McKinley High School - McKinleyite Yearbook (Canton, OH)

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I1 Q N C 'Y Ihls ITUIILIIHB xvhleh lllee its predecessor xx is eftlletl the I mon Sehool housed the entlre ealue mon ll sx stem ol C xnton In 1 Nl -Xllen was the hlst general super lntennlent Intl pllnelpll of the Boxs Crrrlmmtr intl Hugh Se tool Mlss Hetsx Coxxles hlletl the sxme post for the girls lhe rooms of the IWUIILIIIIQ' eleh se xtetl r ne huntlretl pupxls NX hen reeltlng the Ixoxs tml Qnls were In nnxcetl el lsses Ixut xx hen SYLIQINIIVY thex were KLPITITLLI, the Ixoxs IH one room the enls H1 'another No xxontlel uc H151 to sehool xx ls so un tttrwetlxe then Hoxv xxxselx h IS our modern Bo trtl fxetetl H1 llIOXSlI1Q our xoung lielxes lllkl emlwrxo mousmehe rusers to stuclx Ill the sflme hllls rt -Xtltlltxonal IJLIIIQIIIIQQS xx ere erected from tlme to tlme m ortler to eftre for the gmmmar Qrxtles Ihe I mon School was Iwelng usecl more exeluslxelx as a h1gh school lwnallx Ill 1880, LOFILIITIC ns neeessltated the erectmn ol 1 new 'mtl larger hlgh school llllllellflg lherefore ID thls xe'1r the famous lnlon School was de mollshed 'mtl the present Central structure tools 1ts plaee Central Hugh School xx h1eh was eleelleateel c n it r1l I 1851 xx as bullt 1t'1 cost of 13175 000 or flhout one twentx slxth the cost ol NILKIHIEX Hleh Central oe CLIPICS l-I UI square lLC.fOf.gl0l1l1Ll 31 splre I69 feet hlgh rlses ox er the mam entr1nee,lxutl1st sumn er the top ol tlne Sl ne xxas ren.oxetl1n1lnoxx 1 toxxer xxlth 1 Ixuttress top replaces lf l+orth1rtx xefxrs Centr tl wts usetl ts L lnton s hugh school llurxng those tlnrtx xertrs from IWI to l9If 7 I9-I students xx ere gl zulu ltecl from lt But Lentrwl Hlgh rn lts later xears was not able to fxeeommotlflte 'Ill the Ingh school puplls, so 'ln Academy belongmg to the LAYUIQII sect vxas taken over bx the LINIRAI HIGH senool l17I THI-M'Kll'I,l'lYl'I'I .'l!-2 r Q ' 1 I . Y I 1 . u l 1 ' 1 v 11 ri w 'K 1 V ' ' s 1 1 . , . .. . . , . ' ' - ' '1 1 '1 . '1 I .. X 1 3 ' B- 1 : -- ' - - 1 1 - ' 1 1 1 'g .' 'I . 1 . X1 -.' :Q .iv . , J, Q I 1 . 'VL1 ' . K . T'-.1 ' L . , ' 1 - 1 '. The community continued to grow and the educational system expantleel with L H 2 2 . 'I I ' 1 1 1 ' A, 1 1' V .1 C 1 'B I C Ji K i 7 I W n ' 'H . , f ' . ' 1 1 . N ', , '. 1 1 . h , g 11-L1' V 1 1 1 1 1, ' T l ' 1- e xx s - ei x xx - Q A ei X x B -N xnw V L Q 5: v I 1 L i L . s 1 , ' w I ' v I 1 1 . - 1 If . - 1: 1 3 5 . B 1 v 1 -Q , 1 1 1 A . 1 .L N1 It Y H, 1 . , . 2 , Q 14 s . . . 1 5 'vl w - . t 11 I A, L x I s C A N V I In I b v .A 471 . 1 I . 1 . , ' I

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E McKINLEYITle 192 Thls bulldlng was located on the slte occupled bw Central Hlgh School todax For exght years thxs was Lanton s prlncxpal school CThere was by thls trme another school of ldentlcal constructlon whlch as completely as we can ascertaln was not supported so well and functloned only spasmodlcallyj Tuscarawas Street rn those days vsas only a cow path for N O T puddle jumpers were st1ll tadpoles ln the great pond of the unknown In 1816 four years after Perry won the battle of Lake Erxe the old cabln was torn down and the Academy was erected 1n nts place The Academy bulldlng was of milled lumber hence lt represented an advance 1n school construction Llfe w1th1n these four walls was perhaps, much the same as that rn the log cabln The Academy was torn down ln 1842 and replaced by the frame structure known as the Umon School In a verv short t1me the frame bulldlng was replaced by a plaln brxck bulldlng two storles hlgh A small octagonal tower rose over thls hall of knowledge The front entrance was on Tuscarawas Street vshlle a hall extended from thls entrance to the rear whlch IS now Second Street Northwest On the second Hoor the rooms were equxpped wlth movable partrtlons so that they could be moved and one large hall thus formed Thls hall was used for amateur theatr1calproduct1ons Scenery for the llttle theatre was secured by dona tlon of a local German who had no small ab1l1tv as a scen1c artlst In the course of time the east and west wlngs were added because of the ln creaslng S176 of the COmmUDltV Here ln 1851 the first Board of Education was organized Cmlnus the hxckorsl and also 1n thls place the first properlv organlzed hlgh school was formed durlng the school vear of 1840 1841 Prom thls we can compute that the Canton Hlgh School has been establlshed for sevents two years UNION SCHOOI I 161 T H ' T ' 2 y . . , . , V V , . - . ll ' Y, , ' 1' ' , ' , . Y schoolg for the Hickory Board of Education was still in vogue. - 0 , 7 Q 7 ' , . , I ' , - Y

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F 1cKINI YITF 1 Board of Fl1llC21t1OI'l Ihls bulldlng North I-hgh was used as an additional hlgh Iast year ll'l 1971 work was begun on Iehman I-hgh on the S1fC whlch was occupled hx North Hlgh 11st December the Freshmen of North I-Ilgh were removed to the completed portlon ofthe I ehm'1n blllltllllg and the old Academy was torn down Mans of the members of the present Sophomore class were the last puplls to complete their I reshman sear there In 1913 the need of another hxgh school bulldlng was keenly felt Classes at Central and North vsere bemg conducted on halfday sessxons 'I he Clty was grow mg and consequently more chlldren were belng sent to school The Board of Educatlon declded to erect anew Senlor hlgh school and McKinley was the result of that declslon Mclxlnley with a beautlful facade the long marble chxpped halls marble steps the hardwood class rooms wlth mahoganv and oak furmture MCK1l11CS wlth well equlpped l1borator1es, the SPHCIOUS audltorlum muslc hall WH: cKINLhX IN 9 181 T H . - IN . E I. - 9 2 2 cw- as a aw- A - arm , . , , . . . . 4 V . I t . . . y x - 1 - J J . V T . A . . ' . . .. . A s . . I ' C I, . . . 1. 7 I K 1 ' . . ,. . . . . , - 9 9 x ' w I ' a 3 D , 7 .7 ' 3 3 A -3 xr'-'wi'f '5f:f-j ' V ,JQ XT ' V v, f - i' ' A .f V - . 15 I ' 1 ,- .., I I ' ', , V. M ' 1 1 8