Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-28

town, and the committee appointed Thomas J. Kelly and Louis D. Lincoln a committee to draft suitable resolu- tions of thanks Curtis Dean, Dr. w. P, & Keating and Mrs Spaulding were appointed by ChaiTmen Dean a committee to have power to go ahead and procure immediately all things necessary to keep the school in ses- sion- Principal c. c. Case at once took charge of the situation and desks, chairs from the town hall and all other equipment possible was at once installed at the Normal school building so that sessions of the High school will be continued this CMon- day) morning with as little interrup- ton as possible The school commit tee and the citizens of the town feel that Windham is to be congratulated because in this crisis Princi- pal Case has been retained as the head master of the High school, which is one of the best fin the state. Not only las his splendid executive ability been demonstrated in eQuipping High schoo4 accommodations that have risen like a Phenix fro the ashes but his services in an advisory ca pacfty regarding the erection of a new High school building will be in valuable as nc one in the state is more conYersant with the present and flu trre needs of the Windhan High school so far as a new building and equipment are concerned than is Principal Case
 Among the valuable equipment des- troyed was the fine art collection pre- sented to the school by Huber Card of Putnam, formerly of Willimantic and D. c. Locknaan of WindhaIn.
 First SeIectman R. E. Mitchell made the suggestion Sunday that the state fire marshal be re1 uested to visit W'fili- mantle and make searching investi- gation of the flames.
 Called Fire Trap.
 One of the voters in a, speech at 8 recent town meeting said the new -Windha1n High school building was very poorly constructed and referred to it as a fire trap" The silver Iif- most large conf1aerafions. that the ne Bksuiidif7g to be erected will be free from the miserable and inferior atdfes of the structure burned, that that if will be more substantial and adequate in it's architecture and equipment,
 A special town meeting will at enee be called, probably next Monday eRen= ing, te take action on the irntaediate erection of 8 ReEE building,
 This history of the WindflazR High school, by Allen Williams Bevey SteTry. was the heReF essay of the JunieF class Of 1912:
 WiHdAaHs High Scaeoi.
 Since 1928 the town has been divid= ed into t#e school districts, the first, now kResFR as the WiRdham Street, and the second the Mate12aHg. Ia 1865 David GoF'bi4l, who had conducted a private seheol iR WElimantie, was made principal of the second district school. He at once systematized the lower grades and fitted 9P and used the third floor of the NatehaAg build ing as 8 high school, and iR it eEa- p1oyed the methods which he had used iR his ewn academy. He also intro aueed higher studies, both English aaS Classical
 The next principal, Fhenas Hart E'ulleE, Who came five years later, gave ao attention to the high school courses because he did not think the pupils prepared for them, but John B. We1ch, who followed him, believed heartily iq the work and was 8 great factor in reorgaRizing the courses, and so improved them that the depart nent was recognized as a high school.
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