Munhall High School - Munhisko Yearbook (Munhall, PA)

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properly between Eleventh Avenue and Boone Alley. In 1904, upon this newly-acquired plot, was built the eight-room structure which is now the central part of the high school. I he far-seeing Munhall residents were not yet satisfied, and they soon made further acquisitions. I he lirsl of these was the four-room sc hool which stood on land purc hased from John Munhall. I hen in 1913, a four-room school was established at I welfth and Andrew, and later in the same year ten new rooms were added to the high school. Progress on the schools was temporarily delayed by a disastrous fire in 1918 which destroyed the high school auditorium. After repairing this damage, the school authorities added live rooms and an auditorium to the high school. I hen in 1931. an eleven room addition was made to the high school, to accommodate a sudden increase in enrollment. In 1932. YVoodlawn Junior I ligh School, a highly modern structure, was erected to serve the Park residents and to prevent overcrowding. In all respects. Woodlawn is well equipped and suited for modern educational purposes. I he latest acquisition to Munhall Sc hools is the Marigold Street School, built in 1939. I hus. in looking over the history ol Munhall Schools, it is plainly evident how lar-sighted Munhall residents were. I hose pioneers were not too concerned with their own vital affairs to realize that education was worthy of their whole-hearted support. From the humble beginning, which they made in 1800, has developed a network of interrelated school buildings which adequately serve to train Munhall youth.

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J 1JV ■- V ■Wi Ji ■ y +m n I . - JT i . —■« y r • •-:' ' V '• 5' K ' H I I O P E N I ■—l B () () Back in the early 1800 s a group of fore-sighted settlers cooperated in erecting the lirsl school building in what is now Mun-hall. Working industriously, they had soon completed a crude, drafty log structure on I wenty-second Street, which was destined to serve as the only place ol learning in the great curve of the mighty Monongahela River. Students in search of education came from miles around to master the rudiments and fundamentals of the three R s. Later this venerable edilice was razed, and the Franklin School was built on the same site. In ISO7) the lirst humble buildings of the present I welfth Avenue ( »rade School were erected to meet the increasing demand of the territory, and to accommodate the swarm of new students. I he thriving new community immediately showed its interest in furthering education hv purchasing the

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cfthe 'ftI) BOOKS OF KNOWLEDGE THE SCHOOL “A human being is not, in any proper sense, a human being till he is educated. H. Mann. ORGANIZATIONS “Our ancestors have traveled the iron age; the golden is belore us. St. Pierre. ATHLETICS “7 rue enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united. Humboldt.