Albany High School - Thronateeska Yearbook (Albany, GA)

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Students assemble in auditorium- 1939-1940 Albert Woodham, class of 1948, was elected Most Absent-minded, Laziest, Most Talkative, and Wittiest by his classmates. T. R. Finley, former AHS teacher and Director of Elementary Education V Boys eagerly leave building -1945-1946 III s III Students exit AHS- -1941 -1942 Students congregate in front of Albany High School. 14 History

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AHS Student Council-1929 Quill and Scroll-1929 FT The 1929 AHS Orchestra was under the leadership of Mr. Fred Percilla, a well-known saxophonist of Albany. w nfortunately, the i new high school on Monroe '$ did not alleviate the crowded ' n conditions for long. According to the Thronateeska, the Class of 1924 had hoped for a new high school f building for four long years. During their freshman year, the Class of ’24 was crowded into three small rooms. They came back the next year as sophomores to oc-, cupy two classrooms cut I ■ from the auditorium. When : they returned as juniors, they found three more classrooms made from the kitchen and the science laboratory, these depart- i . ments having been consigned to the lower regions in the £ basement. Finally, neither the ingenuity of the faculty nor j the available space could be stretched further, and the little “red school house,” ! fondly termed by the boys “the barn,” was built. So as seniors, the Class of 1924 was separated into the boys’ % high school and the girls’ high school, with the boys in , “the barn” and the girls in | the original building. It was | in 1924 with this division | that the senior class began | to elect both a male and a I female class president. This tradition was continued | through the class of 1975. History 13

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Senior Claes Officers-1949-1950 Mr McNabb contemplates the plans tor the new Albany High School on Residence Avenue P previous to 1924, Mary L. Brosnan affectionately knows as “Miss Mamie,” served as principal of Albany High School. In 1924, she continued as principal of the girls’ high school, and Hugh M. Mills became principal of the boys’ high school. Miss Mary L. Brosnan worked for 53 years in the local school system, beginning her career as a teacher at Albany Academy in 1892. To honor her memory, one of the elementary schools in Albany was named for her. In the article by Mr. Dan Gibson, previously quoted, the following is said about Mr. Hugh M. Mills: “One of the most universally loved and admired men to be connected with the local school system was the late H. ‘Hugh’ M. Mills, for whom the Mills Memorial Stadium is named. He was a man who made a deep impression on the schools he served and on anything else he was connected with.” January 21, 1924, was celebrated as SCHOOL BOND DAY. A parade was held, and students cheerfully marched, bearing expressive posters and giving loyal yells to vote for bonds for the new high school. Even the temperature, which suddenly dropped to zero, could not defeat their enthusiasm. The bonds were carried for a $200,000 city-county joint high school for boys and girls. History 15