Abington High School - Oracle Yearbook (Abington, PA)

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i Abington High School's memories extend back to the year 1888, when a two-year high school was opened in a new elementary school - now the Administration Building- that had been bnilt on Boucher's farm. Under the tute- lage of teaching Principal Ambrose L. Custer, .lennie McMahon and Annie Tomlinson flater Mrs. Paul Knightj were the first to graduate from this new school. The next year four boys and one girl - Charles A. Ambler, John Blake, Eloise Leland, john Myers, George Tomlinson - comprised the senior classa gUnti1 1901, when the course was lengthenedbfgo-:ye years, there were .heye more than six gra hates a year. In 1891, l90', ':lfnd 191ffiEither5e were no classes at all. f-laws. CEU-Ru of . But by 1918, fhdlygyglrollment had increased enough for the graduatirifflelass to number fifty- four. These early yeibskitltv Abington featured a fifteen-minute morning ahdsfaflgsrnoon recess. Then, too, Mrs. Laura B. Joneil, a township mu- sic teacher, rodb .school 189116 ol on her bicycle. l12L No, In 1908 the original unit of the present senior high, school was constructed on the site of an apple orchard whose trees were once sold to be made into doorknobs. At this time the county superintendent with the assistance of out- side teachers conducted final exams. In these years the school board provided students with free tickets for the York Road trolley. Ten years later the first addition to the origin- al senior high unit was made. The faculty in- creased to ten, with two of these ten still teach- ing at Abington - Miss Lilian Reichard and Miles 15. Messinger. Increasing enrollment made more additions to the school necessary in 1923 and 1926. Stu- dent Council had its beginnings in the year 1927 with the formation of the Boys' Council. The French Club Dance and Community Night be- gan in 1928. Mid-year comniencenients, which began in 1929, did not end until january 1945. The next decade brought the construction of the household arts cottage in 1932. In 1937 the whole school made weekly radio broad- casts. Abington's Golden Anniversary Yearbook of '38 highlighted Boys' and Girls' Etiquette Clubs, and many other popular organizations. Boys outnumbered girls on the cheerleading squad. three to two. In February of this year, Abing- ton hecame a three-year high school, following six years spent in elementary school and three years in junior high. Beginning another tradition, the Latin Club staged its first Turnabout Dance in November 1938. F-fi of 13 The Qliqing yeatlwnnessed the installation ofa 32000 eledriq grmgan in the high sehr? and ' the 1 tftrybqion civfQ'.,Qix shops .. electri Zlmachingfa Qlsrigg and indus. trial art . I P TH 1' 4 ff . fl C S 'V E V -X ' - Grottngidfakiyn cercenidgg: for the constfuc- tion ogg a new ggfidfasytgnggtgtgitgacggin 1940, t ' ' Q' 1 in aber Olb94i1.y bEvgL?9?1g6HeiagL52'1v Nlg2L771',:, ' 'sh S . ' . During ld-Cyyarfll, Qbgtcggron showed its pat1'iotisrTmig3evefalyALagsg In ebruary 1943, all clubs weresikeglverted groups working specifically T853 aodldidefense purposes. That same year K s ho sold enough EW bonds to purchase 2 I ustang plane for Uncle Sam. Receiving up ivilege of naming the plane, students christened it The Galloping Ghost of Abington Hi. Nine years later, war hatreds were forgotten when Abington's affiliation committee brought Christa Gaedeke, from Lili Braun Schule in Ber- lin, to spend a year at Abington. Abington High looks forward to a new life in a new building, we are confident that this history will continue to enrich the school's tradition.

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