Phelps Central High School - Highlights Yearbook (Phelps, NY)

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I Uedicmfioa . . . The class of '52 takes great pleasure in dedicating this issue of Phelps Highlights to our two advisors, Miss Joyce,E. Mundy and Mr. Wilbur K. Hartmann. '.'1Q. l To Mr. Hartmann, We owe many thanks for his excellent guidance and understanding through our four years of high school. Without his help our activities would not have achieved the success they did. l J 4 E To Miss Mundy, We owe our success in activities. She has made our four l years enjoyable by her understanding, I enthusiasm, and faithfulness. 17 7 I M 7 l I l 1 l

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74du'eea Zeww of e educational history of Phelps. The class of 1952 will ge the first class ever to complete its entire schooling in Phelps Central School, Th' ear marks a milestone in th f lection held on September 29, 1938, thirteen former rural dis- lt . . trictsqsaiidrflild olcd Plheleps Union and Classical School were comblned to give Phelps the advantages of a centralized school system. as broken for an addition to the existing seh001 D b 31, 1938, ground W i ' on elgentlhilt time many changes in the old building were already underway. The Egfdjsnviere Binoved downstairs, trading places with the library, the lab was installed in 205, which at that time was the commercial room. In the summer of '39 the familiar tile was placed on the corridor floors of P.C.S., the auditorium was enclosed, and the 201 and 202. old study hall was made into two new rooms, After a flag raising ceremony on the morning of September 18, 1939, the Phelps Central School family of 700 pupils settled down for work and play-in a space suffi- cient for only 400. Grade pupils came for only half a day, the typists worked on rehearsed in the Methodist Church, and the Class of '52, at that time members of Phelps' first kindergarten, met in the Presbyterian Church. the stage 3 the band The entire school was occupied for the first time on November 27 of that same year. The students were almost awed by the gymnasium and locker room set-up the homemaking classes' model apartment, the spacious commercial room, and the low cost cafeteria meals, all of which are things we take for granted today. On January 29, 1940, about a thousand people attended exercises held in the audi- torium formally dedicating the new central school. But the community continued its growth and the school once again became so overcrowded that the need for expansion could no longer be denied. Since there was no room for an addition to the main build- ing, a new edifice was erected on the former playground. This loss of playground facilities resulted in the adoption of the single session day in Phelps Central School. In September 1951, the ultra-modern new elementary school opened its doors. Its 15 spacious rooms provide facilities for 400 pupils from kindergarten through the third grade to study, work, play, eat, and learn. We quote from an article on the new central school which appeared in the 1940 Highlights: The boys and girls of the school have this year shown a new zest in school respect, spirit, and co-operation. From now on, the success of the Phelps Central School depends on the way that we show the people of the community that their confidence in us was not misplaced in providing us with these improved facilities. To that end, we, the members of the student body pledge ourselves. fulnigdtmgiiilgdgiars of centralization have we answered this challenge? Have we 6 fflflpx

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Zfdgdligllfd mf! ' ' ' First row: B Gaylord, Miss Mary Louise Connolly, advisor, Mr. D. Ryan, J. Donaldson, A. Travis, M. Rathbun, Mr. Wilbur K. Hartmann, advisor. Second row: J, Lundgard, K. Gleason, E. Burnisky, J. Post, C. Oaks, B. Hulster, E. Eggleton, M. Harland, M. Camle. Third row: Y. Krager, R. Nagel, R, Dunham, W. Herendeen, D. Richmond, D. Fridley, A. Van Deventer, L. Falkey, H. Peake. Started in 1937 as the Phelps High School yearbook, the Phelps Highlights had already celebrated two birthdays when Phelps Central School came into existence. The Yearbook as it is known to the vast majority of P.C.S. students has been pub- lished during fifteen of the most important years in the history of Phelps, America, and the World. In addition to-providing an accurate written and pictorial record of the events within Phelps Central, the Highlights has faithfully commemorated the events of the years from 1937 to the present. The Defense Effort and the Phelps Educational Centennial are just two of the many events the Phelps Highlights has preserved in writing for the future. Now, we, the class of '52, the first class to com- plete its entire schooling in Phelps Central School, have chosen to commemorate thir- teen years of centralization. The following oiiicers were elected at the first meeting of the year: John Donald- son, editor-in-chief, Arden Travis, assistant editor 5 Donna Ryan, business manager' Mary Rathbun, advertising manager, Barbara Gaylord, circulation manager. 7 The first project was the advertising campaign, by which the Highlights is financed. In this, as in all of the staffs activities, much of the success is owed to the faithful help and guidance of our advisors, Miss Mary Louise Connolly and Mr. Wilbur K. Hartmann, to whom we owe a great debt of gratitude. . Later in the year Moser Studios of Rochester took the pictures, which together with the written material was sent to the Echo Press to be printed. Many thanks to our advertisers without whose generous support you would not be holding this yearbook in your hands., 8