Carnegie High School - Voyager Yearbook (Carnegie, PA)

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we x25 Q Neal! me M 'rl Y V 1-41 :I: ' V 111-Q guy Q 7 , , t ,as 11 Then and Now loo R an T vs: vel.. tg, W . Y T ? .4 ' g, er- 1 fs e - A' . -4 X all ' 'll ' This cartoon, found in the files of the Carnegie Signal-Item, hints 'rt how long we have been hoping for a new high school. The Mandolin Club was organized on january 29, 1915. The G Clef and Clee Clubs also came into being in 1915. Girls' athletics really had no part in C. H. S. until 1916, when a girls, basketball team Was formed. The team played a schedule similar to the boys, varsity. The year 1924-1925 was a momentous one in C. H. S. Our yearbook, the VOYACER, came into ex- istence in 1925. The magazine campaign, which still goes strong at the beginning of each school year and which is sponsored by the senior class, had its origin in 1925. Since the publishing of the second VOYACER the senior class, by all of their hard work, has helped meet the annual deficit. Mr. Covey organized the first girls, swimming team in that year. The girls, basketball coach, Miss Ag- nes Stoughton, had a small turnout for the team, and as a result, they lost the majority of their games. Helen Prosser, the artist for the 1927 VOYAGER, designed the ship which is the source of the eu- graving on the standard high school ring. The athletic Held Was first used for contests by the football team in the fall of 1929. Fourteen com- mencements have been held on the athletic Held Without being postponed on account of the Weather. Under the direction of Walter H. Cameron, pres- ent-day director, the first band of C. H. S. prepared to hold its first concert in the spring of 1930. The next season they played at the football games, and uniforms were purchased in 1931. There were sev- enty-seven members enrolled in the first band. 8 Mr. R. E. Knarr, principal from 1926 to 1936, began many policies to strengthen the already firm foundation of Carnegie High.

