Elmira Free Academy - Torch / Sagoyawatha Yearbook (Elmira, NY)

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ln 1910 lL 1' A celehrated the 100th annlyer ary of the hlmrra Academy a haylnv heen recogmzel hy the Hevents as an educatlonal lnstltutlon 1'hat eyent hevan our fme scholastrc traclltlon E F A ls stlll recovmzed a one of the out tandlnff lllvll schools ln the state The Ushers C lub came lnto exlstence lll 1940 and has helped to keep the school YUIIIIIIIU smoothly eyer lnce llecemher 7 1011 1 a day well re memhered hy all for the Japane e attack on Pearl Harhor Nlany hoy left school to Hffht for thelr country neyer to return llhe 1944 l'U11f1'l C0l'll3lllCi.l an h 17 A DLRN ILE HONOR HULL 1'h1 Honor Roll C0flt31IlCd1.l1C names of hoys rn serylce Army 9 Army Alr Corps 5 Navy 15 TIHYIIICN 2 The Academy lomecl the world ln mourmnff Prankhn Roosevelts untimely death 111 a memorlal assemhly on -X Tl 15 0 1'he war oyer the JUIIIOTN relaxed rn 1946 wlth thelr lirt play ln 1948 the Academy and Southslde Hlffh School he came two completely eparate schools as thelr athletlc teams spht Southslde won the first foothall Game hut Academy ha more than revenffed ltself ln 1949 Acad emy posses ed 1ts own hand 111 memher tronv llhe hand more than douhled rn memhershlp 1t 15 now a 60 memher or 031112311011 ln 1950 the hand and other Il'lllS1C3l orvanrzatrons comhmed to present C the first annual muslc festlyal The first of 1954 orlgrnated the ldea of the SCYIIOI' Prom and Banquet helng held on dlllerent eyenmv Also a jllIll0I' dramatlc Ol ann 7dll0I1 was formed that year lglmlla l'ree -Xcademy sard farewell to Dx Helmkarnp ln 1954 lts frlend and leader for almo t twenty years ln 1956 the school showed that lt would always rememher 111111 when lt cleclded to haye lts honor souety hear llls name Kenneth 5 Weayer one of Academy wellllked l1lQlOI'N teacher a sumed Dr Helmkamp s POSIIIOII The school has con llllllffl nts upward cllmh under hr dlrec tlon Scholastrcally the Academy has hoomecl Sports wx e who could de ne more than a .32 Game wrnnln streak put away foreyer by the haskethall teams of 195619509 In 1907 the Frrst completely run student productlon A Cup of Klllll ness was presented The tradltlon of ex cellence rn eyerythlnv has contmued The beyylldered look on the faces of fre hmen cla electron cheer songs the annual t hrr tmas tree trrmmlnv SCIIIOI' llay benror Day S 1-1 S rlyalry carm ya dances report carcl day and tre faculty gathered rn thc office rn the morn the e all make the centennial cla fee wrth cla e of years Hone by and of cla ses yet to come that Llmlra Free Acad emy wlll lllfleeil he clear to n alnay DR FRANCIS PARKER DR ALBERT HELMKAMP 1 6 s n . T C K: 1 C . . .Q . N . 2 . S S C U 7. U. T. 1 1 A I . Y - , rg w ' . M Y' A o s ' . . f- s ' 1' ' - ' , s ' ze 1 .4 1 ' , X f . . ,Q - M 1 . 3 . lg 3 4' . ' I : ', g A p 'l f. 1945. ll' 1 ,. ' S Y- f 7 A , C - . . 1, 5 5. , 5 , W ', ' : 5 . : ' . , Z. -T n ' s D. , , C . College Day' was held in 1951. The class Z '-r 'M. I . 1 5 D .' . , , 4 - 1 '- 'S . ' s' ' - ,' ' U . I' 37 ' F - ui - .T ' V .1 c- 3 ' ' s . ss ' s. . s. ' C1 I i . . N . ' ls. ' 3. ', 1 V I . . - ings s ' 55 1 ' ss s ' 5 , ' s: 5 ' ' 5 . - ,' ' I ' s 'sf T

