CHAPTER XXVII
THE SCHOOLS OF CIRCLEVILLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The schools of Circleville have passed through those stages of development so characteristic of the Central West. At first there were the primitive schools supported by subscriptions, then followed private schools more elaborate in character, and finally the well-organized free public schools of to-day.
Beginning with the settlement of the county and the establishment of the county seat at Circleville in 181o, there were a few primitive schools, supported by popular subscription, in which the three "R's"--reading, writing and arithmetic--were taught. The schoolhouses were log houses of a single room. These were made comfortable by seaming the cracks with tempered clay. Light was secured by pasting oiled paper over the latticing in the window holes cut through the unhewn logs. Slabs on rude legs supplied sittings, and other slabs along the walls, supported on pins, fixed at a proper slope in the logs beneath the windows, made writing benches.
Few records of these early schools are to be found at present. An early account states that Dilworth's spellers, readers and arithmetic were the first textbooks used. The first reading classes began with the New Testament. Later Lindley Murray's works. were introduced, with Webster's speller and the "Columbian Orator."
Johnston Hunter, Hans Hamilton and Hugh Hannagan were teachers of this early period.
After 1820 a number of private schools came into existence and a better class of instructors were employed. Prominent among the new teachers were Joseph Olds, Edson B. Olds, Marcus Brown and J. C. Groom. Most prominent among these new schools was the Circleville Academy, which for many years was the recognized leader in educational matters in the locality. George W. Doane was the head of this institution for a considerable period. A female seminary taught by the Misses Streeter, occupied several rooms in a row of brick buildings belonging to a Mr. McCracken. The terms of tuition varied from $2 to $4 per quarter.
The columns of the Olive Branch and the Herald, the leading town papers between 1820 and 185o, contain the advertisements of many small private schools. In an issue during the year 1838, Miss Leonard advertises a private school where, in addition to the ordinary branches, French, Italian, drawing and painting were to be taught. In this same year Caleb Atwater, in his "History of Ohio," states that the town of Circleville contained "about twelve schools--one or two, for young ladies, deserving great praise and receiving. it."
Somewhat later than this, C. C. Neibling, coming here from Lancaster, Ohio, opened a select school for boys only, which was well patronized by the people of the town. His school consisted of about 40 scholars. His charges were $4 per scholar, for each quarter of 6o days, payable in advance. This enter-prise lasted four years, until the free school was inaugurated. About 185o, there was a Circleville Female Seminary, taught by Ben-
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jamin N. Ludden and wife, with three other teachers. These were succeeded by Rev. W. S. Spaulding and' wife, with two other teachers.
Soon after the passage of the school law of 1838, the little Academy, the first free school in the vicinity, was built by the district. It stood beside the Circleville Academy and consisted of a single room. By the boys who went to the pay school, it was mockingly de-nominated the "Kitchen school." Pine desks ran around the walls, behind which, raised' a step or two above the floor, sat the larger scholars, while the little ones were seated on benches ranged in front upon the floor, and facing the middle of the room. Other district schools were held about town wherever they could be had.
Until the time of the organization of the Union schools, which took place in 1849, the teachers were mostly men. They were paid about $20 per month. To secure positions, examinations were required by law only in the three "R's," but if the applicants were qualified' to teach other branches the county examiners would grant them permission to teach such branches. For extra classes the scholars were required to pay tuition.
There were three directors elected by the people. The school funds were drived from the State school tax creating a fund of $200,000, from township school lands and from interest on proceeds of "Section 16." No special provision was made for the books or tuition of indigent pupils.
The first steps in the organization of the Circleville schools under the free, graded system of the present time were taken on September 11, 1849, when John Cradlebaugh, Samuel A. Moore, Joseph G. Doddridge, Jacob Rutter, Chester Olds and seven others issued a call to the qualified electors of the town to assemble on the 22nd, and "then and there to vote by ballot for or against the Adoption of an Act for the better regulation of the Public Schools, etc., passed by the General Assembly of Ohio on the 21st of February, 1849." Of . the 97 votes cast on the day designated, "87 were for the School Law, 9 against the School Law and one blank."
On the 4th of October following, six directors of public schools were elected. This board declared it inexpedient to open free schools until such a time as suitable buildings could be secured. For some time there was considerable diversity of opinion in regard to the kind of building or buildings to be erected. Some favored a central building sufficient in size to accommodate the scholars of the entire community. This scheme was opposed by others, who advocated ward schools. At a public meeting held at the Court House March 18, 1850, for the purpose of voting on the levying of a tax to build a schoolhouse, the project was voted down--220 votes being cast against to 160 votes for the tax. Those in the op-position were not opposed to a free school system but to a centralized school.
The board of directors favored the central school and in order to enlighten the people in regard to the matter, they selected William C. Taylor and George Gearhart to visit Cincinnati and other cities for the purpose of "examining schoolhouses and any and all matters connected therewith." Dr. A. D. Lord, then superintendent of the Union schools of Columbus, was invited to address the citizens of Circleville at the Lutheran Church on education and the organization of public schools under the law of 1849.
The investigations of Messrs. Taylor and Gearhart turned many from the side of the opposition so that in the election called for June 10, 1850, the advocates of a central school won with a majority of 117 votes. At that time it was decided .to levy a "tax of $9,000, to be called for as follows, to-wit : $3,000 in one year, $3,000 in two years, and' $3,000. in three years, to enable the Board of Education to purchase ground and build a schoolhouse:" W. W. Bierce and George Gearhart were made a committee to "purchase of the heirs of E. Everts their out-lot (known as Everts' Hill) at a price not to exceed $800, and also of John Irwin and widow Darst portions of their in-lots, adjoining said out-lot, for an entrance to the same."
