Plymouth High School - Mayflower Yearbook (Plymouth, IN)

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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;

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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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 L Michael’ Academy SCHOOLS Th» a the name of a Catholic institution il learning established in Plymouth in UN The building u and» on Center trrei near the courthouse «quare, la of hock. substantially built, well arranged (or Ibe purpose lor which ii i» umxI. and coot about fl2.C00 The management of the school is under the immeihaie supervision at the Sister ofThe Hdy Oou from Si Maty s, Si Joseph county, who have spared m effort during the past thirty -«even year» of M existence to make H what II Is. a first da» academy of learning, an honor to the town and the denomination through whoac liberality it was fnundnl N E W CA THOUC SCMOOC EAST SIDE W hen the lir t settlerscame to Manduill county Indiana had r v hi J system and Mich school as were taught were conducted according to I hi will and pleasure uf the school master, who wa employed by those of the neighborhood having children to s«nd t him There were nocounly school superintendents then no «choc oil leers no srhoolhouses. and no public M-hool funds There wa then, as there are now , a Urge proportion of the pioneer who labors and influence have been the mean» of giving us our presen unexcelled puldic school system There were others, a there ar Mime now who IxTieved with iXigherry. that ’ education shoul cum ti nature'’ They are of that class who beheve with one Mvikespear s characters when he said loan educator of the olde time: •Thou ha most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm I erecting a grammar school and whereas tx-toro. our forefather had no other books but the score and tally, thou hast cause printing to be used, and contrary to the king, his tTown an dignity thou hast built a paper mill It will lie proved to thy fac that thou hast men about thee that usually talk of a noun and verb and such abominable word as no (liratum ear can endur to hear! It w a thought by these men that to learn to read and write an ’’cipher ' wa the chief rnd of man When there were in a neigl tux-hood .1 sufficient number of children large enough to find the way through the woods to the schoolhouse preparation wrr made for the w inter s term The building of a schoolhwne was th first thing in order The neighbor» got tugelher and selected suitable location, as convenient as possible for all concerned plan wa ik.iwn for the tuilding and everybody interested agree to meet on the grounds at the time drsignated for the work to t begun (’bopping axes to fell the trees, broad axes with whirh t hew the logs yoke» of oxen to haul the timber to the place whei the building was to be erected, inch augers to bore hole whet needed to pm together Joists and rafter and uch othrr tools I were necessary and could tir secured were provided It didn't tal long for the horny handed sons of tod of the neighborhood to g out the material and erert a budding twenty by thirty feet, afl complete It tor occupancy The school kidding of which we spea wan of the dimension named, and wa rrrctrd an a high rise ground on the larm then owned by Vincent Hrownlee. half a mi east of w here he and hi family resided a mde or so from Lai Muxmkuckee It was provided with a ’ punrbron floor and clapboord roof A chimney of nigger Tie ads and oak ala daubed with mud. was huilt on the outside of one end. and puncheon door hewn out of poplar timber fastened together wi wooden pin and hung on leather hnges, was placed in the otb end of thr building The latch was made of wood, fostrnrd on tl inude of the door, to which was attached a leather string whu was pasxd through a small hole an inc h or so above, so that wh the String was pulled from the outside thr latch would tie ruised t out ol t he slot on t he cheek of thr door, the door would open «xnd t pupil would walk in These were the door fastening in univer Use at that lime And I his » how onginated the saying comeai see u , you will find the latch string out. Thr latch stni hanging through a hole on thr outside wa» an emblem hospitality such as only the pioneer of those day knew o w« how to dispense Therr were no locks and keys on the door those days The latch string w a ah»ay out All you hud to do w to pul) it. walk right in and make yourself at home The cracks t etween the log wrrr chinked and pinned and fill up with mud to keep the cold out A log on each side of t schoolhouse and at the end opposite the fireplace at the prof bright, wa cut cut a short distance from the corner and aorv as windows to lurnish light for the room There wa little or glass in this part of the country ut that time. and. whether the w a or not. it w as too expensive and money was too scarce to f ha of indulging in such a modern inv cntion a that. and o a sort rctigh wooden trame was put in with slats upright to which wi pasted old newspapers, alter which they were greased so a make them a transparent as possible In front of these wtndov on the inside, were placed long puncheon ' I there wax no luml -16- I Mc. H V, '9