West Pittston High School - Caravan Yearbook (West Pittston, PA)

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Oloo 00 A51 ffrv In 1930 the need for addltlonal classrooms stlll ex1sted and the Warren Street addltlon was erected at a cost of S66 000 and completed for use the same year 1937 saw Improvements 1n the unlficatxon of the Hlgh School and Lmden Street bulldlngs as well as the enlargement and modernlzailon of the hlgh school audltorlum Two mme subsldences occurred 1n 1941 one of whlch affected the Luzerne and Warren Street Bulldlngs and the other of wh1ch permanently closed the Washlngton Street School Slnce for a five year perlod the Luzerne Avenue structure was also out of use all classes were temporarlly housed IH the Hlgh School Llnden Street bu1ld1ng Wlth the passlng of tlme varlous changes IH school routlne and actlvltles have been effected In 1897 the course was lengthened from three to four years thus one year elapsed wxthout a graduatlng class Later courses IU the com merclal field and ln mdustrlal arts and home economlcs were mtroduced on a small scale and subsequently extended courses ln health physlcal educatlon publlc speaklng and guldance were offered the hlgh school llbrary became a reahty a full tlme school nurse was employed an exploratory course and a testlng program were lnaugurated ln Junlor Hlgh School to enable stucents to make a wlse cholce of thelr hlgh school currxculum and thelr later l1fe work a pubhc klndergarten was opened and a summer playground organmed and such groups as the P T A Cwhlch ln 1938 had a membershlp of 1 3135 the Lettermen s Club and the Alumnl Assoclatlon gave thelr support to student act1v1t1es Over the sevf nty five year perlod the admlnlstratlve head of the school system has been uccesslvely entltled Prlnclpal Cat the tlme when accorolng Winn.. MR WILLIAM HIBBS t'I'erm of Office 1883 18883 10 1 1, H , 1 1 1 , 1 , 1 o . 1 1 , 1 1 1 , 2 1 1 , 1 W 1 ,1 1 ' ' ' .' . J I . K' Y , . . 1 , 1 1 , ,1 1 1 1 ' 1 , 1 - . 3 I . 5 ' . . . E , . I . . . . . . 5 1 . . . ' 1 . . . , , , . . . . ,, 3 - - . , . . . S , swap f f 1,5 . Ax ,v , fax L 1. w f ffm no I I , 'if ' a , ' A rf . N fl 1 - 0 - o . . X s QW-I A f' '112 I I .xi .F ff -: 5 2, ' r. :'- A Q ' x' I, X I e H 1 f Q V xl , It V-.f I A v I ' 1 MR LOUISI BIERLY CTerm of Office 1898 19233

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quam we :LW XX xx SCHOOL BUILDING on Luzerne Avenue between Parke and Spring Streets were accordingly pur- chased, and construction begun. Although, before it was completed, the entire area was affected by a mine subsidence, the new high school was finally opened in 1909. The 1910 class, housed in the new building, was graduated from the Strand Theatre, on Broad Street, adjacent to the Gazette Building. In 1924, the district was reorganized on the 6-3-3 planfsix years for the elementary grades, three for the Junior High School, and three for the Senior High School. Previously, the 8-4 plan had been used. This year, the enrollment was so large that the Senior High School occupied the building in the morning, and the Junior High School held their sessions in the afternoon. This was the last year in which Commencement exercises took place in the Strand. The school auditorium was to become the scene of graduation activities henceforth. After a study of conditions that fall, the board decided to erect a modern J unior-Senior High School on the present site, rather than to enlarge the Lu- zerne Avenue structure to accommodate the increasing school population. The Warren Street and Wyoming Avenue buildings were abandoned. The new building was placed in operation at the beginning of the 1927-8 school term at a total construction cost of ?'p325,000. Double sessions were resumed at that time. In June, on the occasion of the fiftieth Commencement, baccalaureate services were held in the new auditorium. 9 Oo 00 fir! A M2 42 'ff s

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to the orlglnal by laws the School Board exerclsed SUDGTVISOFV control over the lower grades5 Supervxslng Prlnclpal and Superlntenuent The seven 30 mmlstrators have been as follows A Henry Berlm C1876 835 Wllham Hlbbs C1883 885 Wllllam H Putnam C1888 915 Frank J Settler C1891 975 Chrls tophier P Garrlson C1897 985 Louls P Bxerly C1898 19235 R J W Temphn 5 Mr W1ll1am Hlbbs was born rn 1852 ln Junlata Countv He attended the rural schools and began teachlng when he was slxteen Later he entered Mlllersvllle Normal School He came to our school .ln 1883 we are told because the salary was so hlgh S1 000 a year and remained untll 1888 Whlle teach mg here he read law and passed the bar examlnatlon He then practlced law untll hrs death ln 1926 Mr Louls Blerly was born ln Clinton County and attended the local schools h1s educatlon at Bloomsburg State Normal School He came to West Plttston ln 1898 after servlng as prmclpal of Hazleton Hlgh School and remalned to glllde our students scholastlcally for twenty five years untll 1923 Mr R J W Templln has been first supervlslng prlnclpal and later supermtendent of the borough schools for the past thlrty years after an earher pedagoglcal career that mcluded teachmg ln the Wllkes Barre schools the prmclpalshlp of Sunbury Hlgh School and a mathematxcs lnstructorshlp at Lafayette College He IS an alumnus of Bucknell Unlverslty where he won both h1s Sc B and M A degrees Durmg the three decades of hls ar mlmstra txon Mr Temphn has officlated at the graduatlon of 3 199 students from West Plttston Hlgh School ll Q ll 5 MR R J W TEMPLIN MISS RUTH SCHROEDER Came to W9St PlttSt0H, 1923 Secretary to the Supermtendent Served contmuously for past 30 years Smeg 1929 11 92 - ui ' , n ' y e n 1 there. After graduation, he entered Lockhaven Normal School, but ccrnpleted ' , . . 1 g I Y ' -