John Piersol McCaskey High School - Echo Yearbook (Lancaster, PA)

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John Piersol McCaskey High School Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Nineteen Hundred Fifty Eight Wu ill' The John Piersol McCoskey High School is nomeol in honor of J. P. McCosl4ey, principol for ioriy yeors oi The Lcincosfer Boys' High School onol inspiring leooler of youth.

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A Family Looks Backward . . . and Forward The McCaskey Family, consisfing of faculfy members, sTudenTs, cusfodians, and cafeferia em- ployees, was designafed as such by Dr. Benjamin B. Herr, The firsT principal. When John Piersol McCaskey High School, The home of The family, was opened in February, 1938, There was a goldleaf ceiling in The million-dollar high school, a sfadium seafing 6100 people, an insTrucTiona1 capacify of 2500 pupils, a swimming pool, an audiforium seafing 1800, a driver-Training course, and Training for vocafional skills. Many of These were unheard of aT ThaT Time in public schools. Since McCaskey has offered These and various oTher modern facilifies from iTs beginning, iT has needed fewer changes Than mosT schools. IT is inTeresTing To noTe ThaT even SpuTnik has had less influence upon The curriculum here Than elsewhere. SpuTnik is a man-made saTelliTe placed in The sky by Russia, The firsT naTion To achieve This disTincTion in The lnTernaTional Geophysical Year. IGY, a greaf scienfific hunT for knowledge, runs from July, 1957, Through December, 1958. 10,000 scien- TisTs from 67 nafions are concenfrafing Their efforfs on The earTh, iTs seas, iTs aTmosphere, and iTs sun. IGY indirecTly sTarTlecl America inTo reappraising iTs educaTional sysTem. Affer Russia's Triumph, al- mosT overnighT new scholarships were offered, graduafion sfandards raised, The school curriculum discussed. Schools sTarTed To add more science and languages, provide sTrong incenTives for academic achievemenf, and devofe less efforf To The pursuif of happiness and The glorifying of sporTs. Upon close inquiry in various fields of educaTion, iT was discovered half The naTion's high schools Taughf no modern foreign language aT all, many lacked courses in chemisfry and physics, a Too-small percenfage Taughf advanced maThemaTics. McCaskey has had and sTill offers Three years' insTrucTion in each of Three languages, Two years in anofher, and This year added Spanish. Also Three years of science and Three years of maThemaTics may be sTudied. Many changes have occurred around The school since 1938. Trees and bushes have grown, sfyles of cars have changed, hair and cloThing fashions have gone Through various sTages, shop and office machinery have been improved. BuT basically The spiriT and high sTandards of McCaskey have remained. The feeling of loyalTy among The members of The family and Toward The building iTself has grown sfeadily. ForTy-six employees who were parT of The sTaff in 1938 remain Today and are evidence of The hearf and TradiTion of a school ThaT will confinue To serve The cifizens of The com- munify Through proper insTrucTion and guidance. ln The words of a poeT in The senior class, More Than a building sTands in honor of Those gone before. .'.1sii'E xr X 49' W. 1 E . l l l QT . Table of Contents Leaders Through The Years .... . Page l-lighlighfs of The PresenT .,.,... .,... P age Developmenf in AcTiviTies ...,. Page Progress in Sporfs ........,.,.. . Page Fufure of McCaskey .,... . Page Adverfisers .......,...... ..... P age Page 4