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and tl1e thirtieth and last June reunion. In the school year of 1888-1889, Regents examinations were required for the first time. Tl1is was a noteworthy step in tl1e history of our scl1ool. When Charles W. Evans assumed tl1e principalship in 1895, few people realized how many traditions would be begun i11 his five year administration. ln 1896. the school first observed Lincolnis Birthday as a holiday. The first Senior Play was held in 1898. Early plays included senior classics, She Stoops to Conquer and The Ritals. Football was in its prime in 1898 when F, F A almost captured the state champ1onsl11p In 1999 THE V1NDEX 1THE DF.FElN DER1 emeged when a local paper pub llshed anonymous sl11rs on tl1e Academy ELMIRA FREE ACADEMY 1861 At a mass lI1Cl1 nation meellll tudent yoted to form their own paper to defend was s0 oyercrowded and teacher o scarce that ll1e NCIIIOI' tudled on an honor sy tem A club which has lon since CTIQHIJ peared was or amzed n 1899 but 1t is ICFCSUII to 11ote that tl1e Nlandohn Club consisted of two y1ol1n two banjos one u1ta1 and s1x mandol1ns ln 1900 Howard fonat succeeded Wir Eyan a pr111c1pal Tl1e class of 901 was the fir t class to pick a patron saint a custom continued f0l many years That year al 0 saw tl1e fir t wirelec tele raphy display Ill Llmira held at F F A Eyen tl1e library ,ot into tl1e act tl1at year t adopted the Dewey Decimal Sy tem of Flasslficatlon During the year 1902-19031. tl1e school was so overcrowded tl1at Mr. Conat com- mented tl1at it was impossible to take a step without danger of crushing some un- der-privileged freshmanf' Two to a seat was a rule in more than half tl1e seats. ln 1903 the situation was improved as the freshmen were divided and sent to schools 2 and 3. Tl1e Academyis Alma Mater was written by Florence Volbrecht in 1902. Miss Volbrecht had to leave school be- cause of illness, but she bequeathed tl1e school a wonderful reminder of herself. The Arbor Day custom of planting a tree named after someone beloved at the Academy began dur1n thls period Much of our shade today comes from these trees so lovingly planted In 1905 the first D A R Award was g1ven and tl1e Athletic A 5001311011 began The Glee Club was founded in 1906 Fra11c1s 11 Parker became principal in 1906 011 the 50th anniversary of the chool many of our present traditions ap peared '1he forerunner of our TURC H the I' I' A Yearbook was p11bl1sl1ed W 11 11am .1 liiownlow presldent of the Cla of 1909 designed our school seal and cho e tl1e motto LYEGI MON U 1V1 11. N T U NI AFR lL PERENNIUS 1 have bullt a monument more lastln than bronze A custom which was discontinued lon ago was started at tl1at tlme lf at 11 00 A N1 1t was ralnlng the bell was tapped three tlmes afternoon per1ods were short en d and school was dismlssed at 100 P W1 Many a student must have sup prt el a secret deslre to plav tl1e 110 e on 1Vlr larkers window' 111 1919 tl1e yeirbook was called tl1e SIGNUM and It po e ed a paper cover The 1920s roared at E 1' A as they d1d elsewhere lll the country Tle E F A IUC appeared 1n these gay' years The PILOT m 1930 and tl1e SAGOYAXX ATHA in 1951 were the respective names for the yearbooks of those years Also witnessed 111 that year was the 1un1or Prom and Ju111o1 Day The yearbook of 1957 adopted tl1e name TORCH and be all a tradition which continues to the present Apr11 19413 wltnessed the lar et NINDFX eyer publlshed twentv pa es ollicers tor the first time 1n many year Tl1e first female Student f0llI'lCll Presldent took oyer 111 tl1e m1ddle of tl1e school year of 1915 1936 whe11 the president reslffned and the yeep took 1115 place ln 1916 the Academy sadly said goodbye to 'ylr Parker H1s resi nation closed a11 d m1111 trat1o11 of thirty years Today our atl1let1c field named in 111s l1o11or br1n to mind tl1e man who did so much for our ehool Dr Albert B Helmkamp became our next prmclpal The Academy prospered under his uldance In 1917 he alned a wonderful helpmate when Silas F Parry stepped into the job as yice prlncipal ' ' . Y U q U ul v , , D 1 I I A U ' - 1 U . L s ' ' . 4 - . ,. , . , . ' . ' ' '. ' ss fe s I 11 1 1 . - -N . ' 0 ?'f g . Q M C 0 ' . . . : . , . 1 1 e 1 3 ' 's : , 'SSX .1 ' S y Y. 1. ' 55 SS . , . . Y . A A of s . , . Y' U . . Z7 ' -U - ' U , Q If . g s 1 . ' . 1. E as 3 L . ' 1- ' 0 ' ' ' 4 C ' t11eir rights, During this time tl1e school ln 1935 all classes were organized with , . , . D. - Y K . ,, 'sg .1 1.' ,1n- S F . I . . cz q as -Y 1 ' U' ' , . ' A Ci . F . A - g , 1 jx , M I .L .g . W a 1 ' s s ' ' . , ss 1 1 l ' 35 V :M . . l , 5 . . ' - v v S. - ' s 5 ' s -s g ' . . u' 'I Q . 'v g i g .M g I V ' 3 g 4 . . . .S . v l B l 7 6

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