Albany High School - Thronateeska Yearbook (Albany, GA)

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Rehearsals for play--1955-56 School activities were an important part of life in the 50’s. 18 History

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AHS Student Council-1955-1956 Senior Class Officers-1957: Lavon Payton, Secretary; Jean Gilliam, Treasurer; George Sperry. Treasurer; Ruth Winston, Vice President; David Dykes, Vice President; Yvonne Hatcher. Secretary, Rudolph Patterson. President; Barbara Patton, Press Reporter. Janie Turner. President. If JU n 1925, the new high school building was finally completed at 1000 North Jefferson Street. The original high school on North Monroe Street at this time became McIntosh Elementary, named for the late Henry McIntosh. The new school opened with an enrollment of approximately 350 students and with Mr. J. O. Allen as its first principal. That year the Thronateeska had the pictures of all the teachers on one page, as there were only twenty-four teachers. At this time, Albany High School was composed of pupils in the eighth through the eleventh grades. The south end of the building was assigned to the I boys’ classes and the north end to the girls’ classes. All of the boys came into the building through the south entrance and the girls came in through the north entrance. The teachers and the I visitors came in the front I door! In 1929, Mrs. Mabel I Hogue came to Albany High I School and ater organized I the first library at the I school. Mrs. Hogue remain-I ed as the Albany High I School librarian until her I retirement in 1970. Mrs. I Rebecca F. Reid replaced Mrs. Hogue as the head librarian at that time and has continued to serve in this position until the present. History'H

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Habla Espanol? lbany High School celebrated the bicentennial of the State of Georgia (1733-1933) by winning the 1933 Basketball Championship. In 1937, upon the death of Mr. Brooks, Mr. J. O. Allen, who was then serving as principal of Albany High, became the new superinten-| dent. Mr. Allen continued in I this capacity until 1948 ■ when he became the I superintendent emeritus. He I served in this position until I his death in 1956. B. D. Lee | replaced Mr. Allen as principal of Albany High School. Since the building on North Jefferson Street was soon too small to house all the students, plans were made for erecting Albany Junior High. In 1938 the new junior high school, located at 518 Society Avenue, was ready for occupancy. H. E. McNabb, who had had an enviable record as head football coach at Albany High School, became Albany Junior High School’s first principal. During World War II, many changes occurred at Albany High School. Because of the conditions during this period, it was im-possible for the Thronateeska staff to publish a regular yearbook in 1943. Nevertheless, a special memeographed war edition containing student writings and drawings was published in 1943. History 19