Shippensburg High School - Scroll Yearbook (Shippensburg, PA)

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dndgefd As a student, you have thought about what you will take with you from your years in high school. Your contacts during the past several years will give to you the impetus necessary to start a new way of life for yourself. You will contribute to society from a new and richer per- sonality and this new self will be your reward for the years you have spent as a student. Democratic society demands that young people have the necessary attitudes, understand- ings and the modes of behavior to function as in- telligent and responsible citizens. Our demo- cratic heritage can remain vigorous and dynamic only so long as it is replenished with young men and women who are devoted to it. This de- mands leadership-leadership that is the task of the trained, the willing, and the capable. Your graduation is the announcement to every one that a few are worthy of this leadership. It is the time for the recognition of those who will guide, advise and direct as well as lead in our complex social order. This is the challenge. Do you accept it? Charles F. Saylor CHARLES F. SAYLOR Superintendent of Schools Southwestern State Normal School A. B., University of Pittsburgh A. M., University of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania State College CHARLES B. DERICK High School Principal A. B., Dickinson College A. M., Dickinson College M. S., Pennsylvania State College l olovon

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left to right: Miss Eleanor Duncan, Mr. Robert Currens, Mr. Wilbur Kuhn, Mr. Clyde Shive, Mrs. Marion Freeman, Mr. Charles Saylor, and Mr. Arthur Burkhart. Marc! of .-iZ5ireclf0r5 The Shippensburg Board of School Directors had a very busy season in Channel '49, They undertook the building of a new school in the west end of Shippensburg. The school stands at the corner of Morris Street and Lurgan Avenue. As with all good organizations the board of school directors has regular meetings in which they plan their many activities. These meetings are held on the first Monday of every month. Tune in on some of their programs. lt's worth your while. Since the war, there has been an enormous increase in enrollment, especially in the elemen- tary grades. In our own S. H. S. Channel 50, we've seen an increase in personnel. The board of school directors is coping with this problem eFl'iciently. Their current program on Channel 50 is the consolidation of surrounding communi- ties with Shippensburg to form one large school district. This would provide a broader curricula and better opportunities for all concerned. This group acquires new members system- atically through local elections held at regular intervals. The board's new member this year ten was Mr. Wilbur Kuhn who replaced Mr. Jesse Seilhamer. Mr. Kuhn graduated from Shippens- burg High School in 1930 and Shippensburg State Teachers College in 1934. He taught school in Centerville in Bedford County for four years. Mr. Kuhn served in the Army Air Force for four years as an aerial photographer. On his return to Shippensburg he entered photography with Mr. Clyde Laughlin. Mr. Kuhn is married and has one child, a daughter. The board of school directors has commit- tees which work most competently. The first com- mittee is Building and Grounds. Mr. Clyde S. Shive, Mr. Wilbur Kuhn, and Mr. Robert M. Cur- rens ably handle that iob. The second commit- tee, Property and Supplies, is comprised of Mr. Wilbur Kuhn, Mrs. Marian Freeman, and Mr. Clyde S. Shive, Teachers and Instruction is the third committee on which Mr. Arthur Burkhart, Mr. Bruce Hockersmith, and Mr. Robert M. Cur- rens capably serve. Mrs. Marian Freeman, Mr. Arthur Burkhart, and Mr. Bruce Hockersmith com- pose the committee on Athletics.

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.. 5zf...f Let your imagination carry you back to 1925. Several factors were responsible for the first West End School. The Burd Street elemen- tary building was destroyed by fire on Decem- ber 31, 1925 and the westward expansion of Shippensburg created a demand for a grade school building in that part of town. After much discussion the school board took steps to procure a favorable site in 1928. Six months later the lot at the corner of Morris and Orange Streets was purchased for 51,510. As soon as the building was provided, the problem of teachers for each of the two rooms confronted the board. Mrs. Mabel Stock was Top: New West End Elementary School Bottom: The Chicken Coop transferred to the new building to teach first and second grades and Miss Edith Morrison was elected to teach third and fourth grades. The school was fondly known as the Chicken Coop to every student who attended it. Now let your imagination bring you to 1948. The two rooms of the Chicken Coop'f were ruled insufficient. Consequently, the school board looked for a suitable site and purchased four and one-half acres at the corner of Morris Street and Lurgan Avenue. twelve The plans drawn up by architects Hunter, Caldwell, and Campbell of Altoona, Pennsyl- vania were adopted and an attractive four-room elementary school was constructed at a cost of S86,375.2O. Its modern features include auto- matically-controlled oil heat, sound-proof ceil- ings,, concentric-ring incandescent lighting, and steel clothes closets with receding doors. To complete the unit there will eventually be added two more classrooms, a kindergarten, and a combined playroom and auditorium.