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5-1 , ff- ,- ,, CARVER HIGH SCHOOL This building, remodeled ew, M i g - ,x in 1940, housed the elemen- Q E i ' ' 's ' tary school, grades one to , seven, and the high school - -A , grades one to four, In I l addition to the building A K I at the left a portable was used for shop work. fi , ,503 aaa Q S T .V '- -M , , K fx -... sas. - THE One beautiful-autumn morning on the eighth day of Sept- ember, nineteen hundred thirty-nine the first class of Towson High was organized, The class consisted of forty-four excited youngsters. There were twenty-two local and twenty-two non- local pupils. Throughout the first year of the school term, the pupils occupied one room in the elementary school and a portable building. Although the school was small and poorly equipped, the pupils considered the first year of their high school life the happiest. Yes, they were happy that year because they were entering something new and different. This excerpt from the first yearbook, The Pioneer, is char- acteristic of the eighteen year era of Carver High School. THE BEGINNING: This portable plus a room in the elementary school made up the first high school. CLASS 43 g The class of 24 members is shown with the choir, Non-graduates of the choir are dressed in robes.
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FACULTY 1943 The faculty in nineteen hundred and forty-three was com posed of nine members - five high school teachers, three elementary teachers, and the principal. CARVER STCDRY In nineteen hundred and forty the school was remodeled and enlarged, and new equipment was secured. In April 1943, the school was renamed the George Washington Carver High School. By 1948 the increasing school population forced the school board to look for additional accomodations, Our school now consisted of the old portable building, the main school building, the basement of the St. James Church, and the Odd Fellows Hall, September, 1949, the school moved from Lennox and Chesapeake Avenues to York Road, about three-fourths of a mile below the business district. Many dreams had come true: continued - CLASS 45 Q7 ANNEX: Basement of this church served as a classroom as Carver grew. QL
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