Swissvale High School - Swissvalian Yearbook (Swissvale, PA)

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-i . 4 ,ly 1., N. Y fx I 11 1 A v , . -Y ....,,,..- , C. C. Kelso Charles C. Kelso, Superintendent of Schools in Swissvale, is a native of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, where he taught in the rural schools for five years. After being graduated from Geneva College in 1896 he came to Allegheny County. His first position was in Wilkins Township. From there he went to Tarentum where he served as a high school teacher, and as Principal of Schools. From 1900 to 1914, except- ing the year 1911-1912, during which he was an Assistant County Superintendent, he served as Principal of Schools in Sharpsburg. He came to his present position in 1914. Mr. Kelso has been active in Western Pennsylvania school affairs and has served in the following oflicial capacities in educational organizations: President of the Principals' Round Table of Allegheny County, President of the Schoolmasters' Club of Western Penn- sylvania, President of the Schoolmen's Club of Pittsburgh, President of the Southwestern Convention District of Pennsylvania State Education Association. At present he is President of the Interborough Institute, President of the Association of District Superintendents of Allegheny County, a member of the Board of Governors of the Educational Service Bureau for Western Pennsylvania, and a member of Allegheny County Joint Committee on Scholarship Aid. In 1929 Westminster College conferred upon Mr. Kelso the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Pedagogy. His years devoted to school work have been years of service. l15l

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45.4 .1 -v 'N ed ' H gs iw Efmg 1 ,1311 ' . .. 651 51 +A nv Q mesh' Administration BOARD OF EDUCATION Dr. L. N. Smith ..... . President J. E. Stewart . Vice-President Mrs. Ida E. Wallace . . .... Secretary Dr. C. S. Caldwell L. H. Rogers Mrs. Rose B. Oskin G. L. Pyle C. C. Kelso, Superintendent Swissvale High School 1903-1930 In September, 1903, the first session of the High School was conducted in the Denniston building, with twelve pupils enrolled and one teacher in charge. In 1904 the school was moved to the 1VlcKelvy building and later' to the Haw- kins building, where it remained until 1909 when it was again transferred, this time to the Wilkins building. In 1921 the present building was occupied. The iirst courses otfered were strictly classical and three years in length. In 1909 commercial and technical courses were added, but it was not until 1918 that all courses were made four years in length, In the twenty-seven years of its history the student body has grown from twelve to six hundred ninety, and the teaching force from one to thirty. The school graduated its first class, a class of ten girls, in 1906. In fact, the first two graduating classes were all girls, and girls made up the major part of the student body. Even as late as 1914, the writer's tirst year in the school, there were barely enough boys for a football squad, and in one of the years immediately preceding this date a boy with an artificial leg was pressed into service in order to complete the team. In recent years the student body has been about equally divided between boys and girls. Up to the present, the school has graduated six hundred forty-six pupils. Its alumni are to be found in almost every profession, business, and industry. The real worth of Swissvale High School, however, will be measured in terms of the quality of citizenship displayed by those who have come under its influence. QQKEZJ U41 N l f N.

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:x c insert J I or ef K Il l i a fsseylkl I i . , 2 CZQW ' 521' . 7' 3.12 '- .. 't'l --- ...L-,4,,53i,gg,gg-,gg .::-'- U ik q v 5 1511112 5. 1 is ' Faculty CHARLES C. KELSO Bachelor of Science, Geneva College Doctor of Pedagogy, Westminister College Superintendent of Schools CARL S. BAILY Washington and Jeilerson College Assisianl io the Superintendent of Schools L, LUCILE LEWIS University of Pittsburgh English LUCILE LONG Pennsylvania College for Women English MARGARET JONES University of Pittsburgh English and Mafherrzaiics THEDA M. JONES University of Vermont Commercial MARY E. JAHNIG Grove City College Commercial-History THOMAS K. PATTERSON Westminster College Science CHESTER M. JELBART Allegheny College Matheriiafics PAULINE PIPER University of Michigan English ' LILLIAS LAING Muskingum College English ALICE G. VVHITTEN University of Pittsburgh Commercial GLADYS E. SMITH Indiana State Teachers' College Commercial LAWRENCE McC. DOUGLAS Geneva College Science SHERMAN DURSTINE Grove City College Science JOSEPH H. DENNISON Westminster College Maiherzzatics ROBERT M, DASHIELL Virginia Military Institute Malliemaiics and .Mechanical Drawing 6l S