Hutchinson Central High School - Calendar Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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Buffalo, Mother of High Schools When fhe cify .of Buffalo celebrafes her one hundredfh anniversary nexf monfh, hundreds of Cenfral and Hufchinson-Cenfral alumni and sfudenfs will be proud fo re- member fhaf fheir alma mafer, mofher of Buffalo's high schools, is buf a score of years younger fhan fhe Queen Cify of fhe Lakes. Whaf a splendid fribufe fo our cify fhaf she esfablished free high school educafion sevenfy-eighf years agol The appropriafion of fhirfy-one fhousand dollars fo buy fhe Burl' mansion on Niagara Square was vofed in l853. The school received fhe name of Cenfral School because if seemed unwise af fhe fime fo menfion fhe phrase HIGH SCHOOL fo fhe council. ln fhe words of Miss Hughes' memorable pageanf celebrafing our sevenfy- fiffh year, we read, Such menfion would overfhrow ourmaiorify af once. This is a cenfral school we're vofing for-a harmless, separafe building for fhe fhird deparfmenf. You menfion high school and fhey'll see a collegel To fhis anofher cifizenpropheffcally replied, l have a feeling fhaf fhe young folk of our cify will bless our workl i.ln ll854, fhe same year fhal' fhe eighfeen-year-old Grover Cleveland came fo Buffalo, fhe school was opened in fhe Burl' mansion which sfood on fhe sife now occupied by fhe Federal Building. S I - - ' L N A ln I860 when Oliver Arey was principal, a required course of sfudy was insfifufed. Memorable for fhree disfincl' achievemenfs, fhe year l86I saw Cenfral School preseni' a silk flag fo fhe 2Isf New York Volunfeers, insfifufewifs Washingfon Birfhday celebra- fions, wifh Millard Fillmore as speaker, and graduafe ifs firsf class of four - Marfha J. Bufler, Margaref A. Collins, .Mary C. Lovejoy, and Julia E. Paddock. O'uf in ,fhe world, from fhe school on fhe square, fhe long line of graduafes nowlhas begunl Q ln l868 Regenfsf examinafions were required for enfrance. The same year fhe Sociefy of Associafed Alumni was .organized and became influenfial in furfheringafhe i-nferesfs of fhe school. Jusf fhirfy years affer if had been esfablished, Cenfral School which had lived ifs name before a cify's power would lef her wearif, was renamed 'lhe Buffalo High School. As a parf ,of fhe school's celebrafion of ifs diamond iubileelin I929, fhe, arch bearing fhe name BUFFALO HIGH SCHOOL was sef info fhei facade iusf above fhe memorial clock which was 'lhe gifl' of fhe alumni on fhe same occasion. L The school.colors were chosen in I892, fhe same year fhal' saw fhe esfablishmyenf of fhe CALENDAR whose firsf edifor was George S. Buck, fo whose memory fhis vol- ume of fhe yearbook is dedicafed. We chose fhese colors from fhe earfh whence loy- alfy wings up fo fhee, and from fhe heaven above where fhou, our Guiding Sfalr, we'll always see. a i a The giff of fhe books, a five-fhousand-dollar,endowmenf in memory of Sherman Jewefl' Williams, a Cenfral boy, came in I894. This was lafer increased by a, fen 'lhousand dollar bequesf. ln l9l7 Mrs. Frederick L. Praff gave fo fhe library a porfraif of her brofher, Sherman Jeweff Williams. The porfraif is fhe work .of George Taggerf of New York. . Now Cenfral's house fell abouf her! She was indeed Cenfral again, for, wifh fhe opening in I897 .of fhe new high school, Masfen Park, of which Frank S. Fosdick, feacher of fhe Buffalo High School, became principal, fhe old ferm Cenfral seemed fhe nal'- ural mefhod of disfinguishing fhe old high school from fhe new. ln l902 fhe annex af No. 36 School had been opened, yef fhis did nof make fhe old building on fhe square THE CALENDAR I93 2

