Western Mennonite School is a standard high school committed to the cause of training the youth of the Pacific Coast Conference (MennoniteChurch). A Committee appointed by the Conference in 1944 and composed of Milton R. Martin, Marcus Lind, and Gabriel D. Shenk, proposed that the Conference take necessary steps for opening and operating such a school. This proposal was accepted by Conference 21-22 June 1945. At this same time, Oregon passed the School Attendance Law that raised compulsory school age to sixteen, a circumstance that created much pressure in favor of a church high school. In September 1945 classes were held in the Bellevue school building located between Sheridan and McMinnville, Oregon. In the second year school opened on the permanent campus located 10 miles north of Salem on the Wallace Road, Route 221. F. J. Gingerich of Canby, Oregon, was the first president of the school board, serving for six years. He donated 12 acres of land that comprise the immediate campus. Later the board purchased an additional 32 acres. Marcus Lind of Salem, Oregon, served as its first principal 1945-52, followed by Clayton Swartzentruber 1952-57, C. J. Ramer 1957-58, and E. L. Keener 1958-59. In the late 1950s the physical plant included an administration building with classrooms, boys' dormitory, dining hall, and chapel; girls' dormitory; auditorium-gymnasium; industrial arts building; and a new administration building. The enrollment in 1959-60 was 129, with Paul E. Yoder as principal. Address: 9045 Wallace Road NW, Salem, Oregon 97304; Phone: 503-363-2000; Fax: 503-370-9455.
Additional Information School web site: http://www.westernmennoniteschool.org/
Swartzentruber, Clayton. "Western Mennonite School (Salem, Oregon, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 12 October 2012. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/western_mennonite_school.</span>
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A collection of documents related to the Academic operations at Western Mennonite School including principal's reporta and correspondence, enrollment reports, faculty memos, finances, handbooks, student aid and evaluation.
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Statement of objectives; class schedules; memos to faculty and School Board; fizz lists; deputation teams, spring 1959; chapel schedules
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1) Themes from Anabaptist/Mennonite theology with applications for Mennonite high schools, December 14, 1978; 2) Evaluation/action instrument based upon Anabaptist/Mennonite themes, draft 8
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Commencement programs: 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1983 Parent/Teacher Fellowship: 1959, 1960, 1962 Choir tours: 1951/1952 (?), 1953 (?) 1965, 1986, 1988, 1992 Ministers’ week; Bible conferences and others (early years} Other music programs School plays
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Folders 1-7 contain large charts, mostly family trees of 1972-1973 Senior Class students; folders 8-31 contain Mennonite history writing projects from 1957-1960.
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includes 2 scanned 1952 photos
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This photo may be viewed online at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/98265989@N04/48986206478/in/album-72157711569252388/
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