In the "Historical Sketches of Ohio Schools," written in 1876 for the Philadelphia
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Centennial, M. H. Lewis, then superintendent of the Circleville schools, has the following to say in regard to the Everts' Hill property : "Mr. E. Everts was, for many years before this period, an earnest and successful school teacher of this district. In a log house of two rooms, an upper and a lower, standing near the old oak just east of the present Everts Building, he held a popular school. Many of our older citizens bear grateful testimony to the unwavering zeal he showed in behalf of the establishment in Circleville and throughout the State of a graded public school system, supported liberally by a direct tax, and free to all of school age in each district. Though his property was not large, yet he determined, if such a system could be established in his day, to donate this hill property to the town as a site. His views were in advance of his time. In his will, this out-lot of nearly four acres was to be sold by the heirs to the school district, if devoted forever to educational purposes, for the nominal sum of $1,000. The heirs, in the true spirit of the testator, offered it to the board for $800, though at the time it would have yielded several thousands in town lots."
In addition to the sum of $9,000 provided for by the tax, the treasurer of the board, Col. Samuel A. Moore, reported having received, up to January 14, 1851, from district and township treasurers and from the State school fund in full $1,461. Still further funds were raised by increasing the annual levy beyond the amount necessary to meet the regular expenditure for schools when opened, and by the issue of bonds, payable after certain dates, with interest from 8 to 10 per cent.
Early in January, 1851, William C. Taylor and Stanley Cook submitted a plan for a school-house "to be known by the name of the Union Schoolhouse." Thomas Pedrick was appointed superintendent to oversee its construction. The building was ready for occupancy in November, 1852.
The "Ohio Journal of Education" for 1853 has the following account of the new school-house :
THE CIRCLEVILLE UNION SCHOOL HOUSE.
This building, which is pleasantly situated on a lot of four acres, is 96 feet long by 69 feet wide. It is three stories high above the basement, and contains fifteen school rooms. Connected with each room is a closet, which is furnished with a washstand, looking glass, combs and all the paraphernalia of a .dressing room.
Neat and commodious apartments are fitted up in the basement for the residence of a janitor.
Two of Chilson's No. 6 furnaces are placed in the basement, which afford ample means for heating the house. In each hall is a large cooler, which is constantly supplied with fresh water. We noticed, among other things, on looking over a neat pamphlet of sixteen pages, that a janitor is employed who has entire charge of the furnaces, keeping the rooms clean, providing water, ringing the bell, etc. This is as it should be. It is the poorest kind of economy to compel teachers or scholars to make fires and sweep the school-rooms, though no better arrangement can be expected till the plan of erecting large buildings is adopted.
The cost of the house and grounds, when the latter is ornamented, will be about $30,000.
Three of the lower rooms were furnished with long pine benches, divided into what are known as box seats, the boxes constituting the partitions between scholars along the settee and serving as deposits for books and slates. The remaining rooms--as many as were needed at first, nine in number--were supplied with double desks of walnut, the best of the day. The lower middle room on the first floor was used as an exercise room for the primaries, especially in unpleasant weather. The middle room of the third floor was used for morning exercises, and was long denominated the "Chapel."
At a meeting of the Board of Education, held in May, 1852, Messrs. Griswold, Bierce and Moore were appointed a committee to secure by correspondence or visitation a superintendent and other teachers to take charge of the schools. This committee reported' at the August meeting that they had visited Columbus, Cincinnati and other places, and had attended the teachers' convention at Sandusky, and that they felt full confidence in reporting the name of John Lynch, of Ashland, as one qualified to
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act as superintendent of the Circleville public schools. The report was accepted, and John Lynch was "unanimously chosen as the principal of said schools at $1,000 per annum." In addition to the superintendent, 12 teachers were appointed, 11 of whom were women. With this corps of workers the schools were opened November 22, 1852.
In October, Mr. Lynch, by direction of the board, prepared and reported a system of rules for the government of the schools, course of study and a list of textbooks. The daily sessions began at 9 o'clock A. M., closing at 12 M.; in. warm weather the afternoon sessions began at 2 P. M., closing at 5, and in cold weather at 1 P. M., closing at 4.
The schools were divided into four departments, called, respectively, High School, grammar, secondary and primary. The primary department was divided into four grades of one year each, and four teachers were assigned to it; the secondary, into two one-year grades and two teachers assigned; the grammar, into three one-year grades and two teachers assigned; and the High School into four grades of one year each.
The branches taught during the first year of the school, in the primary department, were --alphabet, spelling, reading, writing on slates, geography (oral and textbook), arithmetic (oral and textbook), and grammar (oral). In the secondary--spelling, reading,. writing on slates, penmanship, geography, arithmetic and grammar. In the grammar--spelling, reading, writing on slates, penmanship, geography, arithmetic (mental and written), grammar and drawing, with weekly exercises in composition and declamation. In the High School--spelling, reading, penmanship, geography, mental and written arithmetic, grammar, algebra, Latin and botany, with stated exercises in composition and declamation.
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Since the opening of the Union schools in 1852, their growth has been rapid. The private schools existing at the time lost their patronage and closed and since that time no others have come to take their places. The accompanying table shows briefly points of increase taken at intervals of 10 years, including figures for the first year and the year just closed :
1853 1855 1865 1875 1885 1895 1905 1906
Number pupils enumerated 1,201 1,292 1,800 1,903 2,204 2,095 1,911 1,904
Number pupils enrolled 845 813 875 1,300 1,433 1,332 1,265 1,348
Average daily attendance 600 532 650 803 1,011 953 981 1,018
Number teachers 12 13 15 25 32 33 38 39
Number school rooms 15 15 16 24 25 36 36 36
Weeks in session 28 40 40 40 40 40 38 38
Amount paid teachers $ 3,216 $ 3,466 $6,910 $10,917 $14,500$15,590 $ 20,015$ 20,372
Total expenditures 12,597 14,003 24,641 39,578 26,853 27,596
Value school property 45,000 45,000 45,000 80,000 80,000 115,000 150,000150,000
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In addition to the changes in textbooks, as one authority becoming old was superseded by another more modern and better suited to the need of the scholars, there were other changes which tended to increase the efficiency of the schools.