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any safer. Recifafions had fo be sfopped every fime a car or heavy wagon passed fhe school: a reporfer said fhaf fhe school was locafed in an inferno of noise : one feacher said he had fo dicfafe fo his classes fhrough a megaphone, Sfairways had fo be sfrengfhened wifh iron props: fhe ceiling of fhe chapel came wifhin one of falling when fhe girders in fhe affic buckled: and fhe vibrafion of fhefloors was so greaf fhaf an accidenf was expecfed every day. Truly condifions were disgraceful. Yef, if was nof unfil l909 when Edward H. and Jeanie B. Hufchinson, loyal son and daughfer of Cenfral, gave fhe sife for fhe new school fhaf fhe faculfy had any encouragemenf in fhe midsf of fhe darkened years. Yef, even fhese dark years were brighfened by such announcemenfs as 'l'hese-win- ning of all fhree of fhe medals offered by fhe New York Sfafe Sociefy of fhe Sons of fhe Revolufion, l898: winning of five ouf of fhe eighf Cornell scholarships in Erie Counfy, I900: six ouf of eighf, I902: five, l904: winning of fhe Harvard foofball frephy, l905: and fhe Yale Cup for baskefball, l905. School was opened in fhe presenf building in l9I4 wifh I600 pupils enrolled. The school now bears fhe name Hufchinson-Cenfral High School. In ,l9I5 John Zeeb founded fhe school newspaper, fhe Hufch-in-Sun, which is now a weekly. In l9l8 fhe school lived up fo her l00 per cenf pledge and earned a new fifle, The Million Dollar School , for a grand fofal of SI,342,7l5 was loaned fo fhe governmenf in Liberfy Bonds or War Savings Sfamps. The school service flag confained I52 blue sfars, fwo gold sfars, and fhree friangles. The gold sfars commemorafe Daniel Murrayaand Henry Gurzynski. The friangles represenfed fhe over-seas service of Miss Henrieffa Penny, Miss Charloffe Kreinheder, now head of fhe-hisfory deparfmenf af Benneff and Miss Edifh Becker, now Mrs. Charles H. Sfolzenbach. The year l922 was memorable for fhe firsf issue of fhe Brown and Blue book, a sfudenf guide prepared by Miss Schorn, and also for fhe insfifufion of fhe firsf summer high school session. Nor were honors and awards forgoffen during fhese years. In I924 Hufchinson graduafes fook sixfeen ouf of forfy sfafe scholarships, and five ouf of eighf Cornell scholarships, while in l927 scholarships fo fhe value of fwenfy-five fhousand dollars were awarded fo Hufchinson sfudenfs. Members of fhe graduafing class secured in l927 six ouf of fhe nine Cornell Universify scholarships, sevenfeen ouf of forfy sfafe scholarships, and eighfy-fhree ouf of fhree hundred and nine Regenfs college enfrance diplomas which came fo Erie counfy. When fhe facf fhaf Hufchinson's regisfrafion is predominanfly commercial and nof college enfrance is considered, fhese achievemenfs seem all fhe more remarkable. In fhe same year, Mr. Thomas was honored by being appoinfed fo fhe sfafe Board of Examiners, and Mr. Charles W. Whifney, assisfanf principal, was appoinfed principal of fhe new Riverside High School. ln fhis year, foo, Tuscania Posf No. I74, American Legion, inaugurafed fhe cusfom of giving service medals fo fhe boy and girl of fhe graduafing class who merifed fhem. A special school prize of fiffy dollars came fo Hufchinson in l928 for fhe House Thaf Hufch Builf , a residence af 422 Tremonf avenue, Kenmore, fhe building and furnishing of which was supervised by fhe girls of fhe homemaking classes. Remembering fhe pleasurable associafions and fhe inspiring beaufy of fheir own diamond jubilee celebrafed during fhe week of Ocfober 2I, I929, Hufchinsonians cannof buf look forward fo fhe celebrafion of fhe cenfennial of fhe cify nexf monfh. THE CALENDAR l932