Ithaca High School - Annual Yearbook (Ithaca, NY)

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Seniors: Your faculty is proud of the splen- did record of scholastic achievement and the constructive leadership which the class of 1957 has given to the Ithaca High School. Your con- tributions have made this a better school. May we say thank you and wish you well by leaving with you this verse for future reference. You have each been given a bag of tools, A formless rock and a book of rulesg And each must make, ere life has flown, A stumbling-block or a stepping- stone. Sincerely, F. R. Bliss Mr. Powell Cfreshman counselorj, Mr. Kalaf fsenior counselorl, Mrs. Fowler fof- fice secretaryj, Dr. Warren fhead of the Guidance Department and sophomore coun- selorj, and Mr. Catalfano fjunior coun- selorj look over records concerning their respective classes. The guidance personnel receive students at any time to talk over scholastic or social problems. Mrs. Bliss fprincipal's assistantl, Mr.- Graves Cvice-principalb, Mrs. Seaburg foffice secretary! Mr. Bliss fprincipalj, and Mrs. Gutenburger foffice secretaryj gather in the principal's office. will S Q l 5 Q ai E -4

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BOARD OF EDUCATION: Robert Eastman, Mrs. Evelyn Fincher, Mrs. Gladys T. Goldsmith, Mrs. Anne G. Baldwin, Miss Catherine Baber, William L. Gragg, Clyde B. Moore, W. Robert Farnsworth, John Skawski, Leonard C. Buyse, John W. Humphreys, G. Alx Galvin. Absent: Frederick H. Stutz, Er- nest N. Warren. Board Of Education Plans Schools Ithaca's Board of Education, headed by Dr. William L. Gragg, assisted by Dr. Leonard C. Buyse and Mr. John Skawski, prepared an eleven million dol- lar school bond issue for ap- proval by the taxpayers in Itha- ca's consolidated school district. The plan included a five-and-one- half million dollar high school including fully equipped class- rooms and a gymnasium with swimming pool. Providing that the old high school was sold, a junior high would be erected in the Belle Sherman area. Four grade schools would be built in the county. WHCU and WTKO helped to inform the public of the Board's plans. Members of the Board were among those who took part in the broadcasts. Because the bond issue Wasn't approved in February. the Board of Education reworked their plans in order to gain taxpayer support for another bond issue vote in May. Mr. Skawski, Dr. Gragg, and Dr. Buyse review drawings of the new school. 8

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Right: Mrs. Edith Cornelius QMrs. CJ, Mr. Tatascore fJoe Tatj, and Mr. Bredbenner fDustyJ of the Physical Education Depart- ment discuss badminton technique. Mrs. C. teaches girls' gym classes, Joe Tat teaches boys' gym classes, and Dusty sup- ervises the city gym program. Left: Mr. Culligan, Mr. Congdon, and Mr. Fiske prepare to enter the Driver Education cars in the faculty parking lot behind the high school. Driver Ed classes are arranged with sixteen pupils in each class. A lecture is scheduled for one day a week, and driving practice for four of the students each of the remaining days. When students complete a driver edu- cation course, they are permitted to try for a senior driver's li- cense at seventeen. Left: Mr. Pfaff fheadj, and Mrs. Turk Cstandingj and Mrs. Taber, Mr. Cas- lick, Mr. Young, Mr. Mor- ris, and Mr. Hipolit make up the Citizenship de- partment. Ninth graders take C.E., juniors take World History, and se- niors take American His- tory. Ninety seniors took an accelerated history course. They studied American History first term, took the Regents in January, and then studied problems in American democracy second term.