New Castle High School - Ne Ca Hi Yearbook (New Castle, PA)

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r NE-Cfl-HI 10. Architect, W. G. Eckles. Fee $8,081.83. 11. Contractor, Samuel R. Huey. Received $162,517.96. 12. Electrical Contractor, The John Electric Co. 13. Cost of Electrical Work, $5,121.78. 14. Plumbing Contractor, H. L. Dunlap Co. 15. Cost of plumbing, $11,418.27. 16. Heating plant installed by The American Warming and Ventilating Co., Milwaukee, Wis. 17. Cost of heating system, $22,588.05. 18. The building was to cost, $191,349.00. 19. Work was commenced May 16, 1910. 20. Building first occupied for school purposes September 1911. 21. Work on the building finished November 28, 1911. 22. School Controllers at the time of completion: E. 1. Phillips, W. J. Chain, H. A. Wilkinson, John G. Jones, A. E. Kerr, R. G. Boak, H. Black. J. J. Dean, Robt. B. Morse, David J. Davis, Geo. W. Heck-hart, 1. B. Griffiths, J. M. Yates, R. W. Hamilton, Thos. Edward, Wm. G. Parson, Jr. 23. Total cost of the building and grounds to January 1, 1919, $275,-096.22. 24. Gymnasium yet to be completed. 25. Library equipment yet to be installed. 26. Athletic field yet to be provided. 27. Outside dimensions of building, 200 ft. x 150 ft. 28. Five floors including the sub-basement. Seventy seven rooms. 29. Fifty-five rooms used exclusively for school purposes. 30. Four main corridors, 24x140 feet. Eight side corridors 13x90 feet. 31. Total floor space, 110,193 sq. ft. Blackboard, 3,000 sq. ft. 32. Glass in window’s, 18,000 sq. ft. Glass not in window’s, 1,500 sq. ft. 33. One acre of law'n. 10,000 sq. ft. of pavement. 34. Science Department occupies 10 rooms. 35. Science equipment valued at $20,000.00. 36. Commercial Department occupies 6 rooms. 37. Commercial equipment valued at $9,000.00. 38. Auditorium seats 1155. 39. Gymnasium 83x83 feet. 40. Enrollment 1917-1918—1037. 41. Enrollment 1918-1919—1045. 42. Eleven Departments. 43. Fifty six different subjects offered. 44. Five different courses. 45. Thirty-six teachers. 46. Enrollment by departments 1918-1919: English ............ 1031 French 361 History ............... 482 Latin .................. 379 (Concluded on Page 60.) 9

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ME-Cfl-HI HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY 1918-1919 F'RANK L. ORTH - - PRINCIPAL NAME SUBJECTS Baer, Clarence E. Bedford, Elizabeth Clark, H. M. Davis, Mrs. H. C. East, Clarence......... Elliott, Clara English, Eva Fitch. Marion .. Franz, Violet Frey, Bernice ....... Gardener, Ralph Guthrie, Rebecca Hanks, Gertrude Hartsuff, Clara Hay, Fannie ............ Jones, Marion Keast, Josephine Kirby, Edna Lemmon, William Love, Blanche ...... Marquis, Margaret .. McBurney, Florence McKeever, Laura Roberts, Mrs. C. L. J. Robinson, Jesse ........ Sankey, Sara Sheaffer, Oscar J. Sloane, Mary Thompson, Margaret . VanDivort, Mary E...... Wallace Lillian ........ Welsh, Ruth Williams, Hazel .... Woolford, Mrs. Elizabeth Mr. E. F. Kurtz Head of Science Department, Physics ...........................Spanish and Industrial History Head of Commercial Department, Penmanship and Spelling, Commercial Law, Salesmanship ........................................ English and French Mechanical Drawing ....................English ............................English ..............................English Head of Modern Language Department, French Head of English Department, English Mathematics Head of Domestic Art Department, Domestic Science and Art ...............................................■....French English and Public Speaking ........................ Chemistry Typewriting and Stenography ..............................History ...................................Science Head of Mathematics Department .......................Business Arithmetic ..........................Mathematics Penmanship and Spelling, Typewriting ...................................Science .......Commercial Geography and Economics Bookkeeping and Commercial Geography ...............................Mathematics Head of History Department, History ..................................Science Head of Art Department, Freehand Drawing Head of Latin Department, Latin ................................. History .....................................Latin .....................................Latin Stenography and Typewriting ..................... Director of Music Resigned. Resigned. Miss Katherine Kepner elected to fill vacancy. Deceased. Mr. George Miller elected to fill vacancy. 11