Langley High School - Aeronaut Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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HISTORY OI LAIN GILLY HIGH SCHOOL I ht htstorx ofl angltx Hxgh School should proptrlx btgtn xx 1th tht Rtxtr stdt Hugh Sthool tstablrshtd IH Stpttmbor l9l0 In that xt1r Nlr Y L IICII tngtr at tht tlmt a tt1chtr1n tht old CentralH1gh School xx as stnt xx tth thrtt othtr tt1chtrs to tht Rxxtrstdt butldtng to organ17t a htgh S hool for tht Vx tst Fnd dlstrlct 'I hrs butldlng lotattd on Vxltst Carson Strttt at 1bout xx htrt tht r1mp1s nt xx to bt found xx IS nost unfortunutlx s1tu1t d lor school purposts Hovxtxtr tl1t sthool onttnutd thtrt for thlrtt n XLIYS unttl tht ntxx building, xx as rt1dx1n l9Z3 Cf tourst 1ll tht ax 11lablt spatt at R1XLfSldL xx 1s soon btmg ustd as tht tnrollmtnt 1ncrt1std but 1t no t1n1t vxas It posstblt to haxt n1ort than tht first two xtars of tht hlgh school courst offtred and studtnts xx trt tomptlltd to goto othtr crtx hlgh schools to hnlsh up and be graduated Notxxlthstandrng tht dls advantagts undtr whtth tht Rlxtrsldt optrattd a n1ost rtmarkablx fint Splflt prtxalltd ln thls sthool Vxlxthout doubt m1ny of thost xx ho atttndtd thtrt IH tht old d1ys now rtc1ll w1th rart pltasurt tht happy hours and tht plt1s1nt 1sso ctatts of old Rtvtrsrdt trtcttd rn tht Shtradtn communlty Now thtx had a fint new largt modtrn ho111t 1 school costtng upxx1rds of ont mtllton floll1rs compltttly appolnttd 1nd thoroughly tquxpptd I ht tnrollmtnt xx hlch h1d ntxtr bttn ovtr 300 ln tht old buxldmg mcrtastd bx ltaps and bounds Ntw tt1chtrs h1d to bt 1ddtd 1nd tht four yt xrs courst xx as '1IOI'1LL1f1Sf8lILCl I anglty s first graduatrng class xx as th1t of Junt l9Z3 xx htn txxtnty ont puptls rtttlx td dlplomas In that xear tht first class book xx as pubhshtd Now thtrt art nt1rlx 400 QKICILIJILQ tath yt1r and tht total numbtr gr1duattd aggrt guts 1bout 4 000 In l9Z6 tt btt1n1t ntttss1rx to m1ltt an 1dd1t1on to tht butldmg I hts xx 15 dont to tht txttnt of tncrtastnv tht Sl7L by about hfty ptr ttnt 1nd II a cost of ont half mxlllon dollars At that ttme tht enrollmtnt xx as about I 370 puplls 1nd 13 ttachtrs INoxx thtrt 1rt about 7 l00 pupxls and 61 tt1thtrs In tlunt l93v tht RlXLfSldL I anglty Htgh Sthool compltttd 1 qu1rttr of 1 ttnturx ol tts txtsttntt I hroughout th1t tm1t lt xx IS tl1t plt1s1nt fortunt ot t xx rtttr ol thts 11t1t t to ht 1tspr1ntlp1 'No l11pp1tr lot toultl haxt bLl1l tn IDI man IIITII to bt pr1nt1p1l ol thts s hool lor txxtntx hxt NLIYS of hrs llft fbrgntdn I L IIC lxlNCII.R N 3 14, -Xl 44 ' ' 0 - I I ' I' I N I V I I 'A I I 'I . .I ' I . v X- I I I i x v - ILL I . 4. - A I 1 I I I IL I I I , t ' I . 'l II I IL I kt I I VI ,A I A 1 I 4I I C l I VIL 4 I A 4 I A I I I II V I I I - , . . . . 1' - . '. 1 . t ' M' . t' I . J V I 'I I I 5 - C 1 I I I I ,LI XII A-V I I I r ' A y Y ' I ' I ' A'I L I vcx I 'I I 'I I I VLA I' I K I I I I I I 1 I ' . I I YI I I 'I I I ' I I I VI I I I I I 'A I I VI I I I I I Y I I I I1 I I I lr -- I I 1 ' I r I I I I ' I L VL I L I I I I I I It L L - In Aprll, l923, teachers and students moved to the new Langley bulldlng I I I ' I I I I v' A I V I I' ' I' I I I Y I I I I I I I . . I . - . . k I ' I 4 r 5 I I I , V I 1 I VI II I I I ' 1 I I I Y I I Ig I L I C I L I IL AI' I 7 L 'Il I A 1 I Y. ' V ' c I' Y ' I YI V- I ' I'I' VI . ' I Y I I ,. A 'ht ' 'Aft I' I ' t I' I I I . Q I' Y I I I ' I I I I I I I ' Y I 'I ' . O . I . I- A I I I I V F I - I I I V I I I I -1 I ' I I . . -. . , I ' I I VI I I, I V I ' A' I I S L I -I v I ' I I -I V 1 I I ' r . . I Q thx - ,. l- -. .l.1 . - '- -.ll- ,, .... , , , 0 . . - I .

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THE AERONAUT MR lFllCCKlINfGlER Umar FITST Prlnncrpalll Frank E Frckrnger what vrsrons are recalled when thrs beloved name rs spoken Happy memorres lrttle rncrdents mannerrsms and characterlstrcs of the owner of th1s name come to our mrnds when we thmk of speak of or see our hrghly revered former prlncrpal who has served us so farthfully and pat1ently for the past twenty fave years Langley Hrgh School was orgamzed wrth Mr Frckmger at rts head Throughout all of the years of growth and expanslon he has neyer once faltered rn hrs task of gurdrng our school to the hrgh standmg rt now holds Today wlthout a slngle doubt there IS no one rn the school who does not realrze Mr Frckrnger s true vyorth He IS cheered at games he IS greeted on all srdes when he appears on the street or 1n the school and he called forth tears of love and apprecratron rn the eyes of teachers and puprls al1ke when he spoke so smcerely and beautrfully to us on our lnstallatron Day rn October 1939 Whrle we now haye a successor just as hrghly quahhed and capable who w1ll be loved for hrmself when he has become more fam1l1ar to all strll we can ney er forget 'Vlr Frckmger Hrs krnd thoughts hrs words and hrs deeds w1ll lrnger forey er rn the mrnds and hearts of all who knew htm We srncerely hope that he vs 1ll always remember no matter where he may be that Langley s faculty and student body vyrll be forever h1s srncere frrends and admirers May he ever real17e that the doors of Langley yylll be wlde open for h1m and h1s pres ence ey er vyelcomed Such souls as he foreyer lrye ln boundless measure of the loye they grve 9 l . , . . . , 1- 1 ' r, 7 ,. V rr 1 1 1 r , y r . . . L ,V l s , 7 1 , 1 J s- 1 r r 4 4 I J , Y V T v v A V , a v l . . , ' V Y , v Y 1 r lv r s - r rm v rr 1 vs vs - 1. A l H ' 7 ,. , L .