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SEYMOUR— The City On April 27, 1852, when Meedy W. and Eliza P. Shields began their founda- tion of a town near the site of a rail- road, they named it Seymour, in honor of John Seymour, the chief contractor and civil engineer who superintended the con- struction of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, now the Baltimore and Ohio, from North Vernon, Indiana, to St. Louis, Missouri. On November 11, 1852 the first lots were sold, and in the spring of 1853 the first settlement was made here, when Travis Carter moved his family from Tampico. Seymour ' s rapid growth began with the completion of two railroads within her limits, the Jefferson and Indianapolis Rail- road, now the Pennsylvania, in the sum- mer of 1852, and the 0. and M. on June 29, 1854. In 1860 the town had a popu, lation of 924, in 1885, 5,548, and today it boasts 8,000 inhabitants. Seymour ' s varied industrial plants such as, The Seymour Woolen Mills, Reliance Manufacturing Company, Seymour Manu- facturing Company, Sam B. Wolfe Shoe Company, Ahlbrand Manufacturing Com- pany, Buhner Fertilizer Company, Blish Milling Company, Indiana Ox Fibre Brush Company, Craessle- Mercer Company, Vincennes Packing Corporation, have caused her to become nationally known. In 1880 Seymour had nine churches to care for its spiritual welfare and char- acter development, while now it is proud of its fourteen. The city offers educa- tional advantages to all through her two parochial and four grade schools as well as the high school, and business college. Seymour is surrounded by a rich agri- culraral community, which transfers its high school students to Shields H. S. Because of civic pride and interest in her homes, Seymour has rightfully won the title The City of Beautiful Homes. SHIELDS — The High School Shields High School, named after Meedy W. Shields, an advocate of education, who made possible our school system, was founded in October, 1870. Previous to this time, Shields had erected a two-story frame school house on North Ewing Street, which was built and furnished at his own expense. As the population of Seymour in- creased, the original little two-story building proved too small, so a second and larger one of red brick was erected on the site of the present high school building. The citizens were realizing increasing- ly the values of a High School Education. They saw that it is a means of finding one ' s self; that it gives one a large fund of information and knowledge about the world, science, nature, literature, and humanity, that it widens acquaintances and friendships, that it broadens our in- terests, makes one open-minded, estab- lishes self-confidence and self-direction, and makes better citizens through build- ing up within an individual qualities of good citizenship and fine character. As the realization of the value of a High School Education grew, the enrollment increased, thus necessitating an addition on the south side. In 1910 the building was condemned and torn down, and in its place arose a modern and well-equipped building. For years Shields High School had wished for more class rooms, an audi- torium, and gymnasium. This wish was fulfilled in 1923 when an addition con- sisting of a combination auditorium and gymnasium, as well as six class rooms was added. When the Emerson Grade Building was completed in 1927, the first six grades moved there, thus leaving the Shields Annex for the Junior High School. Each year the classes increase and more room is needed. Shields High School ' s first graduating class in 1874 had three members and the 1932 graduating class ha d one hundred and six members.
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The Shielder NINETEEN . . ., TH IRTY z T H R E E mae am, . Published bWSWOW, Z Brao THE SENIOR CLASS H I SHIELDS HIGH SCHOOL E Seymour, Indiana ma smfom? vifBuc iiBBAm D HONOR ROLL— 1929-1933 » Name Points MELBA AHLBRAND 88 MM SOPHIA DEMAS 77 CHESTER DROECE 77 1 OLCA DROECE . 75 BERN ICE TASKEY 69 NAOMI DORSEY 66 THEO PATRICK 64 «« RUTH SIMPERS 60 MM The Senior Honor Roll is based en- tirely upon the four year scholarship record. An Honor Point System was used this year for the first time to determine the scholastic standing of the Seniors. To attain a place on the Honor Roll the student must have at all times maintained passing grades in all subjects, must have spent at least three years in Shields High School, and must have acquired a minimum total of sixty honor points by the close of the seventh semester in school. These points are tabulated from the student ' s grades as found on the permanent re- cord card according to this scale: A grade of A counts three quality points, B two points, C one point, D no points, and P a minus one point. It is believed that the Point System for determining scholastic honors will prove to be more nearly fair and just than the strictly grade method, al- though the standards are practically the same. Under this system provision is made for those students who are slow to adjust themselves to the new conditions of high school, as well as for those students who through en- forced absence have their grades tem- porarily lowered. s c H O O L
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