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

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5 v' Y- W TLX ss 9 Homme its Ghz llbrrgm nf the Smal Tech for fifteen years after llS bxrth rn l90l wlth all lts ensulng successes had the humlllatlon of belng far behmd its nvals ln that she possessed no 0fl:lClal seal When thls deplorable condltlon of affalrs was recognized a request was publlshed for desrgns for the Out of the many designs that were submrtted the G O selectled the seal representmg a T held by Tubal Cam who as we are told ln the fourth chapter of Genesls wa an lnstructor of every artllice ln brass and lron When C A Smlth the deslgner had remedied a few lmperfectxons thls deslgn was declared the official school seal and thereafter an lmpresslon of It was to be used on dlplomas class pins and officlal school documents Although we are no longer known as the Technlcal High School of the clty our manual tramlng courses were the chlef selectlves glven at the time the seal was chosen and surely no character could have been selected whose occupation would have been more ln accord wlth our curriculum Q 41 let Q cs 3 i Ml A J I Q Q g f I 39 - O Q OP 4 e seal. The Hrst attempt was futile but the matter was reconsidered a few years later.

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