In accordance with a State law giving boards of education the option of furnishing all supplies for the schools, the Circleville Board of Education, in the latter part of M. H. Lewis' administration as superintendent, decided to furnish free all textbooks, tablets, etc., to the scholars in the schools.
Soon after M. H. Lewis was appointed to his office, the schools were regraded. Up to that time there had been four departments called respectively High School, grammar, secondary and primary. There were nine grades below the High School. That department, as at present, consisted of a four years' course. 1 n the regrading, the secondary department was merged into the primary and grammar departments. One year was dropped from the latter, making the eight grades of the present day.
Another change made in the grammar grades was to seat both sexes in the same room. Heretofore there had been two rooms--one presided over by a woman teacher in which the girls of the three grades were seated; the other, presided over by a man teacher, in which the boys of the three grades were seated. The man teacher resigned and since that time there have been no men teaching in the grammar grades.
Latin and algebra were introduced into the 9th grammar grade under Mr. Barney. History became a required study in the eighth year and physical geography in the ninth. In 1873 Superintendent Smart removed the Latin of senior grammar to the first year of the High School. For many years the study of German was optional in the two upper classes of the High School. After 1873, in accordance with a provision of the school law of that year, it was decided to provide a special teacher who should devote her whole time to the. teaching of German. All scholars from the junior secondaries were eligible to membership in these classes. It was not until June, 1874, that the Board of Education decided to make German a High School study and to give it a position similar to that held previously by Latin. Since that time it has been taught only in the High School, where four years' work is offered.
"In 1870 the board employed a special teacher of music, who, each week, gave a lesson of one hour to each room of the departments above the primary." In 1875 the study was made obligatory in all except the grammar grades, and lessons of 15 to 20 minutes each were given daily by the special and regular teachers alternately.
The quadrennial report issued by C. S. Smart in 1874 says : "The rudiments of penmanship are taught in the lowest grades by the use of slates and pencils. Copy books, pens and ink are not used until the last term of the fourth year. The teachers are required to give such instruction each day as is needed." In 1875 a special teacher of writing was employed. Slate writing with ruled lines was begun the first term of the first year, followed in the next by lead pencil writing. The copy book was begun in the second year and pen and ink with advanced copy books in the third year. The system formerly used has been improved greatly under the supervision of Harp Van Riper, who still retains his position as head of this department. He also has charge of classes in drawing, a study which was' introduced at about the same time. An excellent, opportunity for development is given in this line of work and many of the scholars in the upper grades become quite proficient in pen and ink sketching and in water colors.
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There has been much improvement in school accommodations and buildings since 1853. The original "Union schoolhouse," now called the "Everts Building," in 1875 contained 16 school rooms, with sittings for 850 pupils, the laboratory and the superintendent's office. In 188o it was decided to remodel the building as it was somewhat out of repair. The old structure had been square, but now two wings were added
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on the north and south sides and it was otherwise changed, as at the present time. There were then 20 school rooms in the building. Since then the two rooms in the basement have been made into the physical and chemical laboratories. During the past year an office for the principal of the High School Was constructed adjoining the office of the superintendent.
In 1871 the Ohio Street Building for colored pupils was completed at a cost of $7,000. At first it was a fine brick structure with ample hall and two rooms, but a few years later it was doubled in size. It was in use continuously until 1886, when the State law was changed and separate schools for colored children were abolished. After remaining vacant for eight years, it was turned over to the use of the Circleville Home and Hospital.
In 1875 a brick school building at the corner of High and Pickaway streets, now called the "High Street Building," was completed. It contains six school rooms of the primary grades and was erected at a cost of something like $25,000.
In 1894 a brick building, containing four rooms of the primary grades, was erected on Franklin street between Washington and Mingo. In 1896 an addition of four rooms was added, which is also used for primary grades. It has been named the "Franklin Street Building."
In 1896 when the lower grades became crowded, a hill was purchased at the corner of Walnut and Washington streets. On this site a building of four rooms was erected for the use of the primary grades. It is called the "Walnut Street Building."
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The members of the Board of Education as a rule have been very conscientious in their efforts to advance the status of the schools. Much of their time and energy has been given freely to the problems which have arisen. The following list includes all the members of boards since the organization of the schools in 1849, together with their terms of service :
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Name Term.
Abernethy, Isaac N . . . . . . . . . .1888,1891,1899
Anderson, W. M . . . . . . . . . . . 1867-70,1874-77
Bauder, William . . . . . . . . . . . .1855-61
Bierce, W. W . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1849-64
Brunner, John N. . . . . . . . . . . . 1866-79
Burget, J. W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1849-53
Clarke, E. C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1856-65
Courtright, Alva P. . . . . . . . . . . 1881-97
Courtright, Samuel W. . . . . . . . 1870-73
Crow, O. H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1896-99
Davenport, George M. . . . . . . . . 1879-81
Delaplane, J. T. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1856-58
Delaplane, W. E. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1865-71
Doane, William . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1860-88
Evans, J. B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1857-60
Evans, Samuel B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1876-95
Garrigues, C. H. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .1854-57
Gearhart, George . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1849-54, 1864-66
Grigsby, A. J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1898-1905
Griswold, Wayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1850-54
Groom, John C . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 1853-56
Hamilton, Aaron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1897-03
Harsha, James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1876-95
Hedges, Henry N. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1854, 1864-67
Heffner, George W. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1905
Helwagen, Julius H. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1897
Hoffman, G. W:. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 1897-05
Huber, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1865-77
McCrea, Adam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1854-61
Moeller, C. E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1895
Moore, Samuel A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1849-56
Myers, George W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1849-56
Neuding, Emanuel S. . . . . . . . . . . . 1905
Niles, O. E.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1861-65
Noecker, J. R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1902
Pontius, George H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1890-99
Schleyer, Gustavus A. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1890-91
Schryver, J. H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1861-64
Taylor, William C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1849-50
Wilder, G. A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1871-78,1881-88-91-97
Winship, E. E, Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1899, 1902-03
Winstead, Jacob P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1888-90
Wittich, G. F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1858-96
The two longest terms on the board were those of G. F. Wittich and William Doane--38 years in the case of the former and 28 in the case of the latter.
