McKeesport High School - Yough A Mon Yearbook (Mckeesport, PA)

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THIS IS OUR CITY. One hundred and lilly-four years ago, in I795, when John McKee laid our lhe lirsl sireels of The 'rown he chose lo name in honor of his lalher, David, his mosl ambilious dream could noi have conceived rhe cily of nearly 60,000 people +ha'r now covers lhe hills and valleys of whal' were lhen limbered slopes. The lirsl while selller io be faken by The beauly ol lhe confluence ol lhe Monongahela and 'rhe Youghiogheny Rivers was David McKee, who eslablished a ferry here in l769, six years before The flames broke our al Lexinglon which were lo end in a blaze of freedom 'lor a young republic. The 'riny selllemenr expanded house by house and more farm land was cleared, buf develop- Numerous churches throughoul The Town provide everyone wifh a place of wor- ship of his own choosing .... McKeeS- porf's Times Square lbelowl where old fimers say a speciafor will see every- one who lives in The cify pass by. ,+.. menl was slow unlil lhe discovery ol coal in l83O. Twelve years laler lvlclieesporr was large enough lo be incorporaled as a borough, and ils growlh conlinued uniil I89O when wilrh a populalion of 20,74I, il was charlered as a cily, ninely-five years afler son John had drawn his plan. Wilhin lhe nexl 'rwenly years 'rhe populalion was 'ro double, reaching 42,694 by I9l0. Today McKeesporl' is 'rhe hub ol a wheel of communilies which have spread around il, com- rnunilies like Versailles, Porl Vue, Dravosburg, While Oaks, Liberly, Norlh and Soulh Versailles, Greenock, Eden Park, Boslon, and Lincoln whose children ioin 'rhose of our cify in Mclieesporl l-ligh School. g

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From Shaw Avenue and George WashingTon To Tech High and VocaTional High goes The paTh Toward graduaTion. NinTh grade sTuclenTs who choose To follow vocaTional sTudies make Voc Their home Tor The nexT Three years. Freshmen elecTing college preparaTory and corn- rnercial courses come To Tech Tor The Tinal years oT Their public school educahon During This school year 3l4O sTudenTs made daily pilgrimages To These Tour buildings ThaT Wea-...am wx K' sS -v-..,,,N Tia: W'-ur,.,r,,7,!v'T-H rr ffl? QU lin if-TSWT TogeTher are McKeesporT High School. AT Shaw Avenue were enrolled 4lO pupils: aT George WashingTon, 430: aT VocaTional, 6001 aT Tech High, I700. From These buildings This June go nearly 800 graduaTes, Talcing wiTh Them The experiences of Tour crowded years inTo The TacTory The college The hospiTal The home The sTore The oTTice inTo The communiTy and inTo adulT life N Once The only high school in The cify, Shaw Avenue build- ing :Till serves The school pub- lic alfer almost filly years. . . Hs companion for housing The ninlh grade is The George Weshinglon building whose severe facade belies The warmlh within.