Jane Addams Vocational School - General Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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.ev f N ggi-f A I S T 0 JANE ADDAMS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL Jane Addam Vocat onal Qchool was founded 11 Ceptember l9hl was located 1n School ?6S, on Lanvale ctreet The purpose of who planned on get employment the unused pOTt1OH of tre Alexander Hamllton Elementary Poplar Grove Ctreet, between Lafayette Avenue and thls school va Y e 811109 10 the trades to glrls leavlng e Ol xteen o that they could an ear ng wa M Ultherspoon, who hae been our Prlnclpal nce the openlng of the Qchool ln l9hl, had four teacher on her Faculty Courses were offered ln Dre maklng, Power Machlne, Food Preparatlon and Servlng, and Buslness In add1t1on to Engllsh, Math, and Personal PTOOml1g, other ubgects were taught These lncluded Art, qOCl31 Studles, Physlcal Tralnlng and Health Educatlon Only 79 glrls were re lstered when the school f1PSt opened Th1 number mncreased through the year untll the yearly reglstratlon numbered between 200 and 300 a1rl More courses for study, and Homemaklng a a laboratory ubgect, were added, more teachers, too, were added to the Faculty as the need arose In l9Sh, we put ln a flfth trade subgect, JHQIOT Sales. In the summer of l95h, the equlpment of the school wae moved from the Alexander Hamllton School to our present bu1ld1ng Th1e bu1ld1ng had housed the Goucher College Llbrary It had been purcha ed by our Department of Educatlon, by careful plannlng and alteration it had been adapted for our use New equipment wa lnstalled, and the bulldlng was reflnlehed and redecorated 1n an attractlve manner Our new locatlon, Charles and Twenty thlrd Streets, 1Q a partlcularly fortunate one and the ou c to learn r V we had had a entertalnmeut day Now all On o busy a at noon t1me basement of a room, not too f8C111tlBF wa S For L lt 1s ea 1ly reached by glrls all over the Clty, 1 ns are ood La t year, l95b SS, was gmven over conduct otr chool 10 th1 new bu1ld11g Formerly gym We had been able to hold dance and evenlng he Gym a ell as h3V1Ug 1ts use throughout the changed We had no play space around the school the a1rls were not even able to leave the bu1ld1ng e erm was a rented one, two locks away, in the ch h Phe recreatlon space wa a low celllnged rumpus large 10 .126 Learnlng how to use these and llke a dlfflcult Job to conquer 1n one year. J' JI, , 1 I 'Y .n .'- H ' 2 f x,X:.,- Y.. dl f I, lr ,V Y or , , . .7 ff I -I A X , 1 .,z', 1 1, if Tf 1 7 ,-Qf ' .2 ,xp 5, 1.- H R Y . , wr, ,N O F vga f X VA X -' off V- . itll, I--- a o at 0 l-,--.,- o -a 0 o , . s 1 F L . . It . . . - . A -. 3 . - n . : 1 H-Y . . . . ., .. . . 5' 1 gl. 7 1. , 4 Q . ' ' f ' - '- A -A f- ' , , n SCn','.1l I1 1 21:9 CH-J: C1 S d n 3 .11. f 'ge. , Y . . -3 . rs. ' 1 . . S...- L- S , 0 L , . . . . ee . .. , . . 1, . . L, I . Q1 L , . . . F . o I . . . . 1 4 0 . rl . . , V Li L. n 0 . . . . . S . S A . E, Sq .. d . . . S S ' . c L. Q . . . u A . L, L L ' . . . . . . I N . . 0 S . . . . .. u S . . . . . . . 1. 9 . . . . ' n. s. . . . . , 'L C I. ,A . a . L 4 O 'rr Av-rQ,'w h fu- Q - ' 1. L .' .ve J 0. ., a t 4 L L Q H M . 1 . . . . - ng . Ju 'LO . . S S L 0 f Qaie: , f . s '. . . . . . . . F . fl L :H S 'J I 1. a -. VOS 0 , . L.. 9 1 rl 4-M L . L. . . S . : J., 353 J L. L ' . ,M . . Q . 'f CW L ' -' uw 1 . ' a . . .f .Al C 9 , , S '- . . . . C o . . . . . . .

