West York Area High School - La Memoria Yearbook (York, PA)

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.-l WEST YORK JUNIOR SENIOR I-IIGI-I SCHOOL Less than two score years hase passed smce West York became a borough So rapld was rts growth that the need of a Hugh School became xmperatrve In March 1925 a group of crtrzens met to dxscuss the adusablllty of erectmg a new un1orSen1or Hugh School burldmg Crtrzens cheerfully endorsed the plan and rn 1927 the bulldrng became a reahty It consisted of twelve classrooms, a lrbrary a lab oratory, a commercral room, and an oflice Ap proxrmately three hundred and fifty students were enrolled under the gurdance of a faculty consrstmg of elesen members Another two years passed by and agarn came the need for larger and better equlpment and f3C1llflCS Each year an rncreasmg number of students crowded the classrooms Admrnrstrators were un able to work under these congested condrtlons junior Hngh School classes were sent to the Wd ham Shelly Bulldrng untrl rt, too, had a capacity population The Board of Educatron presented the problem to the cltxzens of the borough An addrtron to the unnor Semor Hugh School burldrng was proposed and heartily endorsed In May 1936 the project was started and on anuary 7 1937 the dedrcatory exercises were obserxed Over two hundred pupxls mos ed from the Wrllram Shelly Building into the new classrooms Crowded condltrons have been elrmmated and progressxve advantages mtroduced A combmed gymnasrum and audrtorrum affords a place for physical educatron and dramatrc expresslon A larger lrbrary satxshes the growrng demand for pleasure and reference readrng A recently mstalled publlc address system wrth a loud speaker rn every classroom IS greatly facllrtatmg the admlnlstratlon of jumor Semor Hrgh School bu'smess Students and teachers are proud of thus fine bulldmg and are deeply grateful to the patrons who have so eagerly and graclously provided lt for them lpdgf' 41 2 l . :LJ ' N na , , 7 N., I I . ' ' 7 Y . f' ' J - ' J , , ' , - .

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ffdwglfwflw To express our smcere gratxtude and appreclauon to one whose wlse counsel and kmclly mterest have Eulclecl us successfully through our hngh school ca reef we the class of 38 respectfully clecllcate thls second edmon of La Memorla to our Class Acluser PROFESSOR C, A WENTZ I HP. 1 . ,Q . 1 V- ' - , ' - '-, ' 1 7 s . . ,, . ,, . . , , 9

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ZW' zz I 1 IISIINIIART XXIIDXSIN hlsrl Abmrs Cnmss BOARD OF EDUCATION In 1905 when 1 sy stem of Pllblle sehools w 15 set up IH West 'lork Borouieh a Bolrd of Idueitlon wrs OIZQIYIIZCLI to admmnster the affurs of the sehools The hrst bo1rd meluded SIX members The membershlp was deereased to H e rn 1911 In 1950 the eensus showed oyer 5 O00 residents rn the Borough pllemg the sehools third ellss This neeessltited ILILTIDKL, two members to the Bolrd of Iduextnon m 1951 A sehool dlreetor serxes 1 term of sux yelrs 'I wo members rre eleeted to the Botrd exery two yetrs the LCULFII eeetlon I ery sxs 1 year trree members rre eleeted In use ot the delth or FCSIKL nrtlon of .1 drreetor the remunme members of the Bolrd ippomt one who sh1ll serye untll the next venerll eleetlon when another drreetor rs eleeted to serxe the unexpired term of hrs predeeessor Xlembers eleet 1 presldent md nee presxdent trom thexr own members A seeretrry and trelsurer rre rlso eleeted by the Botrl erther trom tmerr own members or from outslde If these two otheers Ire eleeted from outsrde the Boird they hue no yote The President Vnee Presld nt md the Trers urer serye 1 term of one yeftr The Seeret1ry hls 1 term of four years The SLIPCIWISIUI, PFIIILIPII serxes as 1 eoordm 1tor between the lLII'l'1lfl1SfVlflOl'l of the sehools md the pohenes of the Bofrrd of Iduextlon It 15 the super NISIHL, prmelprl who ldylses 1nd keeps the BOIFLI o leueltron Informed rs to the nee s of me sehools The present members ot the Bond Ire CARL GIATHLTIR Prfrzefwzf HARRY Xfnx as PA 1 Z KISTI'R Arms AIT! un I-IINRX Vax Anurs Iam Xwlrlmslx Cr Amis Grzoss Du mx F SHIIIIR H W IISI NHKRI Vue Prerfdenl aelzzy T e ll KI I1 Sy Ru ' fGI.,A'l'IfI?I,1'Fli, Al.TI.ANI7, SH1Z1fIfFR,IXIi NAYQRnl1'2ff.'T ' ', , , 'R' .mg ' , f V Y 7 L 2 -L' 2 . . I- I ' . . L 7 ,. A. '. 2 ' ' 1 . ah' ' ' . .' , 'e , 4 - L'- . 2 ' ' . ' ' ' e 'e. 1' 'L ' . I 7 7 ., . , ,, S , A Y . -.i U V I L h .L .rf - Y- AI Alf . iv! V eau 1 H K . , . -L , , ,- . U -ks. ' . .L .Uh ' 1 A' 1 3 g 'Q .' ' A . ' 2' ' r 1 ' A -ff f t , 1 - . . .............., t L 4 I K T4 -A V A TA' A .'1 , .,..,... .. ....... ,T I I 9' 'L ' 'I ,ly . Q ,.......... . ........ Ser-.' A ' ' ' A . 1, . jf , rrr..I...I.....,, I-,fr ,A - A ' A -. 'I - ,L ,jr Q 1. i-'fc Vlfyge I