Cuba Central School - Gargoyle Yearbook (Cuba, NY)

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The year 1850 brought a new change. Cuba Village was incorporated, the territory cover- ing 769.68 acres. The year 1950 will celebrate this incorporation with a Centennial Celebra- tion which will take place in july. In Iuly of that same year, 1850, a riot which assumed serious proportions broke out between two factions of Irish laborers on the Erie Railroad. The auth- orities-had to take a hand in suppressing it. A cannon was placed at the Four Corners so as to command the whole village. It was loaded and manned, ready for instant use. The cannon inspired terror to an extent that the tumult was suppressed without necessity of a discharge. It remained for some time on the open space and was finally stolen' away and never seen again. Also during this year the railway car made its first appearance in Cuba. May, 1851, saw the last spike being driven in the western division of the Erie Railroad. The 14th of May was a great day for Cuba. The first through passenger train on the Erie reached the .depot about 9:30 A. M. The train brought the first visit of a president of the United States, President Fillmore. The great Daniel Webster accompanied him. The two men were greeted with joyous cheers, waving of handkerchiefs, and tossing of hats. On April 15, 1861, President Lincoln issued a proclamation in which he called for seventy- five thousand volunteers to suppress a rebellion in the southern states. In forty-eight hours, a company was organized in Cuba, captained by M.M. Loydon. By 1863 the Civil War was in full progress. There were war meetings galore and many enlistments. The property of the town was taxed to raise money to pay volunteers. It seems only fitting that this manuscript should end with a history of the schools of Cuba. The first recorded school was built on Maple Street in the 1830' s. By 1870 it was decided that a larger school was needed, so a new brick building was erected. Salaries paid teachers during this period amounted to a high of two dollars a week. In 1910 a high school was built on the hilltop of Medbury Street. It was considered a great accomplishment. It was equipped with new furniture, laboratory apparatus, a library, five furnaces, a ventilating system, and was fireproof. In 1937 the school system was centralized. Eighteen districts outside the village of Cuba were included. This brought in so many more pupils that appropriations were made for a new building to be erected on the wasteland of Elm Street. School was continued in the old building and the various districts until 1939 when the new building was completed. This edifice is now considered to be one of the most beautiful and well-planned in this area. It is complete with auditorium, gymnasium, library, homemaking rooms, health room, cafeteria, playground, and football field. The enrollment at the present date, 1950, is about eight hundred. There are now 40 teachers included in the system. During 1948-49 a new driving course was introduce and in 1949-50 a new program of guidance was added. Both have been of great value to the students and very well received by all. Conclusively, Cuba Central School is one of the best examples of a well-organized and efficient school system that can be found anywhere. With this ends a brief but complete resume of the town of Cuba from its beginning to present d times: its people, its industries, and its schools. Let this be a tribute to the town and its future. ,ff 'i,+ ,Z-727,22-ff-s,, ,, ,-- .-.3--.., 7

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