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

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We Honor Mzss Margaret 0 Connor -X the da 5 ot 1909 raduate from hlmlra free -Xdadems we look hath x 1th reat HHBCIIOII to a woman who ha done o much for Us Tlnou h our tour xear he ham been a M1 e Coun elor and an under t3HdlIl0' frlend All her pre ent and blOlOgS teacher 1n the tate She ha nn led the Honor Socletx from It IFCUIIIHIIIU to lt: pre ent tatu a the llmmll of aclnexement So mth Uldlllllde and e teem ue defheate the 1939 TOHC H to NI1 Xian 'aret Ol onnor 3 ' 9 A 5 - 5' ' ' g s K ' ' r ' , - --' v' g ' ' s S ' ' g ' ' 's ' 5 5 ' - s ' E ' . . 7 - 5 - former students can readily see the reason she is ranked as one of the outstanding ' i' S ' s . ' s g 'Q ' ' ' ' 5 I' ' C5 . ' ' s s s s 5 ' ' ' ' . ' :ff ' 5 . ' ' ' I A . '9 ' I .

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P1 us, at-iwzsfil-b Elmlra Free Academ 1909 ln 1859 the I:.lmlra Free Academy was establlshed as a free publlc school The facultv, although small an number Uulded the school through the start of a fine tra dltlon Prlncxpal Moses Converse and MISS Helen Phllllps lald the foundatlon for the Academy as we know lt today That early home of E F A , a far cry from our present structure was located ln the Flrst Presbyterian Church Isaac Mortlmer WCIIIIIUIOII succeeded 'Nlr Converse as prmclpal ln 1860 wh1le the school was housed ln a new IJUIIIIIIIU on the corner of Vfllllam and Church Streets It was durlnv Principal Welling tons admlnlstratlon that the first com mencement was held In 1862 only two quallfied for a diploma but the class always consldered a gentleman who had left school to attend another lnstltutlon as one of them One young lady com prlsed the class of 1863 It was also dur mv tlns period that the reunions of former students were held The senior class spon sored the Chrlstmas reunion and the juniors were ln charge of the ,Iune meeting Durmv the IIVII W ar the Academy was not all frlvohty The Academy Cadets functioned as a regular part of the school In 1865 amidst the protests of students and faculty allke Wlr Wellington turned the relns of authority oyer to G W' Tim low 1VIr IIIIIIIOXN remained ln charffe for six months durmv which the school was m perpetual not Perhaps no one better suited for the task could have been appointed to quell the riot than Joel D Steele The school soon returned to normal and Mr Steele granted the students a degree of self Government The first honor rolls appeared at this time Top students were known as I'1rst Head Scholars Second Head Scholars These students had dutles as well as pr1v1 leves They were the official bell rlngers and served as monltors They also were allowed to study ln rooms other than the ciapel as the larfe study hall was known at that tlme In 1867 the terms yaledlctorlan and salutatorxan were first used the yaledlctornan helng the highest boy ln the class and the salutatorlan being the hlghest Uxrl revardle s of whlch held the higher average During IIIIN tlme the Lyceum flub a literary society for stu dents and teachers and the Adelphlc De IJBIIIIU C lub were formed Both played an important role in school affairs for many years The faculty which had Urown to four estahllshed impromptu composl tlons on an announced topic at the same time These sessions were held once a week Ill alternatmg periods The class of 1809 orlvlnated the custom of placing the class plcture on the school wall a tradltlon which was continued until the late nmetles when the classes frrew too large Com mencement of 1871 saw the first prizes awarded at such an exercise In 1872 James R Monks one of e graduates of the first class bevan hrs mmlstratlon which was to continue or fifteen years In 1878 a unique class e only Christmas Class ln the IIl3tOl'Y of e school graduated It was caused by ie chanve from a four year to a three year program Also ln 187 the first FA RECORD a short llyed paper publl hed semi annually appeared Herbert M Lovell came to the Academy a prlnclpal IH 1887 His administration saw the formation of an alumni association ' ' A f , .hr 4 1 A ,. t t w... fr X: 5- . , ' '- ' f 'T' , Q nj C s .'i -C' '- A 1.1 A - ,, , I , wsu ir - :T TTTTHNTC' 'fx-ss . d , ,.is?! ' -:fig-s-sr 'ns Y- 1 Ksff Y ,qs . ,, , f T Y., ,A , 0 . . Q 1 I H -. v 1 ' ' ' -e 44 ev J . OI' . . . 1 N . . . . ' ' D ' o 1 1 1 N D . Q . , 7 ' .a I 19 i 1 i V i . , . E . . . . . . ' ' . J , ' 5 , ' .' ' ' - 1 . S , ' . . . . ' D , 5 rr s . . . . ' ' Qi , ' A ' 7 . A C C 5.x . . , V D N C , U Q vu 9 ' . ' , A , I . ' , ' y . U D- ' L ' L , . . . - 3 , , 1 , 1 i ve , D . . 'i sv V' . V , h , . . . ' J' - as 99 ' .' ., , I . - - ' 3- s If . D ' 'T . s . A - - ' ' f H s, A ' - D v T ' ' V s , ' ' D. n c ' ' ' 1 nn n v ' ' A - r 5 ' 9 l ' . , . , 1 th , C, :', O ad- , 1 . f Y Y . . - f . , th r . . . - . . , A , C . i th .1 .A .. , V - - . ,,, . '.- - 511 - c .' .I ' ' . 1 8. - E . 4 , - 7 v 'S . ', v . - -C . S . .