Stevens Trade High School - Stevensonian Yearbook (Lancaster, PA)

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gfiotory ol- the Ehcwlcleuo Steueno grade School The GreaT Commoner. FaTher of The Public School SysTem oT Pennsylvania. Thaddeus STevens willed The bulk oT his esTaTe Tor The esTablishmenT oT a Trade school Tor orphaned and needy boys regardless oT race. creed. or color, WiTh The assisTance oT The CommonwealTh of Pennsylvania, Through The LegislaTive AcT oT May ll. I905, and The provisions of his will. The Thaddeus STevens Trade School was Tounded in I905. ThaT year under The supervision oT a commission composed oT Messrs. Charles I. Landis lChairmanl, John B. WarTel. Amos M. Cline. l-lenry S. Williamson. and Harry L. TrouT-appoinT- ed by Governor Samuel W. Pennypacicer-. The adminisTraTion building. A and B coTTages. and The power house were erecTed and Turnished wiTh The proper TaciliTies. The TirsT shop building was builT and vocaTional Trade Training began on OcTober I. l909. This building now houses The balce, brick. carpenTer, and elecTronics shops. LaTer. wiTh Tunds provided by The CommonwealTh. in l93O, The Third coTTage was erecTed: and by I938. The g mnasium was compleTed under The supervision oT The General STaTe AuThoriTy. As The number oil deserving sTudenTs increased. more TaciliTies were needed: so in I949. a new shop building was added. In iT are The Tollowing shops: auTomoTive. elecTrical. machine. and prinTing. To house more residenT sTudenTs. Two addiTional coTTages were added in l95l and I952, Now The dormiTory capaciTy is abouT 302 boys. The following men have served as SuperinTendenTs oT This school: Mr. OTTO RanTz, The TirsT SuperinTendenT T909 Mr. William Mellor I9IO-l923 Mr. William Bourne. paTTern-making insTrucTor I'-724-I933 Mr. William Brock I934-T937 Mr. WalTer Arnold 1938-I94l Mr. John C. STauTTer. formerly insTrucTor. coach I942- OT The 880 graduaTes To daTe Trom STevens Trade School, almosT halT or 430 boys have graduaTed here under The superinTendency oT Mr. John C. STauTTer. PracTically all of These sTu- denTs. aside Trom Those in The Armed Forces. have become esTablished as skilled Tradesmen. A Tine TribuTe To This school! The TirsT class oT 23 boys was graduaTed in l9I3. buT The Class oT I953 will be The largesT in The hisTory of The school wiTh 47 boys geTTing ready To receive Their diplomas in June. Through The provisions oT The will oT Thaddeus STevens and The generosiTy oT The Common- wealTh oT Pennsylvania, The Thaddeus STevens Trade School is a living memorial To The Teachings and beliefs of The GreaT Commoner.

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, .K I xi I K l K Shy hx, wa , :.3. -.,,5:: ssl: WSI: l sr: T ?,:: ,Q-QQ: 72,-Q: nog. y -xx N ,Rn 1 .N ll -vu I i X. l, If nfs, li iii! llifnus igiigxnn ll if 3K t 1 'W 01- A 'ii 'ttg'w lll 'ff ,, n, a ll ' , X X s X X X il XX X ,N il N l ilil Ebeclicatiolfk, To lhe BOYS ol STEVENS TRADE in SERVICE Those who have lefl our halls during l952-53 lo serve on lhe land, on and under +he sea, and in The air: whelher you be slalioned in conlinenral U.S.A., Alaska, Canal Zone, Hawaii, Japanese possessions: lighling in Korea, palrolling lhe uneasy boundaries along The Iron Curlain in Europe: or experiencing lhe rigors of Greenland-we lervenlly pray lhar God may spare your lives so fha? you may rerurn 'ro enjoy lhe pursuils of Peace. We, THE STEVENSONIAN Slaff along wilh +he Facully and Sludenls, dedicale This book lo YOU.