Allegany High School - Alleganac Yearbook (Cumberland, MD)

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1936 FOREWORD Prehistoric man left the story of his life on the walls of his cave. The great Greeks and Romans left their life's history inscribed on parchment scrolls. Great men of today bequeath their auto- biographies to future generations. So we, the graduating class of 1936, leave this our yearbook, as the last record of our four short years of life at Allegany. A i In it we have placed the record of the outstand- ing things in our high school career together with things which we feel will serve best as remember- ances of our four years at Allegany. Thus we leave this book to our successors with a hope that it will not be entirely forgotten and that it will serve well its purpose as both a record and a reminder. The ALLEGANAC i

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The ALLEGANAC l l l I MR. RALPH R. WEBSTER 'Trincipal We, the class of 1936, place this picture of Mr. Ralph R. Webster, our principal, in our yearbook as a tribute to his inczilculable help and guidance during his two years at Allegany. 1936

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B In my twenty years of service on the Board of Education Ifound it a great pleasure to be associated with the young people of the Public Schools of the County and was very sorry when my term expired. 79 To Mr. Ferman G. Pugh, who served most acceptably as President of the Board of Education of Allegany County for twenty years, we deem it an honor and a privilege to dedicate this page. Mr. Pugh, a successful business man, a co-operator or a promoter in every movement that makes for the civic improvement of our community, is one of Cumberland's foremost citizens. In his various activities-business, social, and religious-he has made many contacts, all of which have won for him the respect and the regard of those with whom he has been associated. The sterling qualities of his character, his pricely generosity, his charity that knows not race, nor creed, not color, and his loyalty to his intimate friends, have made the name of this typical gentleman of the old school an honored one in our city. In our opinion, one of Mr. Pugh's greatest contributions to Allegany county is the impetus he gave to public speaking among its younger citizens, through annual Ferman G. Pugh Inter-Scholastic debates, sponsored by him for sixteen consecutive years. The good that has accrued from this activity is almost incalculable. To Mr. Pugh we feel we owe a debt of gratitude for having encouraged this form of speech work, and for his generosity in having supplied ample incentive fmedals and bannersj to make the art of debate more attractive. Qur ardent wish for Mr. Pugh is a long life, replete with happiness, which he has so richly merited. CLASS OF 1936 1936