Albany High School - Thronateeska Yearbook (Albany, GA)

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(rPreface —Continued It was in 1885 that a movement which resulted in the building known as the Albany Academy was inaugurated. The building was two stories in height, but none of the second floor was utilized. Many of Albany's most successful business and professional men ttill lovingly l oast of having gone to school to Miss Henrietta.” A fine theater of ye olden time” was Tift’s Hall.” Many of the leading artists, stars of their day, appeared on this stage. Albany fairs of long ago became a community enterprise. Among these was the Art and Floral Fair, held thirty years ago in Willingham's Hall, Albany's leading theater. In 1 ift’s Hall was held all public social events chief among which was the dance, and the masked hall. rI he waltz and the quadrille were the leading dances. Old Abe Jackson played the fiddle, Pompey Pynchon beat the tambourine, and never has more entrancing music thrilled the light fantastic toe. Xear the banks of the Thronateeska. where once the Indians pitched their wigw’ams, and the Cherokee rose scattered its snowy petals over the paths made by the soft tread of moccasined feet, there now stands a typical Southern home—“Iris Court.” This home has been the scene of many brilliant functions. Bishops, governors, and generals have slept peacefully beneath the roof of Iris Court.

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 refac 'Continucd “The restless foot of the white man, eager in his desire for gain, was trod on the fresh ashes of the late Indian camp-fire; and occupied the deserted field where the Indian village once stood. Hence the pine wilderness soon bloomed like the celebrated Gardens of Persia.” If, in after years, this book will bring back dreams of your Alma Mater; if it will instill in you a desire to add glory to her name; if it will serve in some measure to preserve the tradition of Old TDougherty and to cherish the achievements of c5Albany c3{,igh the 'Shronateeska of 1928 will have fulfilled its purpose.

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(School 1 he first Fourth of July celebration was held in the first frame house in Albany. A motley crowd enjoyed dancing until the small hours of the night when, for want of better accommodations, the floor was divided by a chalk mark, the men sleeping on one side, the women on the other.