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

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Together With ur rincipul, Kenneth S Weaver Cornell, M A You are ln the slncular po ltlon of Clalmlll memberslnp ln a cla s wluch can look back upon one hundred years of free secondary education From thls vantage POIIII you can ICVICM the NNNCBPIII chanres of a century of Academy hlstory The local currlculum of 1807 56 provlded that lecture w1ll he rven from tlme to tlme on Anatomy Physlolo y Botany Geo,raplry A tronomx lhemlstry and Plnlosophy land thatt fomposltlon and Declamatlon ly rllt TCCCIVC proper attention Such scholastlc fare w as prepared almost exclusnelx for pre college students All other dropped out early and went to work cause of lndustrlallzatlon and rt effects upon joh 0lJlJOI'lllIllllCS and needed lull ln our way of llfe What xs past IS prolocue From thls same vantage polnt you can also look forward dxscernmg now and then the fantastlc outllnes of future ewcltement You w1ll rem1n1sce over the pages of thl TORCH some day amused by the proeres of th1s century whlch we celebrate We oldsters your parents and teacher do not dare dream what scenes you may behold In W1SlllIlg you well we can only trust that YSl1llC wlth us you derned a he mnlng of understandlnc and coura e Your new world wlll demand a full mea ure of hoth GQ-ltrzarvz. to l 7 . N. U S.. . . g i . . Sw E . . . V . V N W . U U 1 Y ' L D A . Y . Y . , , . H i -. . ' B mr' ' ' ' '-' or ' or ' 4 ', F. . . ' . A . C' A . . l ' . . x - . ' . ', ., 4' . . . . .t v - . c. s ' ' ' . 1 You can judge for yourselves how vastly' the picture has changed. largely' he- . M . . . . . S I . . . S y sy. S ac ' - - 92 - ' i U 1 X. g, n v 1 A. V. . . W .Q V y ., Q-- M e - . z: rr ' ' ' ' . V e e, 1' s. CY' . I . U I U Y ' li 1 Q F L' C ' ' ll, .

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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 .

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Silas F Parry Hobart BA YI III IUIIII e 11 ur Vice-Principal, NII AN PXRRX If a urx ex were made to cletermlne tl1e ITII 16 t 111.111 at I I' X tl1ere would lie 110 cloul1t Ill 0111 1111114l tl1at 0111 uce PIIIICIPJI Nlld I Pdlll would XXIII u11a111m011 lx e f1o111 1 IU etalneml 1 o 1 1 he pu 111 II mam 1al11al1le eruce Ill 0111 ff111cla11ce ilt'lldllHl9IIl He IIIIII nmlu 111e tl1at all l1ra11cl1e of CllO0l operat1o11 ale r111 IIl0OIl1lX aml el f1c1e11tl1 -X 1f tl1at xxerent e11o11fYl1 xsorl-. fo: one man our XI1 Palrx 11exe1 NI1 Dlld Paru 1 IOI a lm 1 Wflqlll 161 OIIJIIIX and HIWIIIIX to eujox joke a 1 ell a tell them has made l11111 populax 111tl1 xshomexer lle come 111 Contact It IN 1110 t euclent to all x1cep1111c1pal Wla I 1 o a F ll U l s ' ' ' ' s' s ' ' l. 1. . .-Xsifl 'ssuil L. ml ' slips anl tl er gasses. 1'f '1 s ' ' A s s ' ' , ' - - ' . s ' '- s ' ' s 's - ' -' 1 s ' '- also teaches several science classes each clay. H0 ' ' '. , '. M 'S 's 1 ll siness. H's I ', 1 '- .'.VS-ISN 'Q A X K . . Y' Y S ' . 8 'b- S V' . tl1at - ' ' . Qi s P3l'l'.'. is quite i111lispe11sal1le t All at ,-X11 Ivml 'slaml' g ' s l r