The Huron Expositor, 1998-03-25, Page 3 (2)High school began with 55 pupils
h was mid -summer 1878. that.
The mayor had proclaimed
next Wednesday as Civic
Holiday in Seaforth.
The United Sabbath School
Committee had arranged for
for a special holiday train to
leave town at 7 a.m. for
Goderich, where a lake
steamer from the North-West
Transportation Company was
waiting to convey everyone.
Seaforth Town Band includ-
ed, to Kincardine for a spe-
cial holiday.
"The Duke of Wellington
has had his right eye removed
bya surgeon."
"A husband applying for a
divorce at Cardiff, Wales,
lately testified that his wife
had not been sober for seven
years."
So reported The Huron_
Expositor in its I Ith year.
issue 556. dated Friday, Aug.
2, 1878, four years after
Seaforth had been incorpo-
rated as a town.
"Many of our readers will
be pleased to learn that at the
recent examination of candi-
dates for admission to the St.
Marys High School, Miss M.
Killoran, of Seaforth passed
-successfully, standing third.
on the list with a total of 435
marks. the highest number
being 462. Considering that
there were were over 60 can-
didates
entered, this result
must he highly flattering_to
that young „lady, and. at the
same time -equally so to her
parents." noted an article on
page 8.
$350 AN ACRE
Buried in the middle of this
last page in that week's edi-
tion of the local paper is
another article. headlined
The Site For The New High -
School, which reads. in part:
-"The trustees (who. had
been.appointed by County
Council). at a meeting held
on Tuesday evening last.
decided to purchase as a site
- for the New High School
buildings. three acres of land
- from Dr. Coleman. The land
is situated north of Goderich
and east of North Main street,
immediately in rear. of the
newfoundry property. It has
. been purchased for $350 per
acre. After reviewing all the
sites offered. the trustees
unanimously agreed on this
one, and one offered by Mr.
Thomas Adams in the north-
west part of town. Mr.
Adams' land was offered at
- $400 per acrc. After further
consideration, they accepted
offered ered by Dr: Coleman. of the pupils and friends of
Seaforth High School took
place on Monday afternoon
last. The trustees have lately
added an excellent piano to
the equipments of the school
and it was decided to cele-
brate the occasion by a musi-
cal entertainment provided by
the ex -pupils and other local
talent.
"Now that the school has a
piano of its own, we•hope
this will not be the last con-
cert of the kind, but that we
shall often have the pleasure
of listening to a similar
treat."
At the end of its third year
Seaforth's high school had
an enrollment of 110 "and
fees paid. by the pupils
amounted tp $798. Towards
the close of 1882 the first
head master, Mr. C. Clarkson,
moved to Toronto and was
succeeded by Mr. J.C.
Hartstone, who remained
until the close of 1886, and
which time the roll stood at
about 130 students, and the
fees collected stood at
$1.050. In 1887 there were
151 students, and the amount
of fees collected had risen to
about $1,230.
The following year, a
decade after it first opened,
Seaforth's high school
became at Collegiate Institute
(officially Collegiate Institute
26).
PREMIER TO BE
The elaborate ceremonies
in an overflowing Cardno's
Hall featured a guest speaker
who knew what he was talk-
ing about. The Hon. G. W.
Ross was a former publisher
of this paper (the McLeans
Nought it from he and a fel-
low called Luxton), who
went on to become Premier
of Ontario for many years but
at the time was Minister of
Education.
"Mr. Rossmade a lengthy.
able and interesting reply. in
which he complimented the
people of Seaforth and vicini-
CONTINUED on Page 17.
The site selected is, in every
respect admirably adapted for
the purpose, and the price is
certainly reasonable. The
land is high and dry, and is in
command of an excellent
view. There are, or will be,
two streets leading to it, and
another street passing along
directly in front of the prop-
erty. The grounds are now
staked out, and we would
advise the citizens interested
to go and view for them-
selves." -
Seaforth, at the time, was
more prosperous than it has
ever been.
Towards the front of this
same paper, perhaps our first
"progress edition," The
Expositor reported that in
1878 we here were the
"greatest salt producing point
in Canada," in the midst of
"agricultural land among the
richest in Canada."
One Seaforth firm was
exporting more than $l -mil-
lion worth of grainper year.
Another was shipping more
than 9.000 barrels of eggs.
Anyway. this Miss Killoran:
didn't end up at the St. Marys
school, but ended up going to
-Seaforth's new high school.
finishing second in her class.
This town's new high
school opened on January 12. -
1879 with 55 pupils on the
roll.
FIRST EXAMS
Another article. in the July
1 I , 1879 edition of The
Expositor. reported the first
Seaforth High School
Examinations.
Euic Duncan topped the 22
students in Form I with a
total of 1.138 marks. made
up as follows: mathematics
431, English 215. Latin 75.
French 80. science 129, his-
tory and geography 161.,
bookkeeping 47.
- C. McKay was the most
studious in Form II with a
total of 1.125 marks, fol-
lowed by Killoran. Mr. W.
Murdie . topped the
Intermediate class with 1,059
marks. W. Caldwell for
geometry, and plain and
spherical trigonometry is the
only name mentioned for the
Upper School. •
"The list of promotions will
be read at the opening of the
school on Monday Sept. 1,"
the article notes.
It introduced the lists of
Scat -or -ill's student marks with
this story:. -
"At the close of the session
•a final examination, lasting
five days was held at the
High School. The whole was
conducted in writing. The
questions were set. and the
answers examined by the fol-
lowing gentlemen: S.G.
-McCaughey, M.A. history:
Rev. J. McCoy. M.A. geome-
try; Dr. Vercoe, chemistry;
Dr. Coleman. arithmetic; Dr.
Campbell, English literature;
Mr. M. N. Watson, algebra;
Mr. J. Higgins. .geography;
Rev. A.D. McDonald, senior
grammar; G.W. Field, B.A.
composition, dictation.
French and bookkeeping; -and
C. Clarkson, B.A. natural
philosophy. physiology.
Latin, plain and spherical'
trigonometry. The whole
examination constituted a
very thorough test of the
work done by the school:It
was a manifest advantage to
subject the 'pupils to the
judgement of examiners inde-
pendent of the school. As
:evidence of the fairness of
these written tests, it may be
observed that the: results
obtained agree almost pre-
cisely with the marks on the
teachers' hooks for class
work during the session. and
that the examiners have,
independently of each other,
selected the same persons for
the highest standings."
FIRST REUNION .
In the Fall Fair edition of
this paper. four years later
(Oct. 5. 1883) there is anoth-
er small article on the local
high school's first re -union.
It lists all the performers.
and otherwise reads: -
"A very pleasant re -union
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