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

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GEORGE WASHINGTON and SHAW AVENUE- Mr. John S. McFeaters, Principal of G eorge Washington School, Mr. Louis H. Dunlop, Princi- pal of Shaw Avenue School. HIGH SCHOOL - Mr. Shelby Erwin, Vice-Prin- cipalg Dr. Wayne E. Mason , Principal, Mr. James C. Steel, Adminis- trative Assistant. VOCATIONAL SCHOOL - Mr. Benjamin B. Dis- egi, Principalg Mr. Bert Johnson, Director of Vo- cational Education. COUNSELING STAFF- Mr. A. James Gross, Guidance Counselor, Miss H. Gertrude Brown, Girls' Adviser. 1' 'U f+l-llf'!- 4 'GSU 'nh 7 S, '21, ...sp ' A 1 fi I ft, I 'ff 3 - 1 .JL Most ninth-graders in McKeesport High School attend either the George Washington building where Mr. John S. McFeaters is the prin- cipal or the Shaw Avenue Building where Mr. Louis H. Dunlop is the principal. This year 721 freshmen attended the two buildings, 361 at George Washington and 360 at Shaw Avenue, Ninth graders begin Mc- Keesport's four-year high school program by entering one of three courses: vocational, commercial, and college preparatory. Two classes required of all pupils are English and Literature and Pennsylvania His- tory and Government. Guidance at the High School Building is in charge of Mr. A. James Gross as Guidance Counselor and Miss Gertrude Brown as Girls' Adviser . . , . Mr. Gross provides information for students seeking employment or desiring to attend colleges, technical schools, and universities. The guidance office is stocked With books, catalogues, and pamphlets, and provides a testing service for all pupils .... Miss Brown discusses With girls job opportunities and choice of careers as Well as considera- tion of schools and colleges for further education. Her ofiice is avail- able, too, for girls who Wish consultation on personal questions and problems. 1. I ' cfff , I 1,

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Principal of the High School Building is Dr. Wayne E. Mason, assisted by Mr. Shelby Erwin as Vice-Principal and Mr. James Steel HS Administrative Assistant. This year 2181 students attended this building, 581 seniors, 811 juniors, 789 sophomores. Four courses of study are lava1l- able to students in this school: College Preparatory for those pl-anninglm continue their schooling in college, Commercial for those Wishing llfam' ing in secretarial and oflice employment, Business for those who desire to enter retailing and clerical fields, and General for those who Wish a broad course of study. av . 7'Mw W- ,J 'gy 9, 1 , I n as ff! S 521' V W ' Z7 V At Vocational School,' the principal is Mr. Benjamin B. Disegi, with Mr. Bert Johnson as Director of Vocational Education. Designed to offer students experience in vocational fields, the school this year attracted 682 students, 179 seniors, 207 juniors, 200 sophomores, and 96 freshmen. Shop training which alternates with regular academic classes on a Weekly basis, is offered to tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grade students in nine fields: auto mechanics, commercial art, drafting, television and radio, industrial electricity, machine shop, patternmaking, sheet metal, and Woodworking, a course in beauty culture is available for one class of twelfth-grade girls.

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FAC LTY FIRST ROW: G. Russell Acklin, Ed.M., Englishg Elfreeda B. Ahlquist, B.S., Short- hand and Transcription, Commercial Department Chairmang George S. Allison, Ed.M. United States Historyg Rose F. Arone, B.S., Business Machines. SECOND ROW: Mary Auld, A.B., Lating S. Foster Beatty, A.M., English, Department Chairmang Wynona M. Beatty, Litt.B., Englishg Ronald R. Becket, Ed.M., Biology. THIRD ROW: Agnes Bedell, Ed.M., Business Mathematics and Commercial Arithmeticg Walter S. Bennett, B.S., General Scienceg Ralph A. Benson, Machine Shop Practiceg Joseph W. Black, Ed.M., Plane Geometry and Mathematics Review. FOURTH ROW: Doris H. Blid, Litt.M., Pennsylvania History and Englishg Irma C. Boax, A.M., Pennsylvania History and Algebrag James W. Bowen, A.M., Trigonometry, Higher Algebra, and Solid Geo- metryg Vivian Bowles, Ed.M., Shorthand, Typewriting, and Clerical Practice. 'SN nfl' lil NW' T' if 1. if 15 . e4BN,v...-Q-:faq .-...,,,,, ,W 1-'1 N1