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fe 4 ES RUSONIK and General Manager 668-3368 Denis O'Connor High School. EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION Grammar School Started In 1839 The Town of Whitby many years ago was known far and wide across Canada for the ex- cellence of its Grammar School whose graduates won fame and fortune in many fields in Can- ada and the United States. To- day the town and district are served by two modern second- ary schools - Henry Street High School and Anderson Street Col- legiate and Vocational Institute. The Whitby District High School Board this year has a budget amounting to $1,350,000 and administers Henry Street School which has 29 teachers and 458 pupils and Anderson Street School, which has 50 teachers and 864 pupils. The ad- dition to Anderson Street School during the past year provided | s the ground floor were used. However, it was not many years in use with a substantial in- crease in the number of pupils and teachers. During the principalship of G. E. Copeland, the eastern wing was added to the building in 1927, providing a gymnasium, assembly hall and an additional classroom. The old gymnasium which stood on the north east corner of the playground was removed and other building and grounds improvements made at a cost of $30,000. used as an agricultural annex. added facilities for the t of a wider range of Seah and skills to meet the demands of e modern age. Records kept for many years by the late Dr. Charles F. McGillvray, secretary of the board of education and before him by the late Col. J. E. Fare- well, QC, a trustee for more than 40 years, reveal the first high school was started in the village of Whitby in 1846, large- through the liberality and public spirit of Peter Perry, an yearly settler in the area; Sam- uel Cochrane and Ezra Annes, prominent citizens of the town the early days. It was established as the Sen- "ior County grammar school un- Ider a provincial act in 1839 hich provided for the estab- ishment of such schools in coun- towns. It later became the hitby High School and in 1880 it had the status of a colleg- Jate institute. However, after 34 ears as such, in 1911, it revert- by government order to the k of a high school. OST CENTURY For almost a century the ding which in 1954 was turn- @a over to the Public School Moard to become Colborne St. blic School, was in use. It s added to and improved r time to time but it always mained a substantial struc- . It was erected in 1873 and a time only two rooms on science classes. September of 1954 will always pupils alike as they moved into Street which was opened that November by Cecil F. Cannon, Ontario deputy minister of ed- later that the decision to build the east end of the town was mand for advanced educational | facilities. In passing it would be well to recall but a few of the not- able men who received their education at the Whitby High School. Among them were Sir Hamar Greenwood, who was a menjoer of the British House of Commons and cabinet and held an important commonweal- th post; Charles Gordon, fam- ous preacher and author, whose many books written under the name of Ralph Connor, are still popular; W. E. N. Sinclair, Q C, a brilliant Oshawa barrister, who for many years led the Liberal Party in the Ontario Legislature and later represent- ed the riding in the House of Commons at Ottawa; and his brother, Rev, A. E. Sinclair, who served the Presbyterian Church as a minister for many years and as moderator of the Synod of Toronto and Kingston. The Whitby Separate School system, including Denis O'Con- for High School, has an en- Yollment of slightly more than - 1,000 pupils and is one of the most modern in the province. The board, which this year is operating on a budget of $462, 000, employs 44 teachers and 2 + tive principals. Nine hundred and sixty-seven pupils enrolled in the four ele- *\ mentary schools. Of these 161 are at St. Bernard's, 569 at St. John's, 148 at St. Theresa's and . Leo's at Brooklin. In all there are 31 classrooms at the elementary schools and six at Denis O'Connor High School. St. Bernard's has five rooms, St. John's 18, Sr. Ther- esa's five and St. Leo's three. SIX TEACHERS Six teachers work under the direction of Mrs. M. McGee, the principal at St. Bernard's 22 teachers are at St. John's under the direction of Sister Mary Gregory, five at St. Ther- esa's under. the principal, Mrs. Leo's where Noel P. Woods is the principal. Denis O'Connor High School, where Sister Anna Clare is the principal, has eight