Charleston High School - Charlestonian Yearbook (Charleston, WV)

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Hello. Glad to see you. Come back for another glance at our school? Why, sure. l'd be mighty glad to take a tour with you. Eh? What's that you say? Oh, my yes! l've been here before. Why, l reckon l've been here longer than you or 'most anyone. How long? Since around l909. Sure have been some changes made since then. Such as? Well, to begin with, our school started on State Street, now Lee, in a building called Union School. It moved in my day however to Quarrier Street into the building now called Mercer Elementary We outgrew it so we moved on up to where Thomas Jefferson Junior High is today But we outgrew that too so bout 1925 we moved over to Washington Street and here vve ve been ever since Most likely we ll stay for a mite longer Eh? Speak up sonny These old ears arent as good as they used to be Oh what was it like way back when? You want to hear the whole story? Well then lust sit back relax watch and listen i N-f' -1 l , . . . . - 1 . . , ' I . I 1 - - 1 I . , . . . , ' I I ' I l I l ' , eg X g gl dx r 31,3 ., - -- iii .2 '.- ' V V , 1,,i?'5'1' li as X 'rii 2,31 44, via ' if , XX. K 4 X 1 R' H Q l of S , f 40, K A Y A X' u w af LX?- 'fu 'C' -X f fg giviijpi

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LRG in , Roar, Lions, Roar! lT's been a long Time since -The old school looked This way. LeT's see, This is a T910 phoTograph, which gave The Board of EducaTion 49 years To add The slide and swings and elementary schoolers you'll find There Today. They didn'T Take ThaT long, of course. Some of you spenT some Time There, Then enTered anoTher former siTe of our school . . . Thomas Jefferson Junior High, or so iT was To you. Here The Lions were replaced by The Tro- ians who have carried on quiTe well The TradiTions founded by The 'preceding occupanTs. We cer- tainly enjoyed our sTay here, buT condifions soon deTermined a need for expansion. CWe really didn'T mind being squeezed, however, cramps can be quiTe painfulj AT any raTe, iT was deemed besT for all concerned for us To . . . ScooT on over To WashingTon STreeT. And here we've been ever since. lVlosT likely we'll sTay for a miTe longer. This is The old homesTead, has been for abouT 34 years, will be for 34 more, Lord willing. We're mighTy proud of This place. lT's goT everyThing from college maTh courses To The greaTesT aThleTes anywhere. LasT auTumn we enTered To find iT compleTely repainTed. IT looked almosT brand-new, we felT as if iT were, remember? Well, we've reminisced enough. LeT's conTinue our Tour.