The present Board of Education is constituted as follows: Joseph R. Noecker (president), E. E. Winship, Sr. (secretary), C. E.
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Moeller, Julius H. Helwagen, Dr. George W. Heffner and Emanuel S. Neuding.
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The High School was organized at the same time with the Union schools, November 22, 1852. It is located on the first floor of the Everts Building and consists of four class rooms. There is a teaching force of five instructors, one having charge of the physical and chemical laboratories in the basement.
Mr. Lynch, the first superintendent of the schools, outlined a course of study which remains, with few changes, to the present time. German has had a more prominent place in the curriculum in recent years and more emphasis is being placed on the study of physics, chemistry and mathematics. The curriculum includes the following studies: Latin, German, Greek, English, physics, chemistry, physical geography, ancient history,, modern history, English history, American history, civics, algebra, plane and solid geometery, physiology, mythology, botany, commercial geography and bookkeeping.
HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS.
Name Employed Resigned
E. M. Cotton Nov., 1852 June, 1859
J. P. Patterson Sept., 1859 June, 1860
D. N. Kinsman Sept., 1860 Mch., 1863
J. M. Atwater April, 1863 June, 1863
C. Atwater Sept., 1863 June, 1865
M. J. Warner Sept., 1865 June, 1866
C. F. Krimmel Sept., 1866 June, 1872
J. H. Clendenin Sept., 1872 June, 1895
M. Cartmell Sept., 1875 June, 1878
E. W. Mitchell Sept., 1878 June, 1880
Miss Bertha Farr Sept., 1889 June, 1882
Miss Emma M. Hall Sept., 1882 June, 1883
Miss Vrylena W. Buffum Sept., 1883 June, 1887
Miss Mary E. Whipple Sept., 1887 June, 1888
Miss Ella C. Drum Sept., 1888 June, 1895
A. C. Fay Sept., 1895 June, 1896
Frank Morrison Sept., 1896 Oct., 1896
F. B. Spaulding Oct., 1896 Oct., 1896
R. R. Upton Oct., 1896 June, 1898
George P. Chatterton Sept., 1898 June, 1899
O. C. Hulvey Sept., 1899 June, 1902
F. A. Cosgrove Sept., 1902 June, 1905
T. O. Williams Sept., 1905
During his term as principal, R. R. Upton organized a uniformed battalion of cadets, in which the boys of the High School were taught the manual of arms and military discipline. An armory was fitted up in the basement of the Everts Building. Drill was held several afternoons in the week after regular school hours. The cadet corps was maintained until the graduation of the class of 1902, when O. C. Hulvey severed his connection with the schools. He was the last principal to provide a military training. During his administration, Major Hulvey, who was an enthusiast in matters pertaining to his profession, organized a cadet band, which was known throughout this section of the country not alone by reason of its ability but on account of the youth of the members.
The cadet corps did much to arouse a strong school spirit and to attract into the High School many who otherwise would have dropped out of the schools after finishing the grammar grades. At the same time the men teachers sought to excite interest in athletics. An athletic association was organized and contests were held with neighboring high schools and academies. These activities caused the new scholars to take greater interest in their work and the graduates of the High School were . increased both as regarded quality and quantity.
The High School is on the accredited list of the colleges of the State. During the past 20 years--from 1886 to 1906--over 15 per cent. of the graduates have continued their education in colleges and universities.. This, however, does not include teachers who have supplemented their work with courses in the summer schools given by many colleges and universities.
The first commencement was held in March, 1858. Since then 47 classes with an. aggregate of 590 members have been graduated. The following is a complete list of the graduates and shows, too, as far as can be ascertained, those who continued their education above the High School.
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GRADUATES OF EVERTS HIGH SCHOOL,
*Those entering college from the High Schoolf
Name Class
Abernethy, Charles 1892
