McKinley High School - President Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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THE ARTISAN 413 Riley Street. Dramatics. WOHLENRS, OSCAR - 218 Florida Street. Basketball. Alma Mater 'lhere are schools in every country, There are schools in every elime, ' 'l'here's the little old red school house in the laneg But there 'S just one sehool, MGKINLEY, Where We love to spend our time, And where We Work and learn to play the galne. 0 my heart is very happy As I go to this fair school Witll the-glorioushonorecl name of McKinley, So I'n1 happy and I'm Willing' now To mind each every rule Neath the roof of our clear MoK1Nz,mY SCHOOL. CHORUS: Dear IWCIQINLEY, clear llffCKINl,lEY, Dear' MGKINLEY of old B111-falo. 1 Dem' lVICIfINLEY, clear' MCKINMQY, Dem' NICIQYNLEX of olcl Buffalo. 1 VVINTER, HILLIARD F. 'lWGlDH61'S B1ondy S. F. K.

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THE AR TI SAN MARINO, FRANK M. '4Stella' 28 State Street. Basketball, baseball. MORAN, RUSSELL J. Rcd' 295 Dearborn Street. Soccer. NOLAN, WALTER H. Genesis' 188 Condon Avenue. Captain of cross country team, Geeks track, dranmtics. SOWREY, WIIJBUR E. 'Czar' 82 Doncaster Road, Kenmore. D rzmmti cs. TRIETLY, GLENN Dutch 170 Breckenridge Street. VOLK, KENNETH R. Kew, 2:14 Berkshire Terrace. WIESE, FRANCIS J. Wise 48 Wende Street. Track. r

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THE A RTISAN 27 History of the Senior Class ln September, 1924, one hundred eighty-seven boys came to the McKinley school to register in the various shops. These with an addition of one hundred twenty-one seniors made a. total of three hundred eight. After a few weeks when ,the school organization had been completed, the officers of the senior class were elected. They were as follows: Benjamin Augus- tine, president, Arthur Sehone, vice president, and one representative from each shop. ln the latter part of October the McKinley Players, a dramatic club, was organized under the direction of Mr. Adelbert D. Kuhn. They made their first appearance in a Hal1owe'en play, Old Jaw Bones and Stabbed in the Dark, wl1icl1 were well received. A Thanksgiving and a Christmas play were given also under the direction of Mr. Kuhn. At the Christmas play more than three hundred iifty mothers and fathers of the boys were present. ln May the Dra- matic club under the direction of Mr. Kuhn put on the Senior play, Nothing but the Truth, which they played also the two succeeding nights. . Mr. Siebold at this time organized a Glee Club which sang in the assembly, at the May music festival, and also broadcast at NVGR. The school owes its singing reputation to the ground work of Mr. Seibold. On the twenty-ninth of January, 1925, which was the birthday of NVilliam McKinley, we celebrated Senior Day. Dr. Ernest C. Hartwell, Superintendent of Schools, and Reverend XVillia.m Smith were the speakers, presenting a. very beautiful program. May twentieth, 1925, Junior Day was held at which time Captain Calvert Mellon from the Lafayette High School was the speaker. Music was furnished by the orchestra which consisted of twenty-two members under the direction of Mr. Carl King. On June fifth, 1925, Athletic Day was held at which time seven of the eleven cups were presented for the various athletic championships during the year. ln June of this same year one hundred seventy-five boys left the lVIcKinl.ey School to go out into the world of work and about seventy percent of the boys were placed by the school. The Alumni Association of McKinley School was also organized at this time. ln December, 1925, the total registration was four hundred twenty-one, an increase over that of the preceding year of nearly two hundred. There were several new instructors and a. new supply of material and machinery introduced, which has made our shop equipment equal to the standard of any shop in the country. A museum of industrial exhibits was started by the Industrial Economics classes for class room work. These exhibits were secured from leading mann- facturers all over the United States. They comprised units from every major industry. They are of great aid to us in understanding the manufacturing processes and also give us a clearer idea of the many things necessary to com- plete an article used in daily life.