Troy High School - Trojan Yearbook (Troy, OH)

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Hustory of Troy Publuo Schools Troy s very early schools are not a matter of record and guvung an accurate hustory of them us duffucult The furst schools were pruvate schools under the durectuon of various teachers Wulluam Barbee who came to the Troy area un 1804 was the furst teacher and evidently dud hus teaching un varuous homes of hus pupuls ln 1813 1814 Samuel Kyle taught a pruvate school of twelve or fifteen pupuls un a log house at the corner of Market and Water Streets ln 1816 John G Clark taught un the lower part of town near the old railroad depot Various other schools were conducted un the Episcopal Baptust and Presbyterian churches and at one tame a Muss Mary Barney taught a fune select school for gurls The schools were supported by varuous factuons un the cornmunuty and the anumosutues of the parents were frequently shared by the chuldren An academy small one room school buult and supported by publuc subscruptuon existed for a time about 1826 on the sute of the present Edwards School Such were the humble begunnungs of the present publuc school system In 1849 the Ohio Legislature passed a law p rmuttung a community to elect a board of edu catuon to have charge of all school matters ln June of that year the furst elected board of education began to function The members of that furst board were Charles Morrus Danuel Ruce Benuamun F Powers Wulluam B Johnson Zacharuoh Ruley and Henry S Mayo The Troy Board of Educatuon has always had as uts members men and women of unusual leader shup splendid educational traunung and sound business judgment and the confidence of the publuc un the school system has been due un large measure to the type of people who have served so ably as members of the Board The 1956 Board members are Frank C Mon tross president Leo H Faust vuce president GuyS Frusbue E K Butterfueld Wulluam Jack son and Mary E Wunner clerk The development of the Troy Schools buuldung program began when the cutuzens voted S6 000 to erect a school house on the sute of the present Edwards Buuldung Later S2 500 was necessary to complete ut Thus buuldung was condemned un 1892 and replaced by the present structure at a cost of S40 000 The furst Forest Buuldung costung S10 000 was built un 1874 the present Forest un 1905 the New Forest Grade School un 1949 at a cost of buned cost S62 500 It was replaced un 1950 by a new Kyle Grade School costung S420 000 ln 1874 the Board of Education erected a school buuldung for the colored youth of the com munity lt had one large room and a recutatuon room and enrolled nearly seventy pupuls A few years later the Arnett Bull admitted colored children to the regular grades un theur dustructs and abolished the separate school The next step un the buuldung program was the erectuon of the Van Cleve Hugh School 1914 The total cost of the hugh school was S155 000 ln 1931 the Van Cleve Audutoruum costung S118 000 was added to the hugh school and un 1949 the Arts and lndustrues Buuld ung completed the present hugh school ln 1931 the Heywood Grade School was erected at a cost of approximately S190 000 ln 1955 the Concord School Dustruct merged wuth the Troy Schools and added the splendid faculutues of the Concord system ln November 1955 the cutuzens of Troy passed a bond us sue for the erectuon of a new hugh school wuth an elementary wung on Meredith Heights overlooking the Troy Memorual Staduum Thus new buuldung costung appraxumately S3 000 000 wull be erected wuthun the next two years and wull complete an extensuve buuldung program carrued on durung the past few years From very humble begunnungs over a cen tury ago Troy Schools have come to theur present splendid system Eleven superuntendents have devotedly served the Troy Public Schools the furst one beung Wulluam N Edwards of Dayton Succeedung superuntendents were as follows Name Date Name Date H A Thompson 1867 1871 C L Van Cleve 1884 1902 L V Ferrus 871 1874 R M Brown 1902 1906 H P Ufford 1874 1875 Charles W Cookson 1906 1919 JohnW Doud 1875 1880 T E Hook 1919 1947 J F McCaskey 1880 1884 Glenn B Jeffers 1947 to 9 P ge Fou I 1 1 1 I I I - I . . . . . , . . 1 . 1 1 1 I I 1 I , 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 ' 1 ll I ll . 1 1 1 1 I 1 I O 1 I 1 1 I , . . . D . . . - 1 I Q 1 1 . 1 1 7 1 1 1 . 1 o ' I . , . n , . ' , . , 1 1 Q 1 1 1 1 I 1 - I I I . I 1 u I . . I E . . I I ' . I . . - I ' I ' , . . . . I . . . u I I u I ' . . . l , I . I I I I I S470,000, The first Kyle Building, built in 1882, as a grade school and high school com- I I ' I ' I - I . . . . A . in . ' ' I I I ' . I . 1 1 l I 1 ' ' I , . 1 1 1 I . l . 1 1 I' . : . ' ' . . . ' 1 1 1 n 1 Q 1 1 I . . . Q . I 1 1 1 I- I I , . I . . ' ......... 1 . , ..... . . 8. I'