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Carnegie High Schoolis football team made its appearance in 1897. The squad was dressed, according to the times, in padded suits, with nose and shin guards. Their 'Enever quiti' spirit still survives in the spirit of the team members even to this day. Twelve students made up the first graduating class in 1899. The commencement program of that year must have been very interesting indeed, for it included a debate on a very touchy prob- lem at the time, Should Women Have the Right of Suffragefw The two debaters were Keturah Reno and Mary Lea. The first valedictorian was Clyde Atchinson of the classical course. Also on the program was an address by Dr. J. P. Duff. The commercial course, which still ranks high in importance in C. H. S., was introduced in 1904 by Professor R. S. Doyle. It included sten- ography, typing, commercial arithmetic, com- mercial law, and English. Also in that year was the first class basketball team. The outHts worn by the players resembled more or less those worn in football today. Mr. George became the first superintendent of the Carnegie public schools in 1911, when the superintendency was created. The standing of the high school in 1908 is revealed by the following, quoted from an of- ficial report of W. S. Hertzog, state high school inspector: of school and community, very excellent, av- erage age of graduating class, 1735, attitude of school directors, very excellent, very strong work is being done. This is the strongest three- year high school 1 have visited in the state. The orchestra, which had a humble beginning in 1912, was the first organization for instrument- al music in C. H. S. Prior to this, there were various small groups of instrumentalists formed by students. Since this time music in all its forms has had an important part in C. H. S., and at present there is a swing band comparable to an orchestra. The first operetta ever produced by the high school was given in the early spring of 1913. It was produced solely by the senior class and was held in 1929. When Mr. Glasser first came here, there was no paid coach for the football games, and our chief rival was Crafton. In 1913 after three quarters, the game was called be- cause of a terrible fight caused by a biased ref- eree. In those days there was only one oflicial, instead of the present three. One annual was published before the first VOYACER, and that was in 1915. The name of that first yearbook was The Censor and a policy, which has since been abandoned, that of solicit- ing funds, was used to get that first yearbook published. William Love and Mike Bachrach were instrumental in getting those funds collect- Character of instruction, very good, spirit ed. cis, fig! ,fi7i5l745i3ii 1fQ4'WZ g:zfQ !4fb'f?ff-2-,ass-255456 f,f,.,1 of -.1fg-5a-- ---1--..F X '? ,11' 5 inf ,iff . - , 5 . ag r 2 T laflllil' E -5 f 1 ., 1- rl-. Ma 1 4 2 Q- I, ii i Till H13 if J f f f z A- , -- .. Z- , f. ff' .gf le f fi - 5- - T1 1 . .-1 Clio 'f E lf W, if - c .7 -X of f-el - f-:fi Q Q 'Q7 '3IiX3- -1' r X, f ' xg ix owl QE f' H' ' igmrwr 'lr V U ?i 22+ g fi a 'TN-'l -5 wx 4 1 1 - ' of -. - li 9 ll f,i3re'fZ2ifv 4 ,l 2f-4, 2 f 7 Z, T g X, v4 'HQ i J -j f' 2 'rv-.mi .' '-4' f, h f - V ff. ,, - L A52-f i - ff? r 1 - - ff fe - -allli- Qf'6' '1?L - -' Y' f4'7 Y A 5 ' 'ff T si Y 'f i 'Xf4.:? ev 'Y -T' i ' f ' 77 -- , f--- , l if j -ia V -fa f -' - ff I I ---1 1921431-f'Lc,fl' . The first high school in Carnegie, ,ly-riff? .1-eg -601 M-71,5 - . V 5 A ', pal ,faq - My g f. .7 11 -- Ill .-1. 1 located on Elk Street, was leased 7156! :1?Ai'4f4QL----Z. ig, - ef.. ' 1 rf .ziygfgfl f yy 4 ff 1 f . -21 '41, Y ff K Lf '.7:1lf1,4 rom the W.C.T.U. zjmag, 1 J: - K -C - gg, , . .513-',',.'Hi 17-ff ' ,- K:-X: - of :N 4 ,f mv' 'tiff :QM gi, 7 - gfgf 7,-B CQ? - A -QQ ff? f Ns, ,WM K i! gf ,,,, - , Riga J Y X! ff, . ' g, - ' f-gags. -I L- .aigfflwsfas-W ur Migigu fi ,,:x - ' ll I .l'i 'c -iffy ,.,M.xM,JN Qkfiif' 7

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. History in the Making Mr. H. Howard Lee, principal from 1937- l954, left Carnegie to teach chemistry at Wash- ington and Iefferson College. The Senior Choral Club, consisting of seventy members, made its debut in 1931. The choosing of the May Queen and her attendants was spon- sored by this group. It Was similar to our pres- ent mixed choir. Athletic management of C. H. S. dates back to 1921 when the Athletic Association was or- ganized by Coach Weaver for the purpose of supervising athletic activities of the school. In 1931 they started the policy of giving letters to varsity athletes. The ever popular G. A. A. was formed in 1932 under the sponsorship of Miss Corbett. It Was iMr. Norman L. Glasser, superintendent from 1926-1952, maintained Carnegieis prestige and high academic standards throughout his ad- ministration. in 1932, as it still is, one of the largest and most active groups in C. H. S. The baseball team was the most successful team that year, winning the WPIAL champion- ship. One day early in the school year of 1933 mu- sic emanated from the upper halls of the build- ing. It was the beginning of the Senior En- semble, Whose members studied music more dif- ficult than that usually studied. Because of the increased popularity of vocal music, a male dou- ble quartet Was organized in 1935. After many years it is still an outstanding vocal group, made up of the best male voices from the Choir. The first standard ring was used first by the class of 1933 or 1934. A chapter of the National Honor Society was installed in C. H. S. with the sole purpose of honoring students Who had attained high scho- lastic, service, leadership, and honor standards. lt is still the most respected and honored group in Carnegie High. This same year, 1936, saw also the fortieth anniversary of the school. With Ruggerio Aldisert as editor, The See had its beginning in the spring of 1937. Before this a Weekly CarhighWeev was published. Up un- til 1954-1955, when it became bi-monthly, The See was a Weekly newspaper.