Scotland School for Veterans Children - Taps Yearbook (Scotland, PA)

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HISTORS OF SC HOOL The Pennsxlx anra Soldrers Orphan School xx as created bx an act ot the General Assemblx of Pennsy lx anra rn 189 xx hrch gaxe the commrs1ron rn charge of the exrst rng Soldrers Orphan Schools poxx er to erect at home pornt wrthrn the state easrly srtu ated a burldrng to be knoxxn as the Pennsylx anra Soldrers Orphan School for the purpo e of combrnrng all exrstrng soldrers orphans In 1890 the farm of Senator Alexander Stexx art on the xx est bank ot the C onoco cheague at Scotland corrtarnrng 167 acres became the Pennsylxanra Soldrers O phan School Mrlrtarvtrarnrng athletrcs a xxell balanced hrgh school currrculum unrt trade course moral and relrgrous gurdance and ocral cooperatrorr has transform ed the one trme Cumberland X allex farm rnto a school that has tor xears presented to the xx orld tolerant crtrfens Durrng the vears 1890 to 1912 the Soldrers Orphan School xx as the frrrrshrng rn strtutron for the xarrous other srmrlar schools throughout the state namely Harford xx hrch closed May 31 1902 Unrontoxxn xx hrch closed May 31 1908 Chester Sprrngs xxhrch closed Mav 31 1912 Orr June 1 1895 under the leadershrp of the frrst superrntendent Gen Char le Young the Pennsylxanra Soldrers Orphfrn School recerxed 142 boys and grrls from the aboxe named schools The remarnrng hrstory of the school rs a storx of progress J NI Clark succeed ed General Young as Superrntendent rn 1898 General Frank McGee serxed as Super rrrtenderrt untrl hrs death rn 1898 N1 C Thounhur t acted Superrntendent untrl Cap tarn George Skrnner xx as elected rn 1900 Captarn Skrnner serxed the school wreelx untrl hrs death rn 1909 Wrllram H Stexx art then succeeded as superrn errdent untrl hrs ret rement rn 1922 Wrllram C Bambrrck completed the unercprr ed term of Mr Stexxart He xxas folloxxed by Ceorge C Srvnor xx ho resrgned rn 1924 Br rgadrer Gen Smathers serxed from 1924 untrl hrs defrth rn 1940 C eneral Smathers vxas a great burlder and rmproxements xxere added to the school durrng hrs trme From that trme to the present Mr J C Allen has frlled the offrce of super rntendent The Pennsx lx anra Soldrers Orphan 'chool xx hrch had a lone burldrrrg as rts begrrr nrng has groxxn untrl today xx here there are 33 on the Campus Srnce February 20 1901 xxhen the rnduetrral burldrng xxas de troyed by frre rrexx burldrngs haxe been added In 1907 a new chapel and grrls dormrtorv xx as burlt In 1923 a modern gvm nasrum xx as erected xx hrch mox ed the bovs from the basement of the Admrnrstratrorr burldrng A nexx school burldrng xx as added rn 1939 and frxe cottages each housrrrg 14 chrldren rn addrtron to a frne home for the Superrntendent rn 1933 Nrne more cot tage1xxere burlt rn 1939 brrngrng the total cottages to 14 To keep pace xxrth thrs raprd dex elopment of burldrnge the poxxe plant the xx ater supplx sx stem the sewage sy stem and the refrrgeratron sy stem haxe been enlarged and nexx equrpment rnstalled Srnce December 7 1941 Scotland School boxs and grrls haxe proxen that the rnx estment made bx the Commonxx ealth rn therr xx elfare hae been rustrfred Manx boxs haxe left therr classrooms 'rnl enlrsted rn the xarrous rmed forces not xxartrng to complete therr school xx ork The serxrce flag noxx shoxxs 160 students of S O S rn the Ar med Serxrces of the Countrx The e xoung men are really xxrrtrng the hrstor x ot Scctlrrrd School 'lxxclx 1 1 1, , . . , 1 1 1 - 1. 1 . -1 1 .1 1 1 . -1 . . q . . . . ,- f 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 . 1 - 1 1 t 1 U, 11 1 1 . - 1 , 11 1 v 1 11 1 . . . 1. . 1 k 1 ' y 1 1 1 1' 1 - , , 1 1 Q '1 I . .N . 1 . 11, 1 v .1 1 1 1 1. .. 1 - 1 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 - , 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1 1 1 '1 '1 ' ' I-, , 1, 1 1 1 . . 9 . l I 'il Y - 1 I vu 4 . 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