teachers. No additions to the school system are planned this year; but in 1966 eight classrooms were added to St. John's School to provide a senior wing and a general purpose room. Four classrooms and a general pur- pose room were also added at St. Theresa's School. : St. John's School, which is equipped with a library and has '|a teacher - librarian, operates as a senior elementary school, teaching Grades 7 and 8 from all other schools on a rotary system. Oral French is taught to the pupils in Grades 5 to The Separate School system in Whitby 'started around the turn of the century when the first school was located at what is now 317 Palace Street. The building has since been convert- ed into a residence. In 1925 the present St.. Ber- nard's School was built on prop- erty purchased at the corner of Dundas and Centre Streets. M. Hurley and three at St. It was a two - room school Under the principlaship of A. Archibald, the Wilson cottage was purchased, rebuilt and en- larged at a cost of $8,000 to be In following years with changes g|in the curricul made in the building for its use as a shop and for domestic were be remembered by teachers and the new high school on Henry ucation. It was not many years| ; the Anderson Street School in made to meet the growing de- " ONE OF THE LEADING educational institutions op- erated by the United Church An important decision in edu- cational and cultural life of Whitby was made 95 years ago when it was decided to establish the Ontario Ladies College. Since that time thousands of young women, many of them from other countires, have re- ceived a well-rounded educa- tion at the school. The college, which was once the palatial residence of Sheriff Nelson G. Reynolds, was known as Trafalgar Castle. Its luxuri- ous rooms were the setting on until 1950 when a further two | classrooms and auditorium were added. In 1955 the property on Gif- ford Street was acquired and the first four classrooms of St. John's School were erected, The school was enlarged by a fur- ther four classrooms in 1958, four in 1962 and seven class- rooms, a library and a general purpose room in 1966. In the meantime a three-class- room school, St. Theresa's, was built on Crawforth Street, east of Anderson Street, in 1960. This school was enlarged by the ad- dition of three classrooms, a kindergarten room and a gen- eral purpose room. This work was commenced in 1966 and was completed early this year. The first venture into second- ary education. was made in 1962 and in 1963 the Denis O'Connor School was built to accommo- date Grade 9 and 10. The school operated at first under the Sep- arate School Board. In 1965 the private Denis 0'- Connor High School Board was formed and built a five-room school connected with the exist- ing school by a covered walk- way. This school is for the use of Grades 11, 12 and 13 and is operated by the private board. Hil T P.0. BOX 297 WHITBY PH. 668- MEL-RON CONSTRUCTION GENERAL CONTRACTORS Industrial - Commercial Concrete Curbs - Catch 401 Hopkins St., Whitby, Ont. TORONTO PH. 364-1581 5841 Institutional -- Structures Bridges - Basins of Canada is the Ontario Ladies College, Reynolds and Gilbert Streets, Whitby, more than. one occasion of gatherings of notable visitors to Whitby. Down through the years the college has made Whitby famous in nearly every country in the world through members of the student body it has at- tracted. The college has gone on from strength to strength. With the addition, in recent years, of a beautiful chapel and a sub- stantial addition to provide more classrooms it is now one of the leading colleges of its type in Canada. TRAFALGAR CASTLE Through the efforts of Rev. J. E. Sanderson steps were taken in 1872 to purchase Tra- falgar Castle for the purpose of establishing a college for the education of young women. Active promoters of the pro- 'lject, with Mr. Sanderson, were James Holden, Walter Coult- hard, J. S. M. Wilcox, G. Y. Smith, John Rice, Richard which each year attracts more than 100 students from Canada and other count- Important Decision 95 Years Ago Established Ladies College In Whitby Hatch, Joshua Richardson, H. B. Taylor, J, B. Powell and Aaron Ross. The late Col. J. E. Farewell, Qc, in a history of Ontario County, recalls the addition to the original building of Ryerson Halil to the north and the Fran- cis Massey addition aided by the gift of. Miss Francis Mas- sey. Through the years exten- Sive alterations and improve- ments have been made. As well as catering to the educational requirements, the college also affords an