Pittsburg High School - Purple and White Yearbook (Pittsburg, KS)

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iiimif Fifty years is quite a long time, thinking in terms of the present. A half century ago Indians still roamed portions of the Western plains and the city of Pittsburg Was but twelve years old. But 'twas just 50 years ago the first class was graduated from the Pittsburg Senior High School. What an important and eventful 50 years they have been, years which have seen more progress in all lines of endeavor than have combined centuries before. Through these years the Pittsburg Senior High School has taken long and regular strides forward to keep abreast of the times. First occupying a small, iframe building, the high school now is housed in a large, modern structure with a faculty of 30 highly trained educators. Since its beginning, the high school has been located in five different buildings-the first Wooden structure, the Washington sihool building recently razed, the Central school building, the Roosevelt junior high school building soon to be wrecked, and the present edifice erected in 1921.

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IIUMMENEIMINI Processional- Pomp and Circumstancen 1EIgarJ, ----....----------------Senior High School Orchestra Invocation .... .................. R ev. H. L. Gillenwaters, Pastor of the South Broadway Baptist Church Cantata-- May the Maiden iLoomis-Gounodj. ----------------....--..---T---Chcrus and Orchestra Introduction of Speaker .................. M. M. Rose, I Superintendent of Schools Address ..... ..... B ishop G. Bromley Oxnam, Bishop of Methodist Episcopal Church, Omaha, Nebraska Presentation of Class .... ......... J . L. Hutchinson, Principal of High School Presentation of Diplomas- ............... C. M. Gibson, President of Board of Education Benediction ..... .... R ev. Gillenwaters r I

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HIIHWUHU The past 50 years have seen addi.ion of many features to the educational program. The first musical group, an orchestra of six, was organized in 1912. This has developed into a music department embracing boys' and girls' glee clubs, mixed chorus, a large band, and a fine orchestra, not to mention quartets and smaller groups. The journalism department, founded in 1915, now publishes a large, six-column, weekly newspaper. Its first product was a small, semi-monthly paper with four-column pages. One of the oldest organizations is the Hi-Y, formed in 1912. The student council was organized in 1918 and the Girl Reserve was organized three years later. In 1921 the public speaking and printing departments also were added. The woodwork department was a 1926 curriculum addition. These are only the major steps marking the forward march of P. H. S. There are many others, all having roles in the annals of the school, but we must pass on, remem- bering the past and looking to the future.