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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Boards Shape ur Destinies .l CFRALD IOUCHI IN Director of Au1fwVnuul lnstrur tmn Qpecialr ls for principals and teach ers and haxe charve of the purchase and dl trlbutlon of lIlSll'UCll0n3l and Superuinv their particular de partment are Elbert W Ryerson Director of Art Robert Vi Wicks Assletant Director of Art William F Dobberteln Director of Gurd ance lxathrxn 'Nl Pollock Director of Home Economic Ro-coel Tar bell Director of lndu trial Art and XOC2':ltlOll3l Education Ceore J I Geor e Director of Phy ical Edu cation Anthonw Nl Peckally 4 istant Director of Physical Educa tion andj Gerald Lou hlm Dlrec tor of A1lCllOwlSll8l Instruction BOARD OF DIRECTORS The guiding principles of Acad- emy's curriculum are formulated by the Board of Directors. These men and women are constantly in touch with the educational needs of the thirteen hundred students of our in- stitution. New and necessary courses are frequently added and old. obso- lete ones are removed. The fine academic record of our school is due in a large part to the tireless efforts of these educators. Appointed bw the Roard of Educa IIOI thee director at a eruce ROW ONE Misa Kathryn Pollock ROW TWO Nlr leorge Abbott Mr Roland George Mr Roscoe Tarbell ROI! THRFF ally Mr Flhert Ryer on N . i .-.N sir. .I, S .Y S C QS '. . ' C 5 .S . .... S. -.5. P . . 1 I U ' s: : I. - . ' ' s ' s , . . Z g ' Abbot. Director of Musicg Roland . l g . ' , 's' - ' 3 1 . '. . 5- N71 : hi Y.. g i' i Dr. Wiilliani Dobberstein, Mi. Rfilxertifl. 'Wicks lilr. -Xnthonw leclx ' ' ' , . . 4 ' S .