Monessen High School - Greyhound Yearbook (Monessen, PA)

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VVe have dropped the old method of having certain courses from wvhich the student chooses one and is then required to take the sub- jects specihed in his course. 'Dhe student now has the privilege of selecting whatever subjects he thinks will best suit his need so long as they conform to the State requirements. Another mark of progress is the ten-hour day, adopted two years ago. The students are required to stay in school only eight periods, some coming at eight o'clock and others at 8:45. Recitations are in progress the whole day except for the twenty-live minutes at noon for those who bring their lunches. The others go home for lunch when they have a vacant period. VVe realize that some recreation is necessary for the students. For this purpose it is the custom toihold class parties and other social affairs. Among the activities of the school are the Girls' Glee Club and the Boys' Glee Club. NVQ also have a school band and an orchestra. A new organization known as the Stringers was organized this year. The Literary Societies give the student an opportunity to improve his speaking ability. These different organizations give the student ample opportunity to develop individual talent. A In athletics also has progress been rapid. The first football teams were coached by members of the team and by graduates. Until 1915 there was no regular coach. ln that year Mr. Townsend arrived in Monessen and became coach. The teams since then have shown a very decided improvement. In 1919 M. H. Sfvvon the VV. P. I. A. L. basket ball cup after a season which clearly showed their supremacy. The baseball and track teams have been a credit to the schpol ever since they were organized. ' ln view of the fact that we have progressed so rapidly in the past it seems reasonable to believe that we will continue to advance. When the new Junior High building is finished the High School will have a better opportunity to broaden out and improve and in time become the large-st and best High School in the valley. ' 8

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esterhap, Qllnhap ant: Ulnmnrrntn Robert Maurer Sometimes, when we stop to look back and review the advance- ment in the last few years, it seems incredible that any nation could advance as rapidly in all branches as the United States has advanced. This progress has been especially marked in the public schools of the country. U The Monessen High School, too, has improved since its founda- tion. The Hrst High School was founded in the Jefferson building in the year 1901. ln 1904 there were four graduates and in the same year the course was changed from three years to four years. In january of 1915 the High School was moved to the Sixth Street building. In the fall of 1915 one hundred seventy-nine pupils were enrolled. In September, 1921, the highest enrollment on record was reached, when seven hundred thirty students were enrolled of whom eighty-two are Seniors. The faculty numbered twenty-five. Until 1915 there was very little apparatus for the laboratories and no home economics department nor library. At present we have a chemistry and a physics laboratory valued at Sl46,000. The library equip- ment is valued at 255,000 and the home economics at !ql41,000, Our manual training department contains all the modern improvements and is valued at ilS1,500. T-he physical training apparatus is worth 515500. Monessen High School has always been prompt in adopting new methods. VVe have -taken their good points and rejected poor ones. In some cases we even have anticipated the State requirements. XVhen the State changed the high school curriculum, Monessen was not thrown into confusion as some other schools were. VVe have always kept a- breast of t-he times through the years so we had very little to change. 7

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nhnhpki tarp September- 6--School Starts. Hail! Hail! The gang's all here. 7-Second day. Only half day. Nobody objects. 8-Everything running as smoothly as an auto with three wheels. First foot-ball practice. 9-A very short prelude to the season for the Black and XVhite . I2-Nothing exciting. lt's torture to go to school this swimming weather. I3-Indications of Flunk Fever beginning to crop out. I4-XVonderful! Only two dozen Freshmen get lost. I6-First real Black and XVhite. I-lear the nickels rattle in the hall! 19-Ready for another week of double-barrelled torture. 20-First Chemistry Lab. Up in the Chem. Lab. Hear that crashing sound. Sing to Old Black joe. 22-Girls' Chem. Lab. Patience of blob ordered for Towney. 24- Lost to Rochester via loaded ollicials, 7-6. 26-Blue Monday again. XVill 'lhanksgiving never come? 27-Girls have Chemistry Lab. again. :X fortune for someone in invent- ing steel test tubes instead of glass ones. 29-Cheer leaders elected. Peg - Butch - Poochu-- L'lara . 30-XVe make out our program cards. How brite some of us aren't. lfirst Shakespearean Literary. October- I-XVe beat Uniontown. 25-0. XV,hoopeel Guzwopl 3-Record for number of announcements broken in Chapel this morn- mg. 4-RAIN! Hut the team practices anyway. 5-Boys get their fingers burned in Chemistry Lab. L'an't hold a pencil now. ' 7--The team goes to Duquesne and brings back 27 points leaving none. .lim Hanlon meets his friend Murphy. I0-Sang about ilowers and birdies while the rain poured outside the chapel Walls. ll-Dick Bow swallows a 'chicken bone while eating lunch. Plans to swallow another tomorrow and Hnisli the suicide he started today. 9