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., Before the stock market crash of 1929, plans were made for the building of a high school to relieve the congestion at Austin, Schurz, Foreman and Kelvyn Park High Schools. The foundations were laid in 1930 and the steel erected, but the Work progressed slowly and only when federal aid provided funds could the building be completed, in 1934. The build- ing cost three and a-half million dollars and has been lauded as one of the best public high school buildings in the country. Classes began in September, 1934, with 2207 pu- pils. When the junior high schools were closed in 1935, Steinmetz had to add a ninth grade and the enrollment went so high the Sayre Branch had to be opened. In 1939, enrollment went up to 4246 students including the Sayre Branch membership. It is now around 3400. The only person who can boast that he was with Steinmetz more than ten years is our engineer cus- todian, Mr. Edward H. Bade. He came in 1930 and watched the construction of the building with the most profound care. Our engineer recalls that ridges twelve feet high had to be removed from the center of Barry and Wellington Avenues to provide passage for materials. One of the traditions of Steinmetz is Mr. Bade's talk to each incoming class of 1 B's. The first class graduated on February l, 1935, with 57 members to its credit. The first musical, Chonita , was presented in April, 1935. May, 1935, saw the Steinmetz Civic League begun with its first big spring Clean-Up Drive. Members of the community were encouraged to aid in boosting and improving the neighborhood. That year also saw the beginning of the annual study trips to the nation's capital. The portrait of Charles Proteus Steinmetz was pre- sented to the school in 1938, by the General Electric Company. It is a beautiful oil painting executed by H. M. Mott Smith and presented by Mr. E. W. Allen, vice-president of the company. Among the prom- inent persons attending the ceremonies were Mayor Edward I. Kelly, Dr. William H. Iohnson, Superin- tendent of Schools, and Mr. George F. Cassell, Dis- trict Superintendent in charge of high schools. Mr. O'Hearn's portrait was unveiled on Friday, December 3, 1937. lt was painted by Oskar Gross and presented to the school by the graduating classes of 1938. The school felt elevated indeed when a chapter of the National Honor Society was installed on Iune 7, 1935. Mrs. Florence Young was the sponsor of this organization. Frank I. Reid, president of the first Iune class, planted the first ivy to climb the walls of Steinmetz. That ceremony is a respected tradition which has been solemnly kept through these ten years. Although well launched in music in all other respects, Steinmetz had no band until Capt. Dowse came to join the faculty, in 1937.
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