Salem High School - Quaker Yearbook (Salem, OH)

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SALEM HIGH SCHOOL, 1896-1916 This building has been the pride of Salem since 1896, Well it may be, for it presents a splendid appearance and its location could scarcely be better. While the high school was still quite small, it was not so impractical to con- duct both high school and grade work in the same building. But as our numbers have grown from year to year, the de- mand for more room has increased, until today both high school and grades are badly over-crowded. When that fine auditorium filled one end of the upper hall, there was even more reason to be proud of the high school, for an auditorium is almost indispensable in conducting the modern school system. But since it became necessary, on account of condemnation, to break it up into school rooms, one of the best features of the building has been lost. There is no opportunity to arrange another auditor- ium here, while a gymnasium, adequate domestic science rooms, and manual training shops are also seriously needed. So although we are looking forward, happily to a more modern building, it is not without some regret that we shall abandon this building to be used as a grade building, and move into our new quarters on Garfield Avenue. page six

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SALEM PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION. L. B. French, President Albert Hayes, Clerk A. O. Silver W. F. Church. F. j. Emeny, JOHN S. ALAN, A. M. (Thiel) Superintendent of Schools FRANK W, LEASE, A. M. (Harvard) Principal, S. H. S. History and Civics. page five

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