Source: NMHS Newsletter, February 1999
Old Central Teacher Resigns, 1932
U.R. Young has resigned as history teacher at the Central school and
is retiring after a teaching career of 43 years much of which was in
North Manchester. His work will be absorbed by several of the other
teachers and there will be no other teacher employed. Mr. Young resigned
voluntarily, feeling he had reached an age when he had earned a rest.
He commenced teaching in 1884 at the Badsky school three miles east
of Roann. It was a new building and he was the first teacher. He taught
school and attended college at intervals for a number of years,
attending at Mt. Morris Illinois, graduated from Indiana state normal in
1895, later attended Indiana university and spent about two years at
Manchester college.
He has spent 19 years in the city schools, four years as principal at
West Ward, six as principal at Central, nine as head of the history
department. He voluntarily retired as principal.
During recent years he has had 75 students teachers in history under
his direction. Mr. Young was familiarly known as "Pappy" by the
children, and it was a term not used in derision, but rather because of
the fatherly affection he had for them. It is with great regret the
students will learn of his retiring, but it is to his credit that he
made the decision himself and stepped out when he felt his work was
done.
(Died October 21, 1941)
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