Hamilton Central High School - Hamiltonian Yearbook (Hamilton, NY)

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I HUUL HI TUHY Ihls hlstory 18 belng w rltten to hll a need for a wrxtten record of educatnon 111 Hamilton 'lhe sources are back xssues of the Hamzltonzan In 1700 a public school was set up 111 a log build mg 1800 saw the erection of a frame bulldlng to house the school I'he llttle red schoolhouse was built l1l 1823 Ihe famous 1111011 Qchool was established ln 1825 under its prlnclpal 'NIr 8188011 Ur 1111118111 Rowlands was the prlnclpal from 1876 to 1880 l'0IIOWlllg hum w as Mr 1 an luyl who contmueel nn service untll 1901 Ilus pe rlod ns notable for two reasons Ielrst a Board of 1'ducat1on was formed C01lS1Stll1g of Prank Beebe President Plerce Scars Mott qmlth anellieal Secondly a new bulldlng was constructed ln 1900 Ihls yellow brlck blllltllllg 18 stlll 111 use as the Hugh School In 1905 Regents were Introduced wlnch brought about a change ln the curriculum Ihe Almeda I lte rary Soclety was very promlne nt at the txme but the re was attending I olgate Academy Durmg thus perlod there were about one hundred students ln the hugh school anel about two hundred m the grades Ierom 1910 to 1914 lerank Markham was the prlnclpal Hts term stands out because ln 1912 I olgate Academy was lllSC01ll.Il1l.lttI anel the boys came to the hugh school Wlth the coming of the boys the athletic hnstory of the school began In 1915 the first Iunlor Senior Reception was glven anel the Be ta Delta Beta Dramatlc Soclety was formeel Mr qtrebel was the prmclpal from 1919 to 1925 At this time a school nurse anel a klndergarten teacher were added to the faculty anel the system of havmg grades dlvlded mto two se ctlons was abolished A Stu dents Assoclatlon and a Parent 'leachers Assoclatlon were organized There were about one hundred and twenty five students ln the hugh school during Mr qtrebel s admmlstratnon Clayton F Rose was the prmclpal from 1926 to 1937 Early ln his term the townspeople voted S150 000 for the construction of the grade school bulldmg and the remodeling of the hugh school Ihe school was centralized 111 1926 and a library was added A full time physncal education te ache r was added to the faculty wlnch by then numbered twenty four Ihe entlre student body at that time numbered zbout lite hundred In 1932 there were two bug changes ln the program of the school -X full pe rlod was added to the school day for the purpose of promoting school 3.CtlNll.ltS hxery department m the curriculum had a club whnch was open to any mte resteel student who had passing grades 111 all his subjects 'I hc system of eonfe re nce dI1tl1IllI'lt llsts posteel each I'rlelay was started to promote good scholarship 1955 saw the organwatlon of the Nlasque rs Society from the Powder anel I ufl' I lub In the sprung of the year a school paper known as the lattler was formeel Ihls paper was the outgrowth ol a column 111 the HamlltonRepubl1can Haung won the award for sportsmanship 111 the Ipper Mohawk Valley league tor three out ot four years Hamilton became the proud possessor of the to wm the trophy In 1936 f anastota Fulton I ave noua and lIam llton 10111111 to pre sent a se rles ol' radlo broad casts Each school pre se ntcd 1 play me r 1151 R esery fourth I'rlday In 194-0 an Honor Socxe ty was formed ln the school fhe Honor Society was an llldCllVL organization with hve members from 1941 to 1945 Hamilton played sn man foot ball due to the lack of boys 1945 saw the purchase of a new e le ctrlc scoreboard for the gymnaslum Lnd a morale boasting coke machine for thc hall In 1946 the Jumor High Student I ouncll was dls continued and these grades sent re pre sentatlves to the Senior Hugh School I ouncll In 1949 financed by a publlc bond Issue a bulldmg for a bus garage kmde rgarte n and hrst gradewasbullt on ke ndrlck Ave nuc I his IS also the slte of our pre sent athletic field and the new school whlch wlll be built ln 19?9 In closing we will make a plea for forgneness of all e rrors and omlsslons which may be due to a lae k of records or to the unce rtalnty of the ones we elo hate L I L - - - f 1 1 v1 1 1 ' 1 11. 1 , , . . . . . 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