McKees Rocks High School - Roxian Yearbook (McKees Rocks, PA)

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DUE TO FACULTY Shakespeare. Miss Durkin ' s class is drawing a map of Babylonia, while in the library Mr. Rahn helps a student to hnd a reference book. H O H is the formula for water says Mr. Hattman. In Mr. Colantoni ' s biology class the stu- dents are dissecting a grasshopper. Mr. Surdock is discussing the World War to his Sophomores. Miss Schindehutte linds many mistak es on a Senior theme. Mr. Sporcic is explaining the funda- mentals of general science. Physics is simple when Mr. Brumfield does all the work. Miss Kessler insists that the Freshmen write the most luiusual themes, and Miss Gallagher tells us that the Sophomores write the most unique themes. Miss Artuso s French students think that they re smart because they can pronounce oui correctly. Too bad we haven I any more teachers. VkiI.1 Magealson Josephine C. Pasquarelli Elizabeth Schindehutte John Surdocic Ralph Kessler Jtthn Frazier Elizabeth O ' Donnell George Rahn Thomas J. Shannon Elizabeth Watson John Blackball Mary Campbell MaKcrne Wolfe Stephen Z. Sporcit Charles E. Anderjon Mary A. Artuso rage EU

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MUCH SUCCESS OF STUDENTS Gecrge E, BrumfielJ Anthony V. Colantoni FIciience Durkin M Dorothy Forner Robert E. Frazier Cecille J. H.iser Hnrrisnn H. Hattm:in Mary Gallagher Hattman T ON ' T be alarmed when you hear a ' variety of sounds as soon as you enter our High School, for those voices belong to students working on the Rox Rocket. Mr. Shannon tells these potential reporters that their material must be in on Monday and no later than Nlonday. Miss Haser asks Johnny who wrote ' Old Sweet Home ' . You can hear Mr. Ander- son telling his class that in order to be a good salesman one must have a pleas- ing personality. It s beyond me how Mr. Wolfe can say that x ec|uals 5 and y ec|uals 4. The students of economics and sociology like to hear Mr. Ritenour say Presto . Mr. Sakal is training future typists and he tells them that accuracy is important as well as speed. He who hesi- tates is lost in shorthand, according to Miss Werner. Miss Watson is explain- ing what is meant by fie facto and de juro governments to her Junior history class. Mr. Levy gives his students ad- vice in bookkeeping. History students enjoy hearing Miss Colantoni describe the military feats of Napoleon. Miss O ' Donnell is conjugating the verb amo . (I ' ll bet you don ' t know what that verb means.) An apple a day keeps the doctor away is the advice Miss Forner gives to her health class. Dr. Uansa is directing a game of basketball, while Mr. Kessler tells his students to speak clearly and distinctly. Mr. Blackball shows his boys what he can do with a few paints and paper. Sour notes, which Mr. Mc- Carter dislikes, and sweet notes come from the band room. Mr. Frazier is cor- recting a theme and he finds such sentences as this one: It s me. Miss Magealson discusses the life of William jean Ke;sler Walter M. Ritenour Hany Sak.il Lester H. Leyy Rnlcrt H. McCarlcr Isabel Werner THE ROXIAN Page Ten

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THE HISTORY OF McKEES ROCKS HIGH SCHOOL TUST as every individual proudly Iioasts of Kis ancestry, so does the senior class of McKees Rocks Higfi Scliool take pride in the evolution of this noble institu- tion which has wrought changes in their lives for the last four years. The year 1912 marked the first appearance of a high school in xMcKees Rocks. It was a single room in the West Park School Building, with a student body of thirty odd students tutored by one full-time instructor. Miss Laura G. Pound, and two part-time instructors of drawing and music. Miss Anna Smith and Miss Mary Hull. During the middle of the third school term, early in 1915. the increases in students and faculty necessitated removal to the new Ellsworth High School. This building was the alma mater of several members of the present faculty. Extra curricular activities in the form of clubs, sports, publications, and debating teams supplemented the excellent courses enhanced the pleasure of the students school life. With the steady increase of the student body arose the demand for more space, an enlarged faculty, and better teaching facilities. The School Board then decreed the building of a new high school. After sixteen months of construction, the building was ready for occupancy on January 16. 1928. Under the careful supervision of Principal Walter H. Church, now superin- tendent of the public schools of McKees Rocks, and the present principal, Maurice R. Arner, the high school has developed to a considerable extent. Progress has been marked by the excellent guidance of the school board consisting of Cyrus A. Davis. Solicitor; Mrs. Elizabeth Yunker. H. D. Hewlett. John R. Noble, John Driscoll, Alfred Williams. Silvio Baldassare. and Frank Reider. The notable increase in pupil membership is clearly indicated by the en- rollment of over nine-hundred students in a building constructed for a capacity of six hundred. Despite the crowded conditions, regulations are upheld through the cooperation of the traffic sc|iiad. managed by assistant principal, Walter Ritenour. Scholastic attainment is a( liie ed from the teachings of well-trained instructors. After four fnrilful years ol training, pleasures, hopes, and successes, we Seniors sadiv leave this renowned iii tilution. Ptige Tivelre