Germantown High School - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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t l Alter Twenty Years WENTY FIVE yea s ago tne Board ot Educatron estabhshed two annexes 1n Germantown one tor the q rls rn ta butldrnq ot the Younq Repubhcan Club on Germant wn Afenue above Walnut Lane wrth Mlss Mary S Holmes rn charge and the other for the boys rn the annex ot the Germantown Boys School on West Harnes Street wrth Mr Samuel E Berger rn charge The alrls school was an annex of the Wrlllam Penn Hrqh School after ward of Phrladelphla Grrls Hrqh School whrle the boys school was an annex ot the Central Hrqh School After two years rn the annex q1rls were p rmrtted to qo e1ther to W1ll1am Penn or to Glrls Hrqh School for qraduatlon and the boys after spendrnq a year ana a halt at the annex were permuted to enter C ntral Hrqh or Northeast Hrah School for araduatron These temporary quarters were of course very madequate and ID October l9l2 the Board ot Educahon decrded to bullcl a hrqh school 1n Germantown After consrderable controversy the s1te at Ger'nantown Avenue and Hrqh Street was selected On September 26th 1914 the cornerstone ot the new bu1ld1na was lard t Y , , , ' A . .., .. , K3 , 1 no v A . . Q T , . , I . . , J , , ' ' A e T , , . . as