Windber High School - Stylus Yearbook (Windber, PA)

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ri ,fig .ZLL V.- 6. 1' . its 'xxx -s' hit., Eli, tilt' if 'wi E. 1 ,l E531 GH pppgppgq I f E , mmf fs.. 'F-iilta k... - ' . , 'tif ,M 1 . liDUlA7 I UN AN EXAMPLE or THE NEWER TYPE or TEACHING ography, Zoology, physics, and chemistryl, mathematics talgebra, plane geometry, advanced algebra and trigonometryj, languages QLatin 1, Caesar, Cicero, Virgil and Spanish 1 and 111. The few commercial subjects mentioned before were the only special subjects offered. They did, however, have a glee club and an orchestra. There were no school publications and no club activities, other than the annual senior play and the few music programs. ln 1920 Mr. Lantz was elected Principal of Union High School, and was suc- ceeded at Windber by W. C. Crawford, supervising principal of the South Fork schools. Miss Davenport continued as principal of the High School. ln 1920 thirty-six were graduated from the school. In 1922 this had increased to fifty-four. In 1922 the high school students used the third floor, the library, two rooms in the basement, and two large cloak rooms of the Concrete Build- N ing. The high school students, seventh and eighth graders, and first grades, If because of overcrowded conditions had half-day sessions. Temporary fx . ,J school rooms were also in use. Two rooms in the basement of the ' - , Church of the Brethren and a room from the Anderson Building served this emergency in the East End district. At lVline 35 a store made into two rooms was used for school purposes. Y,- ,, as W V . Q ff fb DW- .ii ,1 E ,IC -s f Y-,wig if W

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C le ,,. , ,A .- - i .Q i s nm - we 1 PPUGPYSS IN fi -has-E f' - 'V -wf2I - li . IQDUCATIOH ONE OF THE EARLY OCTAGON- AL HEIGHT SQUAREM SCHOOL HOUSES The high school faculty had six members. F. D. Keboch was principal of the high school during the first part of Mr. Lantz's superintendency. The grad- uating class increased rapidly, from five in 1913 to twenty-three in 1917. In 1918 additions were made to the high school curriculum. For the first time a modified commercial course was started. Bookkeeping, typewriting, shorthand, and commer- cial geography were the core subjects. Miss Clare M. Betz, a graduate of Rowe Business College Know Cambria-Rowel, was the first full time commercial teacher. Several extra teachers were added to the high school faculty in 1918. George D. Uibel, at present head of the science department at Reading High School, became principal of the high school for the term of 1917-18. The high school enrollment increased to such an extent that the side rooms of the Concrete Building were taken over by the High School. These were occupied by fifth graders up lo this time. i f Miss Irene Davenport succeeded Mr. Uibel as principal of the 5 High School in the fall of 1918. The High School how Occupied Ex? s' K f-f the whole top floor of the Concrete Building. The course of S study consisted of English, history 1'Ancient, Medieval and 1 'gg Modern, English, Americanl, science fbotany, physi- mm u , -tiiliiuii-iggggg I aiaffleeeegg--1 . 9 X

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- '-ffli . ,, . J 1. .... HHH HEI r . I HHH! aw.- PPDGWSS 11 i ii I i e I I- - -1195 1 95. wvwrrosr Y' In 1923 a complete change in the administration of school affairs was made. Dr. J. B. Bell replaced Dr. Shank as president of the board. The new board, which consisted of Dr. J. B. Bell, C. J. Duncan, F. A. Millott, H. M. S. Cimber, C. E. Housholder, John Lochrie, and Dr. W. S. Wheeling, elected John W. Hedge, of Johnstown Public Schools, superintendent, and E. I. Schall, of the same system, principal of the High School. The enrollment in grades 7-12 this year was 686. There were eighteen teachers for these grades. There were fourteen teachers in the Senior High School. In 1924 the Windber Board of Education issued bonds to the amount of S170,000 to cover the cost of construction and equipment for the New High School Building and the Grade Building at Eureka No. 35. In the fall of 1925 the New High School Building was occupied. All pupils were thus put on a full time basis. The new building was equipped with the latest furniture and fixtures. The home economics department, the science laboratories and the shop required all new equipment. With these new departments and with the reorganization of the old, Windber High School stepped in the foreground among the best high schools of the State. The school was re-organized on the six-six plan, meaning six years of elemen- tary education, three for the Junior High School and three for the Senior High School. Windber was one of the first schools of this section to adopt this modern plan. To accomodate the students in the new system the faculty for the Junior-Senior High School was increased to twenty-six members. All the departments of the school were re-organized to follow the best practices and procedures of the modern high school. An activity period was included in the schedule for the first time. A This re-organization called for the establishing of three courses of study, the college preparatory, the commercial and the gefneralg the latter for those who wished S8 o get a general education by electing subjects of his choice. The high school ffered fifty-four diiferent subjects in its curricula. The pupil was guided , by the superintendent, the principal, the faculty, and his parents in making his choice. ii The Shop Department, the Home Economics Department, the LE A Emp Music Department and the Art Department were introduced to A T supply the demands of the pupils with special interests. M. - ,, Many pupils who heretofore quit school in the seventh .. - - 5 f X