West Chester High School - Garnet and White Yearbook (West Chester, PA)

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SCHOOL BlEiLlLS Autumn, with its falling leaves and cool weather, was not always a sign that another year of school was beginning. ln fact, it wasn't until 1836 that a school law was adapted in Chester County. Despite the handicaps of defiant tax payers and inexperienced teachers, the West Chester schools were opened the following year. As education became more accepted, the need was felt for a consolidated building Barnard Street School was erected ln1841 ln186Q Church Street School was erected on the site of our recent high school building This was the first school containing the four upper grades as well as a few of grammar school level Since the first class, consisting of five girls, was graduated in 1866, manual training, vocal music, drawing, sewing, and other additions have been made to the curriculum Qver the span ofa century, our educational system has become one of which we can be proud Each generation has given its share to our present heritage It is the privilege of our generation to malce a large and lasting contribution to our school system that ofa new building Because of the unfortunate loss of our senior high school building it has been the duty of this present class to lceep up our high standard of achievement despite many obstacles as well as to anticipate our future school and build toward it On our frontlsplece we have portrayed the development of our school The Barnard Street School at the left the Church Street School at the right have been surpassed by our school of the future ln the foreground a boy and girl dressed IU the typical costume of 1849, personify the spirit of West Chester students which has prevailed over a century 40 K ' Aww!! Q 'A r 'I' 'Ulfw fkg -' M 1 mmm '- 111111 cn - l W W3 ' 5 fffm1 l ,,. 5 NWW Q ww 5 . . i . b I . . I . , . a I I 4 , I , 2,7 , 5 ,. . 1 1 A 300021 1 ' j', 5.' -'J ...,:: 'V jj,- siai'-:1:'.zE?' H vzzgm Q N 'lf I f W' D

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A Quest for a Peaceful World The drlvlng spurlt that led our ancestors to explore a new country and to discover nts vast resources luves my today In our desire to build a great nation The forty UWA nlners of the nrneteenth century sought a valuable and WJ elusive mineral under the earth the forty nrners of the pm tvventleth century are seelclng the rlch elements of a more X. uf productuve lsfe based on the tradvtlonal beliefs of America The students of today are tomorrow s citizens of the world As the pioneers of old encountered difficulties In thelr search for gold, so we the students of West Chester Hugh School have met hurdles In our quest for lcnovvledge The destructlon of our senior hugh buuldlng by fire was a serious loss Desplte this and other setbaclcs, our life goes on, and from the ashes of the past comes a bright sparlc of ambrtnon vvhlch promises an even better future ln the Garnet and White, our theme IS the portrayal of the events of the year 49 In our history Miss Balcer, Mr Lear, and Mr Fisher serve as skillful gurdes and help us over the bumpy road to our ultimate goal a superior yearboolc We have called our sensor class the prospectors, the teachers are our guides, ever leading us through the wilderness of learnlng, our actlvltles are the mllestones along the path of education Qur staff has trled ID several ways to Improve our yearbook We have endeavored to malte our sports and actlvltles pictures more easily ldentlfued by present Ing them on a larger scale We have lengthened the feature department and have brought baclc the baby Cllr- plctures, which for several years have been absent Qa- f Yf E rom our pages AA ZX We dedlcate our fnnnshed product then to that rm mortal pioneer splrlt vvhlch possessed the early settlers and to that same splrlt vvhrch llves In our school today x W Z 1 'Bday- Lllce the prospectors of 1849, vve are searching for wealth, but our quest IS armed at knowledge, success, and a peaceful world 6 Why . sf ' kt f . . i U. Y,-gf' . A . V l. , s aff sf