McKinley High School - Black and Gold Yearbook (Honolulu, HI)

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it McKinley Grew As Hawaii Grew In 1865, the Reverend Maurice Beckwith organized aschool of 40 children in the basement of a Fort Street church. As the years went by, the school expanded and progressed under Principal Marion M. Scott. When Fort Street School moved into the unused palace of Princess Ruth Keelikolani in 1805, it was renamed Honolulu High Df- Marion MCCaffe11SC0ff School. Two years before, Queen Liliuokalani had been deposed, and a republic existed until 1898, when the United States annexed Hawaii. To honor President William McKinley, who had ardently worked for annexation, Honolulu High was renamed in 1907. In 1923, the school moved to the present location. W? Wa' .l.l.M.l..... Q A Fort Street, Honolulu, 1898

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Fort Street Church, 1865 McKinley High School, 1911 i Palace of Princess Ruth Keelikolani, 1895 MHS Color Guard, 1928 foutside math buildingy 'K ! 'I H u Q T' 4 4 . .J-

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McKinley High School Took Part World War I interrupted the times. McKinley students purchased liberty bondsg some even left for the war front. Dr. Miles E. Cary became principal in 1924, and later instituted the core program, which combined English and Social Studies. After World War II began, MHS students worked in the pineapple fields, volunteered at Red Cross stations, held rat extermination c a mp aign s, sold more than 3100, 000 in savings bonds, and bought a bomber for the U. S. Air Force. When the war was won, they made friends over the globe by raising funds for devas- tated lands in Europe and Asia. McKinley students willingly don hats, heavy trousers, and thick gloves to aid the pineapple industry, which lost many of its reg- ular workers to the war. Servicemen make a call at the McKinley canteen during one of their frequent visits to the campus. ,nd in Y