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When we first entered this building in September 1954, rubble and other waste lay in piles in every hallway. workmen still swarmed through the building working on unfinished jobs. Paint was still wetg stairways were unsafe to use. We were forced to have a few days' vacation because of the condition of the school. This year we entered a building spark ling clean and beautifully finished We felt the homelike atmosphere of a place llved in and adapted to our use. Now the confuslon lay in our havlng to change our course of study Formerly we hed offered a course to last two ye rs, with a promise of a semi skllled Job awaiting our gr du tes Now we were to extend our course to three years of study The graduate would now have further tra1n1ng 1n her trade, and she would be able to enter the tenth grede at Merganthaler Vocational School, where ah would be able to complete senior hlgh school work She would, in addition, contlnue her VOC3t10na1 training In worklng on these class changes, we postponed beginning our club- work and extra currlcular act1v1ties untll the second semester he first semester passed with concentration on herd work On January 30th the mldyear senlors left A few went out to work at places obtained through school officials Most of the seniors, however, went to Mergan thaler The rest of our student body took home report cards They went home gleefully because the thirty flrst of January was to be a d y of va cation for them before enterlng the work of the next semester on Feb- ruary first However, on that nlght the tr nsit strlke was declared How dld that affect our school? Well, our school was more affected we believe, than any other ln the city Our glrls, who for the most part live far away, were unable to get tr nsportatlon As a result, the percentage of ttendance for six weeks was very low when the strike was oelled off, the girls returned 1n a body Wh t a midw1nter vacation many of them had had' It had lasted from February first to March twelfth Again we concentrated on dolng the work of the semester We formed no clubs We, however, engoyed a good program of HSSGmb11GS in wh1ch we have had our own students nd outslde talent taklng part We had a successful ChP1StmQS Bazaar The style shows have been beautlful, our 8Udl9nCCS have been amazed with the dlsplay of the glrld own work In December the gym classes held an mazlng program for the teachers and student body to see The homemaklng class s have successfully enter t ined import nt guests several times In Nhy'the Alumnae ASSOClPt1OH sponsored their annual dinner, whlch was held ln the evening 1n our lunch room After thelr meeting, the floors were cleaned and they held a dance to whlch the Jane Addams girls ard tb61T escorts were lnvited we have h d three rumpus room p rtles after school ln the afternoon as a welcome to the new girls, and in celebrat1on of Hallowe'en nd Valen t1ne's Day The Faster program was the mbst 8mblt1OuS of the year In this the Student Council members, dlrected by Miss Purdy, and the Glee Club, directed by Hrs B ker, entert ined the school During the summer complete plans will b made to convert J ne Addams Vocational School so that 1ts ac demic courses w1ll be equ1va1ent to those of the Juniorliigh School We believe thrt this will gre tly change and improve our program for future years - Q U I . o J . 1 9 - . . Z? 9 A . , . . . o -1 - f . C ' 0 . . 0 . 1 . . . . -' ' ' o T . ' V . . . 1 o , V - - 0 f- 0 . ,- - e a - . . 0 . o ' L 0 . ' ' ! . . - 0 9 . , . 5 ' :. L 9 f , . . l , 9 . f, - o . .1 . . . . . , f A . . , . , . . . I Q 1 '- . . . , ' , 9 . , ff .,. , ' ,X , . D . G . . - 'F 1 1. , , , , . . . . . O 4 . . . L s 2 . A A ' O B . . , n 11 , 9 ' , A , ' e 4 - . . ' s - J I Q . ' f 1 . E' . ' 2 g - Q Y' Q . P . . J ., , . 9 , , I - 0