McKinley Technical High School - Techite Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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THE TECHITE 1925 MR DANIEL R DANIEL our prrncrpal rs emrnently qualrfied for the posrtron he holds because of hrs famrlrarrty wrth the Washrngton Hrgh School system He acqurred thrs prrmarrly from hrs attendance at Central from whrch he graduated rn IS97 Whrle at Central he was qurte promrnent rn cadet work as he won a Captarncy 1n hrs thrrd year and capped the clrmax wrth the Colonelcy rn hrs fourth year From Central he attended Drckenson College rn Carlrsle Pa where he graduated a wearer of the Phr Beta Kappa key He recerved hrs Master of Arts degree rn l902 Before becomrng our prrncrpal he taught mathematrcs at Eastern then when trans ferred to Tech he contrnued that work along wrth physrcs and chemrstry He succeeded Mr Myers as prrncrpal of Tech rn l9ll Srnce that trme he has done everythrng rn hrs power to make Tech the foremost Drstrrct hrgh school for whrch he truly deserves the love admrratron and apprecratron whrch the student body holds for hrm S 4 - s 1 1 s s , . 9 s -9 , - 1 n 1 .

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TECH I 'II-IE IVI KING UR SCHOOL proves the old adage IVI1ghty oaks from I1ttIe acorns grow Tech IS really a very young school even though tts raprd progress and well orgamzed system would make lt seem as old as the Rock of Crbraltar Tech was a part of the old Central unt1I l90I when the necesslty for a separate manual tralmng school gave us the new mstltutlon The orrgmal bulldmg extended as far south as the Book Exchange and as far east as Room II2 In I908 the Hrst addltlon conslstmg of the assembly hall and the south starrway was completed In I909 the part beyond the south stairway was constructed The Rhode Island Avenue slde to MHTIOH Street was hnlshed IH I9II and the moId shop south of the school was completed ln I9l9 I-Iowever the present equipment does not provlde for a gymnasrum athletlc and cIr1II fields a Hrst class audrtorlum or sufhcrent class room space In I922 Mr Danlel appolnted a commlttee composed of faculty members wlth Mr IVIattern for rts chalrman It IS called the Greater Tech Commlttee and lts duty rs to strxve for better condl tlons for the school As a result a srte has been purchased at Second and T Streets Northeast and S2 250000 has been approprlated by Congress for bulldmg the new Tech was organized and has remarned prlmarlly a technlcal hrgh school although a very thorough and complete aCHdCmlC course may be obtamed Its shops are as varled and as well equlpped as any ln the country There are excellent courses offered ln Englrsh the languages mathematics hlstory clvrcs and economlcs The arts and sciences also afford splendld opportunlty for speclal work The ments of our school and 1ts courses are demonstrated by the hlgh rating of our students In advanced mstltutxons We play as well as work thereby carrying out the modern ldea of sport educa lon We are tramed ln executlve efhclency through our student government plan the only one of 1ts klnd rn our clty Our name has been made famous at home and abroad by our well tralned athletlc teams and cadet revfrments Nowhere IS there a better school orchestra than we have at Tech nor are we less proud of our social service orgamzatlon pubI1c1ty commlttee publrcatlon staffs and many worth whlle clubs all of whlch stme to uphold Tech s hrgh standards The secret of Tech s success IS lts wonderful Splflt vthlch IS recoffnlzed and admlred by all local hrgh schools Q0 long as thxs spmt prevarls vse w1II be msplred to hugh and noble achlevements May the Tech Spmt never be broken 7 Q school, which will be known as the McKinley Technical I-Iigh School. t. -,, . . . . ,

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THE TECHITE 1925 MR WOODWARD R WOODWARD our asslstant prlncxpal and companion so to speak IS a real Techlte If actlons alone dld not prove thls facts would for he lS an owner of the coveted Clrcle T whlch of course needs no explanation Mr Woodward graduated from the Washington Hlgh School rn 1892 and later from the George Washlngton Unwerslty wlth a Bachelor of Science degree He was a teacher m the Washington graded schools from 1907 to I9l2 From l9lZ untll he 1omed us ln l920 as our assistant prlnclpal he was the pxlot of the Small wood Bowen Vocatlonal School He IS truly Mr Daniel s rlght hand man and the frlend of each and every student at Tech 9 l l l l 1 - 1 9 1 ' s 1 - so ' as - 9 s 1 . . . . . . . U . ,, , - ' - ' 1 as ' u