Abernethy, Minnie 1899
Adams, Bessie 1899
Adams, Ella R 1865
Adkins, Wilbur 1902
*Albaugh, Alice 1887
Albaugh, Anna 1899
Allen, Bertha E 1906
*Allen, Mary 1901
Anderson, Anna 1881
Anderson, Delilah 1874
Angell, Myrtle 1902
*Athey, Emerson 1902
Athey, Clifford 1903
Atkinson, H. .Margaret 1865
Atkinson, Lizzie S 1866
Baer, Cynthia 1887
Bailey, Elvira M 1865
Bailey, Emma J 1871
Bailey, Lillie 1868
Baker, Denny O 1876
*Bales, Blenn R 1894
*Ballard, Mary 1893
Barkley, Eva 1898
Barks, Anna C 1883
Barks, Albert Y 1865
Barks, Ella 1868
*Bauder, Edson B 1866
Bauder, Mollie 1868
Beachtell, Mary G 1876
*Bell, Josiah R 1866
Becher, Charles 1894
Bell, Madge 1898
Bell, Roy 1901
*Bennett, Burnie 1902
Bennett, Edith 1886
Bennett, Louisa 1868
Bennett, Margaret A 1888
Birch, Emma 1868
Bitzer, Emerald 1903
Black, Laura 1889
*Boggs, John G 1903
*Bolin, Andrew R 1867
Bolin, Mabel E 1906
*Bolin, Stuart R 1895
Bostwick, Burr J 1888
Bostwick, Minnie 1884
Botkin, Samantha A 1861
*Bowers, Mary G 1886
Boyer, Lewis W 1867
Boyles, Angie 1902
Boyles, Ward 1904
Brehmer, Pearl 1899
Brehmer, Robert 1902
Brooks, Della : 1887
Brobeck, Belle 1880
Brunner, Isabella L: 1864
Brunner, Lizzie 1892
Brunner, Mame 1880
Brunner, Sadie 1881
Bushong, Carrie : 1879
Bryant, Gertrude 1868
*Caldwell, Felix 1899
Cantner, Ella 1870
Cantner, Ida M 1873
Cardiff, Charles 1897
Caskey, William 1893
*Cave, William A 1888
*Chaney, Jessie D 1883
Chaney, Paul B 1886
Christy, Myrtle 1900
Clark, Benjamin F 1871
Clark, Marguerite 1900
Clark, Vinnie 1900
Clark, Willison R 1904
Clark, Winfield 1893
Clarke, Abbie 1893
Clarke, Grace 1895
*Clarke, Hartley R 1866
*Clarke, Margaret 1897
Clarke, Merta 1897
Clarke, Mollie L 1864
Clarke, Sadie H 1863
Cole, John 1874
Collier, Bessie 1900
*Colvill, Edith 1903
Cook, Emma 1874
Cosgrove, Evelyn 1903
Cossal, Isabella 1901
*Courtright, Dudley V 1893
Courtright, Florence B 1888
Courtright, Jennie B 1895
*Courtright, Loring 1895
Courtright, Marguerite 1906
Crall, Nellie 1896
Crist, Lizzie 1887
Crist, Maggie 1899
Crist, Mattie 1899
Crouse, Lizzie 1859
Crum, Bina 1895
Cullen, Anna M 1882
Curl, Belle 1902
Curl, Ella 1883
Curl, Georgia A 1906
Curl, James G 1902
Curtain, Ralph 1906
Darst, Elizabeth C 1865
Darst, Harvey J 1867
Darst, Maggie 1873
Delaplane, Emma 1859
Delaplane, Harriet 1895
Delaplane, Marie 1898
Demuth, Ella M 1871
Denman, Nellie 1899
Denman, Sam 1900
Denman, Vaunie 1899
*Dickinson, Elizabeth 1901
Doane, Amelia C 1861
Doane, Fletcher M 1864
Dresbach, Anna 1897
Dresbach, Emma 1900
Dresbach, Gertrude 1897
Dresbach, Grace 1897
Drum, Iddie 1884
Duffy, Charles G 1885
Dunlap, Ella 1893
*Dunlap, Gertrude 1901
Dunnick, John 1898
Eaton, Anna F 1904
*Eaton, Glenn 1901
Eaton, Mary 1902
Eaton, Mertie 1887
Eaton, Pearl 1892
Eaton, Thomas J 1862
Ebert, Mary 1901
Edgington, Clarence 1899
Egan, Sarah B 1905
Ensworth, Ida 1881
*Evans, Helen 1895
*Evans, Sam 1892
*Evans, Mary 1890
Fickardt, Helen R. 1904
Fickardt, Lizzie E 1865
Finkel, Mame 1890
Fismer, Bertha A 1890
Fismer, Lizzie C 1883
Fismer, Louisa 1881
Fismer, Martha A 1885
Fissell, Edith 1897
Florence, Ethel 1894
Foerst, Lizzie 1884
Foley, Ella 1884
Foley, Johanna 1886
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Name Class
Foll, Harry M 1905
Foll, Lillian 1899
Folsom, Seward G 1906
Foresman, M. Melissa 1865
Frey, Carrie 1899
Friedman, Edgar 1906
*Fryback, Sue D 1898
Garnes, Ernest 1891
*Gatrel, Ida 1891
Gearhart, Nancy S 1862
Gearhart, S. Mary 1865
George, Lydia A 1863
Gephart, Adele 1866
Gephart, Emma C 1865
Gephart, Josie 1871
Gephart, Kate 1868
Gilley, Henry 1868
Given, Martha H 1902
Glass, John 1884
Goddard, Clarence R. 1906
Goff, Isabella 1897
Goff, Mary 1903
Goff, Nellie 1901
*Goldfredrick, Adolph 1877
Goldfredrick, Clara C 1906
Graham, Ella 1888
Graham, Will 1895
Grant, W. H 1906
Gray, Clara 1886
*Grigsby, Lloyd 1897
Griswold, Mattie E 1866
*Groce, Ella G 1863
*Gunning, Anna C 1864
Hall, Mary S 1863
*Hamilton, Frank 1900
Hammel, Allen T 1886
Hammel, Eva J 1878
Hammel, Lee M 1883
Hammel, Mary 1900
Hampp, Edward 1889
Harmon, Nettie 1892
Harris, Clarence 1893
*Harsha, J. W 1879
Harsha, Laura C 1882
Hartz, Amanda 1865
Hartz, Mary E 1862
Heater, Osro 1880
Hedges, Anna E 1865
Hedges, Emma R 1865
Hedges, Jennie 1863
Hedges, Sarah L 1905
Heffner, Carrie 1901
Hegele, August 1903
