Corning Free Academy - Stator Yearbook (Corning, NY)

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i BOARD OF EDUCATION Left to right: Hugh W. Gregg, Frederick W. Parsons, President .....Y........ ...... F rederick W. Parsons William E. Severn, Dr. Hugh A. T. Keenan, Karl Dunn, Dr. George Bair, Amory Houghton, John B. VlCe-pfeSide 'f--- ----- John B- Ward Ward, Robert Rockwell, Percy Smith. Segretgry .--, --- ............ Percy M.. Smith Treqgurer ,--,,,.................. Robert Rockwell l N l Dr. George Bair Amory Houghton Superintendent of Schools .......... William E. Severn Karl Dunn Dr. Hugh A. T. Keenan Assistant Superintendent of Schools .... Hugh W. Gregg Mrs. Natalie Wood Principal-Assistant to Mr. Gregg---Charles W. Clowe The Enlarged City School District Before 1900 it was necessary to have many schools located wherever small groups of people resided. Years went by and as the areas grew, more and more schools and more districts came into being. For this reason, the greater Corning area was divided into sixty-two separate districts. The prob- lems were many. Most of the small schools were overcrowded, unsafe, obsolete and below par in maintaining health standards. The lack of proper facilities did not enhance the education given the youth of our community. Then one day it was suggested that since we were one in industry it might be more effective to have one large city school district. Everyone then started working to attain this suggested goal. The Harvard committee was employed to study the existing situation and to make suitable recom- mendations. Two petitions were sent to the Com- page eight missioner of Education, one on June 2nd, the other on June 8th, and a vote taken on June 22nd made a one time suggestion a reality. The separate school districts were finally organized into the enlarged city school district of Corning. On March l5th, l955, a 355,100,000 bond issue was voted on by the citizens of this enlarged city school district. The vote was carried by a 66 per cent majority voting in favor of the proposed bond issues. I This signified that most citizens were anxious for the youth of their community to receive the best kind of an education possible under the most favorable conditions. The present bond issue will insure a new and en- larged system of elementary schools for our youth. The day of the small rural school house in the Corning Area has passed. What was once a dream is gradually becoming a reality.

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DEDICATIQN The class of l955 dedicates this year's STATOR to Miss Frances M. Webb, a guidance counselor in the Corning Free Academy. As a captain is responsible for guiding his vessel along its course, so Miss Webb is one of the counselors responsible for properly guiding the students of Corning Free Academy on their four year voyage. lt is to her, most students turn when the sea becomes stormy and the sailing rough. Her Wise counselling and ever ready Willingness to devote her time and efforts to the problems of the students have endeared her to all. We will long remember her diligent services as instructress, advisor in activities, and above all as a sincere and helpful friend to all of us.

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