Carlisle High School - Oracle Yearbook (Carlisle, PA)

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Old Education Holi - Church Alley near Pitt Street Q Old School Building - North Pitt Street Past and Present For two hundred years Carlisle has played a prominent part in the development of our country. The Carlisle Indian School, First Presbyterian Church, Old Carlisle Cemetery, Molly Pitcher, James Wilson, and George Washington-a few outstanding names-are all part of our historical heritage. Since i836 Carlisle has had a public school system, but school then was much dif- ferent from that of today. For the first year there were registered 928 pupils and only fif- teen teachers. These numbers have special significance when one realizes that the fig- ures are not just for high school, but for the entire public school system. This system consisted of a series of schools, not co-educational after the first grade, ad- vancing progressively from grade to grade, until reaching High School - graduation from which would fit pupils to teach in the public schools. lt is interesting to note what the teachers' salaries were at this time. The lowest salary was twelve dollars a month, while the top salary was only S400 a year, a far cry from the salaries of today, In one respect pupils of l95l are luckier than those of I836. At that time, the school term was practically all the year, as there were only two weeks' vacation in summer and one week at Christmas. The present site of our high school was not established until l9l4 when a gift from Charles Lamberton made possible the con- struction of a new building. But Carlisle's population was increasing, and additions to the Lamberton Building had to be made in l.928, and again in l939.

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, 1' riff' Monument to Molly Pitcher S we look about us in this year ot Carlisle's bi-centennial, we are made increasingly aware ofthe influence her historic spots have had on our character. , fmt, gifs-f'?N seeing the monument of Molly Pitcher we realize the importance of courage and fidelity in the performance of our duties. As we visit the oldest building in Carlisle, the First Presby- terian Church, where George Washington wor- shipped, we resolve to be ever constant in our own spirituality. Viewing Old West, the Dickin- son College building which was used as a hos- pital during the shelling of Carlisle, we note that true education will always be willing to reach out in service to others. ERE in this book of memories the staff of the '5l Oracle would seek to blend into one for you the heritage of the past, the record of the present, and the hope of the future. OM Wen First Presbyterian Church

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S today's seniors look back over the past four years in high school ijust as Carlisle, now celebrating her bi-centennial, recalls events which have taken place during the two centuries of her progressl, we, too, find many never-to-be-forgotten memories. As freshmen we had already begun to make history. Some of us became the proud pos- sessors of band and junior varsity letters. Some excelled in schoolwork and found their names on the honor roll. We even had a ninth grade party. By the time we had become sophomores, more and more of us were participating in extra-curricular activities. When juniors we made the headlines with one epoch-making event after another, es- pecially the Junior Class Play, Seventeenth Summer. Just see how many athletic and music letters were earned by us. We topped the year off with the sensational Bi-centen- nial Junior Prom. Now in our senior year the football team in capturing the South Penn Football Con- ference of l95O has done what no other Car- lisle team has been able to do for twenty years. With our class colors, rose and silver, and flower, the white carnation, we go forth with the motto, We learn not for school but for life. Though we have completed our senior year, we have not, by any means, finished making history and shall in the future con- tinue to maintain those standards which have marked us a class of distinction--the class of 1951. Lumberton Building - Carlisle High School today SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS: President. Bill Nickeyp Vice-President, Jolm Geiling: Treasurer. Donna Lou Ditzelg Secretary. Pat Hack ley: Adviser, Miss Emily Hedden.