Albany High School - Thronateeska Yearbook (Albany, GA)

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PRINCIPALS Principals prior to city system: G. J. Orr Dion C. Sullivan Z. I. Fitzpatrick H. W. Jones E. G. Jones S. R. deJarnette J. C. Wardlaw A. J. Barwick 1906-16: Not Available 1916- 17: W. E. Monts 1917- 23: Mary L. Brosnan 1923-25: Mary L. Brosnan (Girls) Hugh M. Mills (Boys) 1925-37: J. 0. Allen 1937-41: B. D. Lee 1941-42: R. E. Beck 1943-45: J.J. Cordell 1945-47: B. D. Lee 1947-70: Harold McNabb 1970-72: Graydon Pierce 1972-86: Louie Hornsby Graydon Pierce “New” High School on Jefferson--1925 8 History

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Senior Class of 1921 Senior Class of 1922 Senior Class of 1923 U y 1905 there was a growing demand for a city system of public schools. This resulted in the establishment of a city school system by special act of the Legislature in 1906. S. R. deJarnette was elected first superintendent. Shortly after the establishment of the city school system, a high school building was constructed on the corner of Monroe and Society Streets and was named Albany High School. In 1919 the old Albany Academy was again rebuilt and was known as Flint Street Grammar School. Today, the Academy building houses school administration offices. In 1915, Roland E. Brooks became the superintendent of the city school system. He continued in this position until 1937. In the May 5, 1970 edition of the Albany Herald, Mr. Dan Gibson made the following comment about Mr. Brooks: “When I went on the city board about 1927, R. E. ‘Roland’ Brooks was superintendent of the city schools. He was a learned man, could make a speech on non-controversial matters, and taught a Sunday School Class, whose members thought his messages were wonderful.” The senior class of 1917 was the first to publish an annual. The seniors named their yearbook the Thronateeska and dedicated it to Mary L. Brosnan.

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hen Mrs. Louise Whiting, a 1922 graduate of Albany High School and Albany Herald columnist, was asked how her high school days differed from the present ones, she made the following observations in her column “This ‘n’ That”: “The boys and girls attended separate classes, I reported, and the teachers came to us, we remained in our classrooms... Spectators didn’t sit in stands at the football games, but ran up and down the sidelines, cheering wildly or moaning dejectedly. There was no gymnasium in the high school, basketball practice and games were held at the YMCA (the old Y at the corner of Pine and Jefferson).” Some additional information concerning the early days of Albany schools was included in an unpublished paper by Mrs. Mabel Hogue, Albany High’s first librarian. In an interview with Mrs. Cyril Elliss, the former Bessie Bruce Harris, who attended Albany schools from the first grade through Albany High School and who also taught in the Albany schools, Mrs. Hogue learned that in the early days teachers were paid $45.00 a month for nine months and that women teachers had to resign if they married. History 9