The Plains High School - Yearbook (The Plains, OH)

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SUPERINTENDENT PEARLEY GASKILL Founder and first principal of The Plains Junior High School, the first chartered Junior High School in Ohio. Mr. Gaskill was born near McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio. His elementary schooling was obtained in the rural schools of Elk 'town- ship. Some High School work in the McArthur High School was followed by advanced work in various normals, including one term at Antioch College. Private study and reading enabled Mr. Gaskill to procure professional elementary and high school certificate. A successful career as educator and excellent grades from the State Board of School Examiners procured for Mr. Gaskill both Common School and High School state life certificates. After his marriage, Mr. Gaskill pursued collegiate work at Ohio University till rewarded in 1915 with the degree of B. of S. in Ed. Mr. Gaskill has taught nearly a quarter of a century in rural, graded, and High Schools, and as school principal and superintendent in both city and rural schools. This page is donated by Principal J. A. Hines, in honor of former Principal and present Superintendent Pearly Gaskill.

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Plains voters who believed such a building would be too small, and cast 125 votes for and 101 against. On June 25, 1915, a $16,000’bond issue was lost by 41 votes. On July 22, 1916, the Board of Education decided to submit the question to the voters a fifth time on the issu- ance of $16,000 of bonds. The board, by vote of three to one, decided on giving this “last chance” to The Plains, the members being Joseph Evans, Harry A. Tipton, Homer Graves, John T. Hope, and Fred Bougher. The voters on Aug. 21, 1916, voting for the fifth time in a little over two years, decided in favor of the issue by a majority of 12 votes. The present, modern, tight-room brick structure with base- ment was erected by Contractor Chas. P. Kircher in 1917. This building is semi-fireproof construction, with excellent work- manship throughout. The rooms are fully up to legal requirements in size, lighting, ventilation and heating. Two hot-air Staunton Heater Company furnaces supply heat, which is forced to all parts of the buildings by a motor-driven fan. Every rooms and corridor of the structure is electrically lighted. This 'highly desirable feature was secured through the efforts of Prin. Pearly Gaskill, who showed the board the necessity of a lighting system to make the building useful for social center work and visual aids for class instruction and for entertainment purposes. For the first two years the basement was left unfinished, but need for more room led the board to have practically all basement finishing completed this school vear. Cement block closets and cement walks have been added this year. An audi- torium, stage, office, cloak rooms, apparatus room, etc., add to the usefulness of the building for school and social purposes. Irene Gabriel and Mildred Poling. JOKES. Victor Howard—“If I should kiss you would you call your pa- rents?” Maude Thorne—“Will it be necessary to kiss the whole family?” Andrew Hamus, sitting with his feet in the aisle and chewing gum. Mrs. Tompkins—“Andrew, take that gum out of your mouth and put your feet in.” Mr. Bryson—“Gerald, why haven’t you your lesson?” Gerald—“It wasn’t hard to learn, but awfully easy to forget. Maude Thorne—“What makes your hands so warm. Ellis?” Ellis—“There’s is a little spark of love still burning.” Clara—“Ethel, can you name some things that are dangerous and have horns?” Ethel—“Automobiles.” Miss Brohard, in English Class—“I will run over the list of names, and if anyone is absent just hold up your hand.”

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THE PLAINS TEACHERS. ... T°? £ ,w left to right: Miss Edith B. Brohard, High School English: Miss Alice E. George, Sixth Grade. Middle Row, left to right: Miss Alice M. Shannon, First Grade; Miss lvalue Beekman, Fourth Grade; Miss Ella V. Shannon, Third Grade. L2. er, R.OWi left to„ ripht: Principal J. A. Hines, High School Mathematics; Miss Ethel Anderson, Second Grade; Miss Fern Syx, Fifth Grade; Mrs. Alma Tompkins, High School History, Civics, and Music; Mr. D. N. Bryson, High Scnool Science, Manual Training, and Athletics. The Plains teachers, except Miss Anderson and Miss Geo-ge, have from two to four years of normal or college work completed. Three hold life certificates, viz., Misses Alice and Ella Shannon, and Mis.s Brohard. Each teacher in the corps has a record of successful teach- ing experience. Nearly every teacher has specialized in the depart- ment of work done, giving the school an unusually high per cent of skilled instructors. All are growing, effective, and loyal workers. The deserved high standing and reputation of the school is due to meritorious work of the teachers, verifying the adage “As the teacher is, so is the school.” This nage is donated by Mr. and Mrs. Pearly Gaskill and sons, Dwight and Rdey, in honor of The Plains Teachers. Teacher’s cranky, Pupils few7; Questions flying, Zeros, too. What’s the matter? Don’t you know? Monday morning, Always so. Mr. Hines—“Does anyone know why Victor was absent from school today?” Anna J.—“He was fixing up for his picture, I think.”