Alma Mater
Monessen High School days
We will always Love
Our Black and White will never die
We will always hold it high
Proudly we sing of our Alma Mater's fame
Monessen High School
Praise to thee
Praise to our dear school

"OLE" Monessen

1957 Statistics

US GDP (1998 dollars):  $461 billion
Federal spending:  $76.58 billion
Federal debt:  $272.3 billion
Consumer Price Index:  28.1
Unemployment:  4.1%
Cost of a first-class stamp:   $0.03

Best Picture: Around the World in 80 Days
Best Actor: Yul Brynner, The King and I
Best Supporting Actor: Anthony Quinn, Lust for Life
Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia
Best Supporting Actress: Dorothy Malone, Written on the Wind
Best Director: George Stevens, Giant

Anthony Eden resigns (Jan. 9); MacMillan becomes British Prime Minister.

Russia launches Sputnik I, first earth-orbiting satellite—the Space Age begins (Oct. 4). The USSR tests its first successful ICBM.
 

Columbia University professor Charles Van Doren becomes a media sensation by winning $129,000 on the quiz show Twenty One.

Leave It to Beaver premieres on CBS, ushering in an era of television shows that depict the ideal American family

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School Colors
Black and White

Class Colors
Lilac and Silver

Class Motto
Who Knows Most, Forgives Most

Class Flower
Lilac




1957 Statistics
World Series
Milwaukee Braves defeats NY Yankees (4-3)
NBA Championship
Boston defeats St. Louis Hawks (4-3)
Kentucky Derby Champion
Iron Liege
NCAA Basketball Championship
North Carolina defeated Kansas (54-53 3OT)
NCAA Football Champions
Auburn and Ohio St.

Do You Know Where They Are?
Larry D'Astolfo
Albert Dinio
Edward Kovacs
Richard Baker
Warren Longnecker
Thomas McGuire
Janet Micka
Louis Povrzenick
Robert Rhoades
Jerry Tesack
Carol Warholic Richie
Judith Gaggiani King