Randolph High School - Vergisz Mein Nicht Yearbook (Randolph, OH)

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VERGISZ-MEIN-NICHT seat, and whether Curfew rang or not, it seemed at least that Johnny was not to speak that night. In the event of the location of the High School being so frequently changed during these years, the difficulty to some in reaching the School was surmounted by se- curing a convenient place to board. This plan was followed by some when the school was located in Englewood. The term Bachelor Boys was applied to a group of seven boys who boarded themselves in an old house on the east side of Main Street, near the entrance to the brick church. Perhaps to some the mere mention of this name will recall memories of tricks and plots propagated by those worthy Bach- elors. However, even in a High School it seems that once in a while some- thing is bound to occur which is out of the ordinary. One time Mr. Fox and the school at Salem was fa- vored by a visit from two lads who resided in the vicinity. They were no doubt sincere in their motives, but as their knowledge of school ways seemed rather slight, they did not conform very closely to the established rules. Their actions being rather annoying to Mr. Fox, he felt it his duty to inform the lads of the consequences should they persist in such conduct. The boys, however, were not anxious for further trouble, and even for- getting to say Good-bye, they proceeded without delay to make their exit through the window. During the year of 1882 another incident occurred. It was in the dead of winter, with the thermom- eter standing at 14 below. On a certain morning when one of the boys arrived, after trudging about four miles through snow and icy weather, he felt his ear, and, as he expressed it, It was numb, giving the sensation of a frozen dishragf' Of course, his ear had been frozen, and when the teacher, Mr.Hershey, arrived, he found to his dismay that his ear, too, had been tam- pered with. After holding a con- sultation they decided to repair at once to the office of Mr. Boone, the doctor. Perhaps we have considered the former period of the history of R. H. S. long enough, we now take up the latter period. PART II After the discontinuance of the High School in 1886 there ensued in Randolph Township a long period during which the little red school- houses of the rural districts were the only means of developing the intellectual faculties of the chil- dren. However, during this period the young people still had a strong desire for an education, and being deprived of any higher course, they often attended the common schools until the age of eighteen or twenty. Seeing these conditions and real- izing the need for better educa- tional facilities, there arose in the person of Mr. G. W. Brumbaugh a capable man who determined to re- establish the High School. Tho the old method of conduct- ing the school on a basis of indis-

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SENIOR CLASS Ray Heisey Harold Minnich Esther Leiber Leon Jay Dewey Woolery Fred Berry

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JUNIOR CLASS Huber Denlinger Paul Eby Lasson Bard baugh W---Emerson Brum O D5 D- O I-'