Milton Hershey School - Acropolis Yearbook (Hershey, PA)

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Lroth ANNIVERSARY 1909 - Mr. M. S. Hershey's Schoolhouse 1949 Administration

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40TH ANNIVERSARY As Time passes, man pauses To look back on whaT he has done. The diTTerence beTween condiTions as They were and as They are is The measure of his progress. The year of November IS, I948, To November I5, T949- our school's TorTieTh-is one oT These periods oT review. We who graduaTe during This year wish To skeTch H. I. S.'s pro- gress from iTs TirsT TalTering sTeps To iTs presenT sTrides. On November I5, I909, Mr. Hershey signed The Deed oT TrusT esTablishing The Hershey IndusTriaI School, aIThough The TirsT boys were noT admiTTed unTil I9IO. In The building now known as The I-lomesTead These boys were noT only given a home. buT were also TaughT in The schools TirsT classroom, now The oTTice aT The Main. As The number oT sTudenTs increased, a new classroom was provided in The building nexT To The Main. In T926 The Fannie B. Hershey Memorial Building was opened Tor The elemenTary grades. High-school boys wenT To The Hershey Public School. In I93I a junior-high division was begun on The second Tloor oT The CommuniTy Building, and in T934 The Tinal sTep was Taken when The Hershey IndusTriaI Junior- Senior High School was builT. Our school had now come oT age, buT wiTh maTuriTy comes sorrow. In I938 Mr. George E. Copenhaver, SuperinTendenT since our school opened, died, and on Cc- Tober I3, I945, Mr. lv1iITon 5. Hershey, our Founder, died aT The age oT eighTy-eighT, aTTer leading a liTe ThaT was a monumenT in iTselT. In TorTy years The school has in- creased in size and worTh, TulTiIling The TondesT dreams oT Two men who dedicaTed Their lives To iT. As we, The Class oT I949, look back on This record oT success and ser- I vice, we hope our lives will ,.f iusTiTy The years spenT in Train- 71' . . . 'I ing us To become useTuI ciTizens. We hope, Too, ThaT This year- book will epiTomize The Tine work being done aT H. I. S. We TurTher hope ThaT This l949 Acropolis will also suggesT To Those noT Tamiliar wiTh our school how well The dream of The good man who Tounded iT is being realized.

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M P. A. STAPLES Chairman . Le ' . . X : sk P. N. HERSHEY Pres. Hershey National Bank VV. H. EARNEST Counsel THEO. R. BANKS gr. Soap 84 Extraction Div. Hershey Estates 7 U s V ' u. , P D. P. WITMER Vice-Ch:-iirman BOARD OF MANAGERS Behind The scenes oT our everyfday school IiTe is a group whose work has a larger place in our lives Than mosT oT us realize. These men, The Board oT Managers- all successTul business men in various Tields oT endeavor-have Taken much Time ouT oT Their busy lives To help solve The problems ThaT exisT in an or- ganizaTion as complex as ours. We, The Class oT l949, exTend a hearTTelT Thank you To These men. Through Their unTiring and oTTen un- noTiced eTTorTs They have given us superior educaTionaI opporTuniTies, wholesome living coridiTions, and cher- ished memories. A, R, WHITEMAN Sury. IQ Treats. E. F, HERSHEY Bonrtl ol' ltlmmgrws C. F. ZIEGLER Pres. Hershey Estates W. N N ' 3 -T T A 3 A A X i SAIVIUEL F. HINKLE J. B. SOLLENBERGER J- J- GALLAGHER Plant Manager Vice-President Gtfll'-'Wil S3305 MSIIHRCI' Hershey Choc. Corp. Her. National Bank H9V'Fh0Y CAYOC- COPD.