Hegele, Pauline R 1904
Herrnstein, Charles 1895
Herrnstein, Emma 1902
Hess, Blanche 1902
Hirt, Carrie 1902
Hirt, Maggie 1892
Hitler, Bertha 1896
*Hitler, Gay L 1901
Hoffman, Douglas 1893
*Hoffman, Florence D 1885
Hoffman, Florence 1900
Hoffman, Lizzie 1891
*Hoffman, Will S 1902
*Hoffman, Mamie 1903
Hood, Bertha 1894
Hood, Hartley 1901
Hosler, Norah 1901
Hough, Susan 1862
Howard, Emmett 1899
Howard, Hazel I 1905
Howard, Maud 1898
Hull, Mary 1867
Hulse, Isaiah 1870
Hulse, Rebecca 1872
Hunsicker, Effie 1888
Hurdle, Anna 1894
Hurdle, Nellie 1902
*Huston, Estella D 1905
Huston, Anna E 1866
*Irving, Ernest 1889
Irving, Mabel 1901
Irwin, Kate L 1871
Irwin, Lizzie 1874
Irwin, S. J 1883
Jackson, Charles 1868
Jackson, H. D 1901
Jackson, Henry A 1864
James, Pearl 1900
Jones, Harriet 1858
Jones, Genevieve 1865
*Jones, Hildehurn 1902
*Jones, Howard E 1871
Joseph, Merle B 1905
Judy, Charles 1884
Judy, Harley M 1890
Judy, Pearl 1900
Julian, Bertha 1899
Justice, Mary 1899
Kellstadt, Ella 1881
Kidd, Sallie 1862
King, Hattie E 1864
King, Sarah A 1863
Kinnear, F. L 1859
Knabenshue, Florence 1877
Kraft, Ida 1904
Kirkendall, Estella 1896
Kirkendall; Francis M 1890
Kirkendall, Mabel 1891
Kouns, Anna M 1865
Kuhns, Lizzie 1886
Lakin, Carrie 1886
Lamaster, Harriet 1901
Leiby, Anna M 1858
Leist, Anna 1898
Leist, Jennie 1901
Leist, Minnie 1898
Leist, Nettie 1894
Leist, Rosa 1891
Lewis, Anna M 1883
*Lewis, Charles M 1877
Lewis, Clara 1894
Lewis, Dora 1897
Lewis, Harry M 1882
Lewis, Lottie L 1888
*Lilly, Edwin J 1876
Lilly, Fannie 1874
Lilly, George 1879
Lilly, Nellie M 1885
*Lilly, Robins 1889
Lindsey, Ada 1902
Linville, Grace 1895
Linville, Mary C 1888
Littleton, Clara 1875
Littleton, Flora 1871
Long, Edna 1901
Long, Mabel 1902
Lowe, .Carrie 1886
Lowe, James W 1906
*Lowe, John W 1881
Lowe, Reynor 1903
Lower, Daisy 1897
Lower, Etta 1895
Lower, Orpha 1903
Lucas, Charles H 1906
Lucas, Ollie 1900
*Ludwig, Elizabeth 1898
Ludwig, Mary 1901
*Ludwig, Willis 1882
Lutz, Earl 1892
Lutz, Hubert E 1905
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PAGE - 296 PICTURES (MASONIC TEMPLE CIRCLEVILLE; WALNUT STEET SCHOOL, CIRCLEVILLE; HIGH STREET SCHOOL, CIRCLEVILLE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, CIRCLEVILLE.
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 297
Name Class
Lutz, Katherine 1891
Lutz, M. Ellen 1861
Lutz, Samuel 1884
McCollister, Elzada 1866
McCollister, Mary E 1890
McCrady, Dea 1887
McCrady, Mary 1897
McCrum, Cora 1896
McCrum, Minnie 1899
McEwing, Lottie 1896
McEwing, Minnie 1885
McHenry, Lottie 1866
McLaughlin, James A 1880
McMahon, Edward 1899
McMahon, Harriet 1905
McMahon, Harry 1902
McMahon, Mayme 1900
*McMullen, Grace M 1890
McMullen, Lizzie H 1878
*McPherson, Leslie C 1871
Mackey, Hattie 1895
Mader, Emma 1886
Mader, Laura 1886
Mader, Lillian 1892
Mader, William 1870
Marfield, Elliott 1879
Marshall, Martha 1891
Marshall, Myrtle 1892
Martin, Jennie R 1864
Martin, Walter ,C 1905
Mason, Kate 1883
May, Alice 1867
May, Ira 1870
May, Leslie D 1905
May, Lutz 1900
May, Percy 1902
Mayne, John 1889
Mearns, Louis Z 1905
Miesse, Bertha 1891
Millar, Anna 1895
Millar, Hattie 1903
Millar, Laura 1901
Millar, Seymour 1899
Millar, Georgietta F 1905
Miller, Jessie 1886
Miller, Lizzie 1868
Miller, Margaret 1862
Miller, Mary J 1859
Millet, Harry 1901
Moore, Martha 1902
Moore, Carrie 1893
*Moore, Howard 1894
Morden, Francis 1899
Morris, Ethel 1893
Morris, Agnes 1839
Morris, Mame B 1883
Morris, Mary 1902
Morrow, Georgia 1884
Mowery, Bessie 1904
Mowery, Dill W 1906
*Murphy, Kenneth 1898
Myers, George 1891
Myers, Ida 1872
Myers, Anna M 1858
Myers, Minnie E 1890
*Nauman, Carl 1901
Nickerson, Guy 1898
Nickerson, Lou 1900
Nicholas, Charles 1887
Nicholas, Fred 1893
Nichols, Anna 1900
Niles, Alice 1868
Niles, Lizzie 1879
Niles, Lydia 1880
Niles, Mary 1879
Nooks, Maud 1900
Noonan, Ella B 1883
*Nothstine, Arthur 1903
Olds, Mary R 1878
Olds, Minnie 1888
Olds, Nellie 1895
Palm, Acker K 1901
Parcels, Mary 1897
Parcels, Mary 1901
Parrett, Bloom 1903
Parrett, Brunelle 1903
Parrett, Joe 1894
Parrett, Mack, .Jr: 1906
Parrett, Wolfson 1906
Peck; Blanche 1902
Pedrick, Alice 1862
Pedrick, Clara 1878
*Peters, Howard . R 1904
Petty, Florence 1901
Pickel, Clarence 1889
Pickering, Marie 1861
Pickering, Minnie 1884
Pierce,. Fannie 1898
Piper, Alice D 1862
