Corning Free Academy - Stator Yearbook (Corning, NY)

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SE IOR OFFICER , 8 Davld X an Tassel, premlent eanette Carr, zzce prerzdent Ildlth Eekerstrom, Jecretarg Betty Stray er, neamrer Sen1or HISIOYY Four years of 1ntens1ve aetlvlty on the part of the Class of 1944 ended IU thefmaleulm1nat1on of the1r oal Commencement U von leavln Cornln Free Academy thls class makes an exlt entlrels dlfferent 51 from 1ts entrance ln the Fall of 1940 a group of students entered the1r Freshman year ln the Academy Thmgs were qulet rn those days, and the Freshman vxere seemlngly trymg to stlr up ewceltement wrth the usual pranks of school boys and glrls To mans students the Freshman year IS a perlod of adlustment A new student must aequalnt hrmself wlth and adyust h1mself to, the new means and methods of learnmg The Class of 1944 spent the hrst year dolng th1s The usual actlvltles of Freshman classes were carrled out Freshman Sophomore Dance and other varlous partles Upon f'lUlSl11Ug the1r hrst year 1n the C F A and begmnlng rhe1r seeond, a change ln attitude was noted War elouds were threatenlng and world condltlons were serlous Then 1n the m1ddle of the first term of thelr Sophomore year, the Class of 1944 changed completely It became a vsar class There was to be no more school as usual , and the students, reallzlng what they were faelng, began to study 1n earnest To see thelr brothers and srsters leave for servlce made them reallze that someday they mxght have to do the same thmg and preparauon for that day commenced Studvlng became more lntense, and var1ous eourses were added to the eurrleulum Gym classes marched sklllfully and ran the Com mando Course The act1x1t1es of the Class of 1944 as Sophomores and UDIOFS were few but those attempted were well carrxed out and greatly enyoy ed As 1un1ors boys began workmg nlghts ln essentlal lndustry and leavlng for SCYVICC The small proporuon of boys ln the Class can be called a direct result ofthe war To wrrte the hlstory ofthe Class Of1944lS praetleally 1I'I1pOSS1l5lC The hlstory of a Sen1or elass Cannot be summed up by Il1C1I' aet1v1t1es and HCIIOIIS as Senlors It eannot be summed up L1f'lI1lC2C.l1 member has estabhshed hllllbilf as a cred1t or a d1scred1t tothe school But IH a temporary h1stors the Class of 1944 may be called a war and servlee elass Page Fourteen ,., , l ' n lx 1' . K J . ' 7 ' . . ,' ' . . ' -- - ,- . ,J - , , V Q . . . Y R a . . g . . . . L 4 J -, ,. V ,. . -. , . - s , f ' f r s V 1 ' ' J - .. .- V r 1 if 4 Q I v . v r - - - .1 . e , ,. , , - U r K, J , I 1 - Y V I 1 v I ' -- V, I ' Q . , . . ,- -. Y . Y ., I . .. - -.