Woodward High School - Saga Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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A View of the Present Woodward Technical High School no strictly high school Work was offered, although the Mechanical Drawing and Woodwork courses were equivalent to similar high school sub- jects and credit was granted for them to boys entering high school. After the Waite High students left the build- ing the school was further enlarged until there was an enrollment of about live hundred boys. A new namewas desired, and as the school placed great emphasis upon manual training it was named for Mr. C. M. Woodward, one of the first and strongest advocates of manual training. At first the school was known as Woodward junior High, but later, when the full four-year- course was added, the Word Technical was substituted for Junior. It

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cr'-Jw' i'E '?'i A View of Toledo High School After the Fire ing day about seventy-live boys en- rolled, and there were two teachers. At first only two rooms were used, one in the attic, now Room 71, and the present pattern shop. At the be- ginning some difficulty was experi- enced in securing the right type of teacher for the academic work, but Superintendent Guitteau Hnally se- cured Mr. Harold E. Williams, at whose advent things began to move. During the school year 1912-1913 no ad- ditions were made, neither in the teach- ing staff nor in the number of rooms, but in the fall of 1913 four new teachers were added to take care of the increase in enrollment. It should be remembered that these boys were all in the grades and

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ffl ii N ' x A- X I 'N K wk . f if 'vin -q l 1 JESSUP W. SCOTT WILLIAM RAYMOND N SEPTEMBER of 1919 the commercial course students were transferred from Scott to Vlfoodward, and fromithat time XVoodward offered all courses. In 1919 thehpart-time classes were inaugurated and through the generosity of Tole- do business men a line machine shop was equipped. 1922 marked the beginning of unit trade courses, which are not included in the curricula of any other high school off the cityi The old building has housed many other activities and at its retirement as a high school will touch chords in many memories. 'inwhich it will always be the only Vlloodward. A Mu , r .N mfg pi lf X 'S g i X A 5'2 Il . 151,51 i ,M if li E Q i l s ll Mui, 3 za' 51 r 'ag Ei Q ijfks I , , i 4 we X 3: ' ll it H gg ? i.. , - I Z fi I' .' l f 4 . 1,-1 1 in w ir ,ff 'J 'L .. ex: 31 :filing I W 'v,, l Nl '. ,HILTI ': wi? Al' ,, , M, 5 1 1 uw- V, 2 A f e F lf il i 1 I Y ' Zryviiil S' , 'Z 2 I ,N . , 5 2 ., I 5 I , V - .4------.-..-f--A .. ,V,, . .--- --...,... ..,.,.. ,.,.,..- MEM., A ..-..,.. ,. , r:-, 4 ' is feta!!-.ga . T. an ,gvvnwgxftugww 1 1 Mat, fgwmigg zgw-sw wwq vfbyaw .Q v,:W.,,A ,,f,.,M.,x, ,f,g,1,xyy ifQi 7 'S fix - 1-5 ': . fb, -if 't - ,, 'QW 1 ,, Q,-V, 1431-f I f'Qi.fl 4 - ms 'sac . .-i1.,.i5.+e5u fav.. x .M ,,wa.AX..tw....?fj... ..,J' ,,,1,.,. , ,1 Page fvilrtvrzi