Plum, Merta 1893
Pontius, Gertrude 1900
Pontius, Jarvis B 1892
Prentice, Mae 1898
Prentice, Wade 1894
Price, Jessie C 1890
Price, Perley 1889
Rader, Cora 1900
Rader, Scott 1898
Radcliffe, Eva T 1890
Ray, Louisa W 1859
*Rector, Florence 1902
*Rector, Howard 1898
*Rector, James 1897
Redman, Alva 1903
Reed, Henry 1880
Renick,. Ruth M 1905
Renick, Martha W 1882
Rice, Emma M 1883
Riegle, Harry R 1902
Rife, Jennie 1893
Rife, Mary 1882
*Rindsfoos, Charles S 1902
*Rindsfoos, Elizabeth 1898
*Rindsfoos, Mary 1900
Roadarmer, Cora 1885
Robinson, Margaret 1858
Rodgers, Fannie 1879
Rodgers, Ida 1872
Roose, Augusta 1902
Ross, Georgia 1897
Roth, Annie 1895
*Rowe, Edith 1898
Rowe, Fayne 1900
Rowe, Helen 1906
*Rowe,. Jeannette 1898
Rowe, Minnie 1898
Rutter, Anna M 1862
Sapp, Helen 1900
Sapp, Mollie 1870
Sawyer, Fannie 1903
Schaeffer, J. Della 1873
Schleyer,. Anna 1901
Schleyer, Jennie F 1904
Schleyer, Mary 1902
Schneider, Annie 1881
Schryver, James H 1866
Schulze, Charles G 1886
Schulze, William H 1861
Schwarz, Lizzie 1885
Scott, Albert H 1886
Scovil, Charles F 1881
*Scovil, Fannie R 1883
Scovil, Josie 1872
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*Scovil, Kate 1881
Seall, Ella 1900
Seall, Eva 1895
Seall, Lillie 1896
Secrest, Mabel 1900
*Seyfert, Carl 1903
Sheets, Maggie 1899
Sherman, Jane. A 1861
Sheridan, Anna B 1876
Simpson, Alma 1879
*Smith, Jeannette 1877
Smith, Juliette 1877
Smith, Mary E 1890
Snyder, Edna 1890
Snyder, Florence 1892
Solliday, Albert 1862
Steele, Florence 1891
*Steele, James 1877
Steele, Fred 1884
Steele, Grant 1886
Steely, Julia A 1859
Stein; Alice 1898
Stein, Fannie 1894
Stevenson, Cora 1886
Stevenson, Harry 1903
Stevens, Will 1899
Stewart, Clara 1901
Stewart, Nina 1900
Stirewalt, W. J 1873
Stribling, Fannie M 1865
Sweetman, Anna 1896
Sweetman, Howard 1893
Sweetman, Mary 1898
Sullivan, Zana S 1905
*Tappan, Helen 1905
*Tappan, George H 1904
Thatcher, Hazel 1903
Thatcher, Carl 1905
Thomas, Fannie 1899
Thompson, Anna A 1865
Thompson, Anna E 1891
Thompson, Florence L 1865
Thompson, Lloyd 1902
Thompson, Lovina 1859
Thrall, Mary 1858
Throne, Nellie 1903
Throne, Rosa 1898
Trask, Alice 1892
Trask, Nell A 1883
Trone, Ella 1883
Try, Arthur 1902
Try, Eva 1884
Tyler, Emma L 1871
Ucker, Olive 1884
Valentine, Mabel 1892
*Vallette, Lavelle 1882
Van Heyde, Bertha 1894
Van Hyde, Harry 1896
Van Heyde, Lillie 1893
Van Heyde, Minnie 1890
Vieth, Minnie 1892
Wagenhals, Mary N 1864
Wagner, Jennie 1879
*Walling, Belle M 1885
*Walling, Burns T 1872
*Walling, Percy 1887
*Walling, Stewart 1874
Walker, Nellie 1884
Walter, Amelia D 1865
Walter, Mary E 1865
*Walters, Barton 1897
Walters, Homer 1905
Ward, Ruby 1902
Warke, Anna 1901
Warner, Earl 1900
Warner, George B 1880
Warner, Ruth 1884
Wasserstrom, Mary 1900
Wasserstrom; Malvina 1901
Webster, Lucy 1889
Wefler, Ida M 1890
Wehmeyer, Amy 1897
Weill, Belle 1886
Weill, Emma L 1878
Weldon, Addle 1887
*Weldon, Chris 1892
Weldon, Florence 1880
*Weldon, Lawrence 1876
Weldon, Lucile 1903
Weldon, Nell M 1883
*Weldon, Turney 1905
Wells, Lilian E 1906
Wentworth, William 1881.
Wholaver, Rose A 1888
Wilder, Arthur 1898
Wilder, Fidelia 1887
Wilder, Joseph G 1880
Wilder, Mary 1900
Will, Alice E 1871
Will, Grace L 1883
Will, Jennie 1868
Williams, Caddie 1874
*Wilson, Charles 1897
Wilson, Helen 1898
Wilson, Mary A 1861
Wilson, Lyall 1905
Winner, Ethel 1894
*Winstead, Charles E 1902
*Winstead, Margaret 1904
Winstead, Roy 1898
Wittich, Albert T 1861
Wittich, Ella 1872
Wittich, Helen 1902
Wittich, Rosa 1868
Wittich, Theophilus 1865
*Wittich, Willis 1870
*Wolf, Albert 1901
*Wolf, Harry D 1904
*Wolf, Howard 1903
Wolf, Nellie 1903
Wolf, Stashia 1905
Wolfley, Elizabeth 1901
*Wood, Mary 1881
Woodruff, Melissa 1864
Wright, Anna 1886
Wright, J. Willard 1888
*Wright, Katherine H 1905
*Yates, Arizona 1893
Yates, Emma 1889
Young, Lillian 1899
Zinn, Mamie 1899
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Circleville has been extremely .fortunate in securing men for the position of superintendent of the public schools who have been especially adapted to the position. In the 54 years which have elapsed since the organization of the schools, only five men have held the office. This is something unusual and it has done much to promote the efficiency of the school administration.
