Elyria’s Early Schools And Centennial Reflections
Elyria traces its educational growth from a small village to a city. In 1930 the Elyria High School centennial recalled the 1830 charter of the first high school west of the Alleghenies, later taken over by the board of education around 1850.
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Elyria
Allegheny Mountains
Elyria High School
Board of Education
Parent-Teacher Association
Elyria Board of Education
Carl Martin
Elyria Public Schools History and Growth Highlight
The Elyria public school system led by R C Maston now serves about 5900 students across eleven schools with a Jefferson Junior High addition costing 120000. The system traces to the 1833 High School of Elyria founded by Hemai Ely Nathan Manter Ebenezer Whiton Reuben Massey and David W Lathrop, with Rev John Monteith as first principal.
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Elyria
R. C. Maston
High School
Hemai Ely
Nathan H. Manter
Ebenezer Whiton
Reuben Massey
David W. Lathrop
Presbyterian Church
Main Street
Broad Street
Chapel Street
Eva Reely
Western Reserve Historical Society
Cleveland
John H. Faron
John Monteith
Elvira
Elyria High School
Board of Education
Jefferson School
Jefferson
St. Mary's School
Fourth Street
St. Agnes
Lake Avenue
Holy Cross
West Avenue
St. John’s Lutheran
Third Street
Alten
Alpve Road
Alison
Els
Gulf Street
Franklin
West Avere
Garford
Clark Street
Gates
Hamilton
Middle Avenue
McKinley
East River Street
Roosevelt
West River Street
State Department of Education
Hamilton and Ely
Ely School
Gates Hospital
Students Set Up College Homes In Trailer Colonies
Trailers sit near college halls at multiple southern and western campuses. Colonies formed due to housing and student finance pressures, offering new housing for students at Kansas Teachers College Union College Tennessee Louisiana State University University of Georgia and Utah State College.
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Kansas Teachers College
Union College
Tennessee
Louisiana State University
University of Georgia
Utah State College
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