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

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ilflccololeuo Steueno Thaddeus STevens was born aT Danville. VermonT. April 4. I792. His TaTher. Joshua STevens. an unThriTTy shoemaker. died or disappeared aT an undeTermined ::laTe. leaving The moTher. Sally llvlorilll STevens. and her Tour sons in dire poverTy. ForTunaTely. she displayed fine ideals, greaT indusTry. and especially sacrificed To educaTe The youngesT child Thaddeus who was lame and sickly Trom birTh. His educaTion consisTed oT The classics and maThemaTics aT Peacham Academy. He laTer graduaTed from DarTmouTh College and Then wenT To The UniversiTy oT VermonT. Leaving New England. he came To Pennsylvania where he began Teaching school aT York. IT was here ThaT he began To read law. Moving To GeTTysburg. he became a prominenT lawyer and a Congressman Ia+er. , ,Q HeadsTrong. diIigenT, and independenT. STevens desired greaT wealTh: buT. aT The same Time. he developed a sTrong dislike Tor The arisTocracy or anyThing ThaT suggesTed class disTincTion or special privilege. He also developed an inTense haTred of slavery and defended many run- away slaves wiThouT charge. , 1 One oT Pennsylvania's mosT baTTling personaliTies. STevens was sTrongly liked and disliked. To some, he was The Old Commoner or GreaT Leveler who ToughT Tor The poor. The' oppressed. and The underprivileged. By oThers. he was held in conTempT. Shrewdly. he climbed To power by supporTing The issues which were popular wiTh The ordinary voTers OT his day. Having rare parliamenTary TalenTs, he was well-read. quick Thinking. indomiTably courageous. masTerTul in speaking. and deadly in argumenT. His hearTless humor and nimble wiT made him almosT invincible on The Tloor. His privaTe liTe was Tar Trom sane, Tor gambling was one OT his habiTual vices. STill. his sTrong spiriT. Terrible earnesTness. gay resourceTulness. and Tine inTellec- Tual powers, always inspired respecT. Had Tolerance and nobiliTy been added To his characTer. he mighT have been a brilIianT insTead of a sinisTer Tigure in American hisTory. Thaddeus STevens died on AugusT ll. IS68. in WashingTon. Since he never married. his housekeeper and his nephew were The only persons aT his bedside. His burial place is in Lan- casTer. Pennsylvania. in Shreiner's CemeTery open To all persons wiThouT regard Tor race. creed. or color. The TombsTone inscripTion wriTTen by STevens himselT: I repose in This quieT and secluded spoT. noT Trom any naTural preference Tor soliTude. buT Tind- ing oTher cemeTeries limiTed by characTer rules To race. l have chosen This ThaT I mighT illusTraTe in deaTh The principles which I advocaTed Through a lone liTe. 'EqualiTy of man before his CreaTor.' .L...

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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.