At the opening of the Union Schools in the fall of 1852, John Lynch, of Ashland, was chosen superintendent. He served for 10 years until 1862, when he resigned and entered the Union Army as captain of Company A, 114th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf. On September 22, 1862, Mr. Lynch was promoted, to the rank of major, in which position he served to the end of the war. After peace had been declared, he removed to Louisiana where he served as a member of the constitutional convention in the reconstruction of the State and later became a leading member of the State Senate. In 1876 when the Democrats were restored to power, Mr. Lynch removed to California where he resided until his death. A son, John C. Lynch, has attained some prominence in that State, serving as speaker of the House of Representatives in the State Legislature and now holding the position of collector of internal revenue in the San Francisco district.
H. H. Barney, a teacher of wide experience who had been elected school commissioner in 1853 and who was one of the prominent educators of the State, succeeded Mr. Lynch in September, 1862. He held the position until 1869, when he retired from active work and went to Cincinnati to live, remaining there until his death.
In January, 1869, he was succeeded by C. S. Smart, who served until his election to the office of State school commissioner, in 1874. After a term of three years, he retired from school work and went into business in New York. Mr. Smart was a graduate of the Ohio University, at Athens, and before coming to Circleville had been superintendent of the Jackson schools.
On January 1, 1875, Montgomery H. Lewis, who had been the principal of the Central Ohio Normal School at Worthington, Ohio, succeeded C. S. Smart as superintendent of the Circleville schools. Mr. Lewis was a graduate of the Columbus High School and also of the Ohio Weslyan University, at Delaware. After leaving college he became principal of the Zanesville and later of the Sandusky high schools. He was a thorough educator and organizer and did much to increase the efficiency of the local schools. He held the position of superintendent for nearly 25 years, during which time the schools under his efficient management gained a recognized position among the leading schools of the State. His administration was perhaps the most successful in the history of the schools.
After leaving Circleville, Mr. Lewis located in Chicago where he organized the firm of Montgomery H. Lewis & Company, publishers and booksellers. He now holds the position of manager of the library department of the Educational Publishing Company, of Chicago.
In 1899 C. L. Boyer, the present incumbent, then superintendent of schools at Logan, Ohio, was elected to succeed Mr. Lewis as superintendent. Mr. Boyer is a graduate of the Capital University, at Columbus. After leaving college, he took charge of the schools of Lithopolis. In 1893 he was called to Lima where he became professor of mathematics and principal of the normal department. He left this position in 1897 to take charge of the schools of Logan. From there he came to Circleville, where he still remains.
PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS.
In addition to the public schools, there have been several attempts on the part of Circleville churches to establish parochial schools. One of these, the school established by St. Joseph's Catholic Church, has proven highly successful and is now in active operation. The. other, established by the German Lutheran Church, failed to receive the united support of the congregation and consequently after a brief period it was discontinued.
* * *
St. Joseph's Parochial School was organ-
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ized in 1886, during the pastorate of Rev. M. M. Meara. The school and convent building is a brick structure situated on the east end of the church property on Mound street, where the church and parochial residence are also located. The building is two stories in height and contains 12 rooms, four of which are occupied as class rooms for the different grades. The studies for the most part are similar to those taught in the public schools, with the addition of catechism and church history. Stenography is also taught in the upper grades
The parochial school of the German Lutheran Church was organized by Rev. J. Snider in 1888, two years after the founding of St. Joseph's Parochial School. School was held in an addition consisting of two rooms built on the east side of the church on East Mound street. Attendance was optional. There were two instructors in addition to the minister; who taught several branches. The grades ran as high as the first year High School of the present day. Special emphasis was placed on the study of German, the catechism, church history and doctrine. The school was not very successful and from the first there was opposition to the idea of a parochial school. This grew stronger until at length, in 1893, the and in addition there is an industrial department in which the girls are taught the domestic arts, sewing, etc. The instructors of the school are Sisters of Charity of Nazareth and are six in number.
The scholars are drawn from families of the Catholic faith, of whom there of 16o in the city. During the year just closed there were 149 pupils enrolled. After each pupil has finished the required work, he is entitled to a diploma at the annual commencement held each June. The graduates to date are :
GRADUATES OF THE ST. JOSEPH'S PAROCHIAL SCHOOL.
Name Class
Brown, E. C 1895
Brown, Mary. F 1899
Brown, Kathleen 1904
Cannon, George X 1900
Cannon, Katie M 1895
Cullen, Katie P 1899
Cummins, Helen 1904
Dodd, John A 1900
Dodd, Kathleen 1904
Drescher, Francis 1900
Egan, Parnell 1899
Foley, Sadie 1890
Greer, Margaret 1895
Henry, A, J 1897
Henry, Donald 1905
Henry, Margaret 1896
Hirt, Helen 1905
Howell, Loula 1891
Kathe, B. J 1896
Kathe, Raymond 1905
Kirwin, Mrs. Ella 1891
Kirwin, P. J 1893
Kirwin, T. J 1898
McKenzie, Cecilia 1905
McKenzie, Hannah 1902
McClean, Anna 1903
McCrady, Ethel 1905
Moore, Bessie 1905
Moore, J. D 1904
Prentice, May 1903
Rodgers, James 1905
Ryan, Ollie 1905
Ryan, Albert O 1905
Smith, Anna 1905
Smith, Anna E 1891
Smith, J. D 1904
Smith, Mary R 1902
Smith, Rose A 1895
Sapp, Howard 1905
Sapp, Margie 1905
Tracey, Julia B 1890
Ucker, C. S 1891
project was abandoned. In 1899 the school was revived but it only lasted for the brief period' of one summer.
THE CIRCLEVILLE BUSINESS COLLEGE
Was established in 1895 by Clarence Balthaser, who conducted it until May 4, 1904, when it was purchased by C. M. Woltz. The attendance during the year aggregates some 40 students and as proof of the college's efficiency, none of these ever find any difficulty in securing positions after graduating. Every facility is offered for obtaining a first-class commercial education. The shorthand department is conducted by Mary E. Griner.