Rochester High School - Mirage Yearbook (Rochester, PA)

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Today we have a very dillerent picture. We thinlc of the building novv as an Austin trying to carry six people. Cur high school is packed to the root-to the cellar, too, Manual training classes as vvell as others are held in the junior high school. The auditorium has been turned into a class-room as Well as a study hall. We have over 'IQO in our graduating class this year while the total enrollment is over 600. The class ol 33 sincerely wishes that the school will con- tinue to grow and perhaps some class in the near future may enjoy a much wished For nevv gymfvvhen vve round that corner vvhere prosperity is hiding. 9 :un ROCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL ,Z V, ,, W7 5,

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ii. .11 1 - A MEMORY HISTORY Nothing can ruin a book and make it more unpopular than dubbing it a Hhistoryfi When we think ol a history immediately there comes to our minds a long list of dry lacts and corresponding dates. But perhaps among these particular historical events, some alumni or townslolk may Find a reminder ot lormer high school happiness and it is with that hope that we here put it down. The present Jeiterson Street building was the First high school and was established in 1890. At this time a two-year course in general and academic subjects was ollered with W. F. Bliss as prin- cipal, and lVTiss lVlary J. Stone teaching language and history. These were the days when there was no principalis ollice and that person taught Mathematics and Science as well as guide the schoolis des- tiny. It was in TQOQ when the high school was moved to Rinney Street, that a Tour-year course was introduced. ln T919 the Com- mercial Course was added to the curriculum. The present building was First used in TQT6. And at the time it seemed adequate lor the accommodation ol a great many students. There were less than twenty persons in the First graduating class and the total enrollment was less than one hundred. That number is now exceeded, about six times. With the opening of the present building came new advance- ments. Chapel exercises were never held belore TQT6. lmprove- ments were made in the course of study. ln fact the school has pro- gressed until now it has been placed on the accredited list ol schools. The Junior l-ligh has also been placed on a higher basis in organiza- tion, progress in studies, related activities, and methods oi procedure During our time we have all had someone of the following incipals at our head: W. F. Bliss, Mr. Mccandless, Rulus Darr, RV. S. lalt, Stanley Fowler, Mr. Metzgar, Leonard S. Duncan, Mrs. Elizabeth C McCoy and Robert R. Barner, These leaders alone, who partially make our history, will remind all ol us of our pleasant high school days. ROCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL Ml-lere she isfhour dear Alma Materfi The Rochester l-ligh school building was erected in the summer ol 'l9'l6. At that time citizens ol Rochester realized that it would not be many years before the need ol a high school education would be felt by many oi the students, who were gradu- ating from the eighth grade. For this reason the building was made to accommodate what seemed at that time a great many pupils. The graduating class ol 'TQT7 had but twenty in it. The total en- rollment ol the school was less than one hundred, S

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