ideal set- ting for the holding of conven- tions and conferences having to do with the church and inter- national religious events which attract ministers and laymen. The college is operated by the Board of Colleges and Secon- dary Schools of the United Church of Canada, but attend- ing it from year to year are stu- dents of other denominations. | THE OSHAWA TIMES, Seturdey, June 24, 1967 11E The day is quickly vanishing when a child is made to fit an : jeducational program. In Whitby Public Schools to- day the trend is more and more towards designing programs of learning geared to the individ- ual child. Public schools superintendent Howard Hempstead said the Whitby. schools were gradually removing traditional grade and subject barriers in their educa- tional program. The superintendent explained that today there are three kinds of basic education programs; kindergarten to grade six, sen- ior public schools and high school. At the present, the Whitby Public school board is striving to develop a senior school geared to the needs of chil- dren 12 to 15 years of age to bridge the gap between the junior and high schools. At the present time the pub- lic school system has 16 senior grade classes of which nine are housed at Colborne St. school. WHITBY EXPANDS The growth of Whitby can be measured by the growth seen lin its public school system dur- ing the past 17 year's. In 1950 the.system educated 604 stu- dents, by 1955 this figure had risen to 1054 and by 1960 there were 1936 pupils. Between 1950 and 1965 public school enrollment had jumped by 384 per cent. The largest single increase came in 1958 when 330 students joined classes. Today total enrollment is 2,362 students in 77 classrooms. Keeping pace with today's electronic learning all Whitby Schools are equipped with tele- pio most schools have two sets, ries. Seen here is a view of the college taken in the ear- ly 1870's. Since that time several additions, including a beautiful chapel, have been erected. The main col- lege building was original- iy constructed by Sheriff Nelson Reynalds of Ontario County and was known as Trafalgar Castle. During its use as a residence, many dignitaries, including Prince Albert, were entertained there. Rapid Advance, New Trend In Teaching Noted Today The Board has decide dto make maximum use of educa- tion grants for the purchasing of sets. When in 1968 the De- partment of Education broad- casts 3,000 programs annually, the board expects to have a set for every two or three rooms. REPORT CARDS The superintendent believes that report cards still have a useful function in Whitby schools. Parents are given the opportunity of visiting the school to get their child's ree port card where they have an opportunity for a conference with the teacher. Mr. Hempstead expects the report card to fulfill two goals; to indicate how well the child is doing compared with nor- mal expectations and to show how well the child is progress- ing compared with his own ability. The superintendent explained that the report card must indi- cate the student's strength and weaknesses in his learning pro- cess. For the vast majority of stu- dents the parents are invited to attend a parent - teachers' night in November and March for a frank discussion about their child's progress. The history of public schools in Whitby goes back to 1850 when the central section of the present Colborne St. School 'was opened. At that time it was known as the Whitby grammar school. The east wing of the school was added in 1927. At the present time Colborne houses 302 students in nine classes plus a home econom- ics and industrial arts class. Only grade seven and eight students attend the school under principal Carmen Sarles. students who have had aig lf tinguished careers. When the college was fou al in 1874, Rev. Dr. J. Jé Hare' was invited to become principal of the college in association with Rev. J. E. Sanderson, MA, who) had been appointed governor. Dr. Hare retained the principal- ship for five years until the retirement of Mr. Sanderson in 1879, when Dr. Hare was ap- pointed to the joint post of principal and governor, a posi- tions he held for more than 41 years. He was succeeded by Rev. F. L. Farewell, who was in office for 13 years. Following him, with a distinguished record of missionary work in China, was Rev. C. R. Carscallen who) guided the destinies of the col-| lege for 20 years. The present principal and gov- ernor, Rev. Dr. S. L. Osborne, is in his 19th year at the college. T. 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