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

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pled On anuary 29 follovung rt was formally dedicated as the lVlcK1nley Manual Tramlng Hrgh School and the keys were presented to Mr Gardner The school s popularlty was so marked that rt soon became evldent that steps would have to be taken to prevent the enrollment from growing wrth greater rapldrty than the building Itself By l906 the attendance had Increased to such an extent that the Board of Education Issued orders to the teachers of the grammar schools not to encourage students to come to Tech ln l908 Congress convlnced that the bulldmg must be enlarged appropriated enough money to mal-Le the first addxtlon which conslsted of the assembly hall pattern shop drawing and cookmg departments and the south stairway ln 191 I the section which orlgmally ended wlth room I I2 on the Rhode Island Avenue side was extended to Marlon Street For eight years the bulldmg remained unchanged untll ln I9l9 the mould shop xx as added completlng the lVlcK1nley Technical Hugh School The need for a larger school stlll persisted so ln October l92l a Greater Tech Commlttee was formed and rn l923 the present sxte of the school was purchased I l925 Congress passed the Fnve Year Bulldlng Program which provrded for the appro prlatlon of S12 500 000 to be used rn constructmg and equxppmg Washlngton schools Out of thls fund a new Tech was authorlzed at a cost not to exceed S2 250 000 exclusive of grounds and equipment On une Z3 l926 ground was broken for the erection of the new school The excavatlon began ln the following uly and ln a comparatively short tnme the foundatron was lard Two years of contlnuous labor completed a great monument of education known as the new McKinley Hrgh School if' ,,:,, 'R et 1 X .1 v A' g . h J , Y. , . . . . . ' . I n , . J , , ' . J . . ,iisxh 72 at I N, W OL K 4 4.5 t X -O. 4,

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929 CLASS OF JUNE