Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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‘Man! That Lincoln was on the beam! morrow. Quincy is also the biggest shopping center south of Boston and attracts people from the entire South Shore. Another phase of Quincy’s progress can be seen in the field of education. The Thomas Crane Public Library, one of the finest libraries in this area, has aided im- mensely in this development. From the early days of Quincy to the present time, education in our city has advanced steadily. From 1640 to the opening of the Quincy High School on May 12, 1852, only a very limited grammar school education was available. The first Quincy High School was erected on the site that is now 21 High School Avenue. It was not until 1890 that another high school was completed. In 1906 this was enlarged and remodeled to its present form, Central Junior High School. It was used as a four year high school until 1924 when the present Quincy “Hcncc! DC — ... Make your lines darker.' 13 Leave it to Pythagoras.

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A new rocket fuel. Isn’t that an amoeba? And here’s a little plot we bought.' to three men: Solomon Willard, father of the granite industry; Gridley Bryant, builder of the granite industry; and Colonel Thomas Perkins, a financier. All became associated with the granite industry because the demand for suitable material for the erection of the Bunker Hill Monument led to the actual opening of the granite quar- ries in Quincy. Under favorable conditions this industry expanded so greatly that it became necessary to build the first commercial railroad to carry the granite blocks to the Neponsct River. The granite industry, however, is only one part of Quincy’s industrial picture. Quincy also boasts of the successful Fore River Shipyard, one of the most im- portant shipyards in New England. Here have been built frigates which transported goods to all corners of the globe, ships that were used in time of war, and now, atomic-powered vessels to be used in the world of to- Captain Midnight and his crew.

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High School building on Coddington Street was built. The Quincy Trade School had its beginnings in the Quincy Independent Industrial School organized in 1912. This was first located in the building on Hancock Street but was later transferred in 1913 to the Adams School on Phillips Street and in 1924 to the new Cod- dington Street high school building. In 1930 the school became officially known as the Quincy Trade School. It was enlarged in 1952 when a twenty-room addition was added to it. The present Q. H. S. and Trade buildings are of cream-colored brick and together have a student mem- bership of 1907 and a faculty of 94. The two buildings have approximately 95 rooms, auditoriums, labora- tories, and rooms for shop work. The ultimate aim of education in Quincy is to prepare 14