Vandergrift High School - Spectator Yearbook (Vandergrift, PA)

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Bound nf, 6 .IL PRESIDENT Mr. G. A. Whitacre VICE PRESIDENT Mr. J. B. Alker SECRETARY Mr. J. Q. Adams TREASURER Dr. R. H. Knowles SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Mr. John R. Kurtz BOARD MEMBERS Mr. D. W. Steele Mr. S. J, Russell Mr. H. C. Roeper The year 1945 saw the end of World War II, and in the fall of that year new equipment for Vandergrift High School began to be available. Since that time the library has been brought up to date, with new tables, chairs, Iibrarian's desk, card catalogue, vertical file, running water, in addition to the annual purchase of new volumes, including the World Encyclopedia and the Britan- nica. ln the fall of 1949, the domestic science room was equipped with two complete kitchen units, cupboards, refrigerator, deep freezer, gar- bage disposal, dish washer, washing machine, clothes dryer, ironer, six sewing machines, two sewing tables, twenty-four chairs, kitchen table, separate hot water system, and new window blinds. Fluorescent lights were installed in the main building of the high school, also added were a public address system serving both the audi- torium and gymnasium, new skylights and new curtain for the stage in the auditorium, a new electric scoreboard in the gymnasium, and a new heating system. Driving was added as a course of study to the curriculum, instruments were purchased for the use of the band members, a new movie pro- iector replaced the old one used in visual aid program, a summer recreation program with teachers selected and paid through the Board of Education was established in the town. Mrs. Doutt, school nurse, headed the medical and dental clinic, with three physicians and three dentists conducting examinations in the espe- cially equipped rooms in the Lincoln School, where high school students and teachers go for scheduled examinations. An additional secretary for the superinten- dent, new cupboards for the physics laboratory, ci planer and blue printing machine for the shop, a fence around the practice field on the south side of the building, and services of a psycholo- gist have also been added since the fall of 1945, when the Class of 1950 entered Vandergrift High School.

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MR. JOHN R. KURTZ MR. J. PAUL SHAFFER Superintendent of Principal of the Vcmdergrift Public Schools Vcmdergrift High School MRS. VERNON DOUTT School Nurse MRS. ZELLARS WEST MRS. GEORGE ALKER 'MISS CARYL MAE GARMEN MISS BETTY SPANG Secretary to the Secretary to lhe Secretary to the Secreiory lo the Superintendent Superinlendent Superintendenl Principal