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.gbecfewlaan 'P wr' X AN CLEVE BUILDING TROY HIGH SCHOOL 1915 The Semor Class of 1956 dedwates the Centenmal Edmon of the TROIAN to the Alumm of Troy I-hgh School who have oamed forward her ICISGIS for the past century.

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In 1955 1956 Troy Publuc Schools employed 176 persons uncludung 131 teachers and 45 non teachung personnel ln 1920 defuruute health work un the schools was started by Susan C Porter now Mrs H A Pauly Thus department has expanded uts work and employs a regular school nurse who works wuth the Troy Publuc Health Department ln 1921 Parent Teacher Assocuatuons organuzed and have guven contunuous helpful servuce un all school projects Expansuon of musuc athletuc and art work the addutuon of kundergartens and the regular academuc work guve Troy students unusual educatuonal opportunutues The year 1956 marks the Centennual Graduatung Class ln 1852 the turst hugh school was establushed wuth about seventy tuve pupuls enrolled and ut was located un the furst Edwards Buuldung In 1856 the furst graduatung class of two boys and two gurls graduated The 1956 class numbered 147 graduates The members of that furst class were John W Morrus Walter S Thomas Duana Meeks and Agusta Brandruff In the century the total number of graduates has been 4 452 Troy Hugh School moved to the Kyle Buuldung un 1884 and to the Van Cleve Buuldung un 1915 The 1955 1956 enrollment un the hugh school was 735 pupuls Troy Hugh School has been a member of the North Central Assocuatuon of Colleges and Secondary Schools sunce 1904 Changes untroduced unto the school work durung the past few years unclude advanced mathematucs druver educatuon expanded home economucs bu uness educatuon undustrual arts musuc dramatucs speech and athletuc programs and nught classes un adult educatuon The centennual year band were proudly attured un new scarlet and gray unuforms the guft of the Troy Rotary Club and the Troy Foundatson The hugh school has two publucatuons The Hugh School News and the year book the Trojan The hugh school takes an actuve and ex cellent part un the State Scholarshup Tests and made an envuable record an 1956 Extra currucular actuvutues unclude a Student Councul representatuve of the enture student body servuce clubs for boys and gurls and departmental clubs all of whuch encourage the Graduates of the hugh school have at theur dusposal a sum of money known as the Heywood Fund from whuch students of hugh rank may have assustance un furtherung theur educatuon un college busuness or nursung actuvutues Thus fund was made possuble through the grant of of S34 OOO to the Board of Educatuon from Mrs Margaret A Heywood un her wull un 191 1 The pruncupals of Van Cleve Hugh School have been the followung Name Date Name Date R L Baurd 1915 1916 B F Weiss 192 1935 E E Prugh 1916 92 Lee Swaudner 1935 1 45 C P Shuvely 1921 1 24 Glenn B Jeffers 1945 947 John L Goble 1924 1927 Charles Secoy 1947 to 7 Assustant pruncupals have been W R Kundy C W Walters and George Houck ln sketchung the hustory of Troy Publuc Schools one realuzes the vutal spot they have held and do hold un the heart of the communuty and the prude of Troy students un beung a part of such a splendud organuzatuon lBy Helen A Sunks Hugh School Englush Department l '74aq Jlaqln .Ewa 0:1 4aaeam Oh Troy Hugh luve on fouever Foxever and for aye Your memory sweet we 11 oft repeat The Joys of by gone days Come all and Jam the chorus And swell the glad refram Well shout and cry T R O Y Well ever plalse thy name F L Humberger and E A Skudmore Page Five 7 I 1 I 1 1 I . 1 . D . . . . I . v . A . . . 1 I - . . - . I. . . ' . I I I I . D ' I ' I - I . , . . 1 . 1 I ' I I ' I , . I I - I I l ' I I . ' I ' I I ' - I I I well-rounded development at the students. I . I . . I . . ' n I , . . . . . ' ..... . .. , . ' ..... .. 7 . . . .... . .. 1 1 ' ... .. 9 . . , . . , . I . V 1 Y