Gateway High School - Portavian Yearbook (Monroeville, PA)

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I ARCHITECTURE ,l .1- l -4 +-5 The modern style of architecture has evolved from a changing life in a changing world. With the atom and the space age dominating the thoughts of men, the modern archi- tect, who is an artist-engineer, must think in terms of new materials and new uses of old materials, of new functions, and new advances in science. Gateway High School is an exciting example of modern architecture. It opens up to admit light and air and the spacious courts allow the inside to flow out into the out-of-doors. The building has long, clean, unbroken lines with heavy emphasis on the horizontal, flat roofs and little ornamentation. Colored enamel metal plus textured plaster, glass, brick and aluminium lend a warmth and beauty to the steel and concrete construction. Fortunate, indeed, are students of the Monroeville-Pitcairn Joint Schools, for they have as part of their heritage, a modern educational facility of lasting beauty to their communities. J, L ,, XA X ff in 5' f f . ' Z , f fl ' El ' I' 3 . :T ' ' -lg .4 -Cz.. if Y -1 ll E Lwmlflll-l1.l4mlI-uililw -12, .ann H -.1-uf. ,- l, Q 2- - -J X ttf? . E - X ' T. -- fi? ea? ' 'K 5 , 3 ff. 1 gf , il 1 ' '

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, 'll?E'l'm A, , WP at me I' sis! v i I 'el A ni 1 L45-V ffl 3-. . ,gg 'Q-by-L-nvn.,.u. L , 'I 54,-' - 'Yfcl . u v -I' Q 7 L? r .1 ' . ', If r ,,w- pf -7-gn wa ll , R ,Lf .H v - -1- .sqm mmm - Y 5 Q 11 1' This dream came true in February of 1956 M- W N1 IK n ug M E rrggn NL A ai' wif? mwmlllll J wink C T 17 pi 5' -1 -L.4'.3i1-1'-254111. 5 - in ll qu.. 'A .Y -.2ZE,eg,..f l Xcgaw-5 'XY Vffmskkms. ' 'W-. r. P4 ..- f 'Y 1 5: P. V when the school board granted live million dol- lars for the construction of such a school on Mosside Boulevard. In the spring of 1958 it was decided that this school should be called Gate- way. A ground-breaking ceremony took place in January of 1957. A completion date was set for September 1, 1958, but due to several months of poor weather conditions, only the classroom wing was completed for the opening of the school on September 8. Students of Gateway g-1s t 'Y 1 -.-4- , l. . 7 A-v-'-f.l.f,A attended their first few months of school in an uncompleted building. Much to the joy of the first graduating class, the school was completed in December and dedicated before their gradua- tion. lights up lor open house