Butler High School - Magnet Yearbook (Butler, PA)

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SENIOR. MAGNET TO OUR GENIAL, HELPFUL FRIEND SOUL OF HONOR, HEART OF FELLOWSHIP WITH HAND OF SKILL FOR THE SERVICE OF ALL TEACHER OF ARTS AND CRAFTS LEADER OF HIS FELLOW-TEACHERS INSPIRATION OF HIS STUDENTS LOYALIST TO HIS SUPERIORS TO MONT R. FREDERICK CRAFTS TEACHER OF THE BUTLER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL THIS VOLUME OF THE MAGNET IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY THE SENIOR CLASS OF JUNE, 1933 Page four

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======== S E N I □ R ■ — MAGNET Our Esteemed Principal A man he was to all the country dear.” This could most truthfully be said of Mr. Irvine, who at the end of this semester severs his connection with the schools of our city. His resignation has occasioned expressions of sincere regret by the students, the high school faculty, and his many friends. For a period of thirty-six years, Mr. Irvine has been a most conscientious and tireless worker in building up the Butler High School. In 1897, when he became its principal, the number of students enrolled was one hundred and fifty-eight, and the faculty numbered five. Now the student enrollment is eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and the faculty numbers fifty-seven. Thirty-six years ago there was no separate high school building in the city. In September of 1897, when Mr. Irvine began his work here, the annex to the McKean street building, intended for high school use, was not completed; and for several weeks the classes recited in the old Y. M. C. A., now the Community building. For eleven years the McKean street school building housed the ever-growing high school. When it became absolutely necessary to have more room, the present Junior High School building was erected, and in September, 1908, the high school, for the first time, had a building of (Con tin tied on Page sixty-four) Page six