I t A a BSSOAll • S.O N Mr Chase was succeeded as superintendent by R A Randall. Goshen, in IMS Some changes have been made since Mr ndall took charge of the schools, which were deemed iwmiarv r the advancement of our school interests The following stat kst ics for the school year 1»7 will afford some Idi aof the height to which the «choolscf Ply mouth have attained Number of school rooms in use. 21. total number of teachers and principals. 23. number of pupils enrolled. 87 3; per cent of attendance, high school. »7 5. grade». 968. promoted to high school. 51; graduates from high m um |. 38 T«MI HvmWf 0 Pwp.li Enrellrd m the S SooU toiNTur in mr Male remate Total Township schools I.N1 MB ) MO Towns 34 ni 140 C.»v H? 4 IS Tft Total : NT 1.0} S.Nt township schools or marshall county Nwnbae ot Schoo ousas .n h COVhty Boor bon loumhip C er ter township Genwo tOMnliip C'NfiiMmnip North township Potk township r«pe aneetown .p Union township Walnut township Wnt towns p Tot ) Bourbon towns Censer lowmh p German township Green townsh o North township Roth township 1 ipoecenoe ’owns p Union ownsh-o W etnwt township Wf«t township Br.cS Number «ITnuNri v.t-e Total ♦ 1 Number erf Townsh H.qh Vrtwees Center township North township Polk township T ippec nnor rowmhip hrst township Wetnut «ownvhip frame Total IS •1 1 14 IS ♦ to It 11 s II 10 11 t 1 10 • 1} •I 1» remote Total S 14 14 IS • t) s 10 s I 4 IS S It II 4 It 1 11 n til Inwood LaPaz Tyner Tippecanoe hnt Wa nut iS 1876 197b -10-

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PLYMOUTH. •MS 1876 19 6 -IS- ■imh(f»ilf; Kthel 1. WiUfong, ninth grade. Carrie K. Baker, with and seventh grades ; Kldora Carpenter, seventh and eighth grades; Helen (iond, eighth grade. Ida M ll«m«, ninth grade. A complete library hu been attached to the schools of Plymouth, and every apfdi- anoe that woukl in anjr ».iv advance the interests of student supplied, to tlial mi the achool ia one of the Boat thoroughly equipped in the land. A reference to the illustration» mil give our reader an recel- lent vie of all thrive buildings, and «till illustrate the fact that Plymouth » well taken care of in matter of education. l'lvmouth alao Itaa the St Michaels Academy, which ia a Catholic institution. Tli» academy is well supplied with able instruct ova. sKSiiih.Mi. or mot', n. a, oiau;