Swatara High School - Yearbook (Oberlin, PA)

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Ig., . fs., M 4: ' ox Q' A W i kb-20 To Our Voters In endeavoring to bring to your mind the opportunities you have created for us it will be necessary to go back over one hundred and thirty-three years, at the time when the community church and school were started. In 1791 the people of the community saw fit to establish a community church which organized a school maintained by subscriptions from the pupils. Probably the church services and school were carried on in the same building for several years. In the year 1793 the community deemed it necessary and a separate building for educational purposes was built. This building was constructed of logs. Later when necessity demanded the building was weather boarded. For seventy-five years this building served as the communitie's only place of education. In 1868 the school was moved to its present site, when a two room frame building was erected. In 1882 a building comprising of four rooms of the present building, replaced the frame building. The present buildingq was enlarged in 1907 by adding two rooms to the four room brick building. Thus far we have been considering only the schools of Oberlin, but we must give credit to the township as a whole, for the spirit showng in the fur- therance of education. During the time from 1791 to 1926, six buildings were built at different places throughout the township. Now we are engaged in the greatest and most beneficial Work which the people of Swatara Township have ever attempted, but this' fete would have been impossible without your support. This work of which we are concerned is the erection of the New Junior- Senior High School. This building will relieve the congestion of the schools of the township. It is for all the opportunities which you have made possible for us, and especially for this last and greatest step, that we, the pupils, express our sincere thanks. Christian Ebersole A , W W mm 1. 1- QF V it NN we if M are cw' sf