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The courses of study were quite limited at first, including three or four studies beyond the common school curriculum. Gradually, the course was expanded until 1882. when the first class was graduated in a three-year course. On June 9. 1892, the Somerset Street building was dedicated as the new high school. This building was used until the present Joseph Johns building was dedicated on June 1. 1899. The cost of equipping and erecting the latter was $100,000. An addition to the high school began in 1915 which cost approximately $121,000. In this building the high school was located until 1926, when it was transferred to the present building on Somerset Street. This new building was erected in memory and appreciation of the Grand Army of the Republic, a group whose members have served our nation. The Board of Education was composed of the following, two of whom are still members: J. D. Rutledge, President: J. C. Griffith. Vice-President: Harry Darr: D. M. S. McFeaters; Charles H. Stroup: Wallace E. Shissler: George S. Fockler: Charles DeFrehn; and Dr. F. M. B. Schramm. The Secretary of the Board was Wilbert C. Wehn and the Superintendent of Schools was S. J. Slawson;the contractors were Berkebile Brothers. Central Senior High School was dedicated on October 21-23. 1926. Among the speakers were Justice John W. Kephart: Dr. J. G. Bowman. Chan- cellor of the University of Pittsburgh: Dr. F. B. Hass. Superintendent of Public Instruction; and John J. Tigert, United States Commissioner of Edu- cation. The total cost of construction and the entire furnishings of the school amounted to $1,328,805 and the entire construction took place over a period of approximately two years. In 1926 the curriculum was nearly the same as at present. Although there were de- cidedly fewer students, the size, of the faculty at that time was almost as large as it is now. Our advance in the efficiency of the school plant has marked an earnest en- deavor towards achieving the acme of perfection in the field of public edu- cation.
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An excellent example of modern use of several early styles of architecture is our Central Senior High School build- ing. The exterior design of the build- ing is English Gothic, which succeeded the Norman style in England and adopted as the outstanding character- istics of the earlier style simplicity and massiveness of structure. The tower is a distinguishing feature as are depressed arches, paneling in win- dows. and divisions in perpendicular lines. The ornaments are simple but of great variety, the most common be- ing the chevron and coat of arms. Inside the main entrance to this building, however, the style is decor- ated Gothic in design. The pointed arches and the clustered columns which decorate the broad stairway leading to the auditorium give an almost ec- clesiastical air to the school, which is soon dispelled, however, by the prac- tical. modern arrangement of halls and classrooms throughout the building. Just as our building embodies in its architecture the best features of several styles, so does the school itself repre- sent the full development of education- al opportunity in Johnstown, from the time of Old Blacky” in 1811 to the present modern structure. Old Blacky. the first Johnstown High School, owed its presence to a public subscription which financed the erecting of the building. It was a one- story. single-roomed frame structure which was used until 1855 when it was sold to the highest bidder for sixty- three dollars. On January 1, 1865, the Union school house was ready for use. completed at a cost of $3,000. Within the next thirty-five years, the Union school house had for its companions the more appropriate buildings on Washington Street. Adams Street. Di- bert Street. Union Street, and Horner Street. From 1854 to 1889. the staff of school teachers grew from six to thirty- six. In 1868. under the stimulus of Dr. W. W. Walters, then secretary of the school board, and under the personal supervision of Professor A. C. John- son. the high school department was regularly organized in the building which was used until recently as the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad depot.
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