Oneonta High School - Oneonta Yearbook (Oneonta, NY)

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cog, - Neue 0 CN Li'Jlf -Q h ne been three 0lllStlI1CllI1j, 19111110115 fluflllg the pCI'1Ofl we are deserlbmg 'I he tlrst one w 1s held 111 1914 when the school wie eelebrltlnff lt: twentx lltth blrthdax N111 hundred llUl'llI'll returned be lflllg thelr shleldb to do hom 1,1 to thelr 'hlllll Hater Kgun ln 1973 thex g1thered thls tlme IU honor ot the twenty bfth 1I1f11N81'bl1W ol Dr lwugbee: prlnelpalshlp There were oxer one thouband who c1me Ihev brought not onlx thelr bhlelds but gltts of w orthl ness These took the torm ot a lom fund ot ox er ten thouband doll1r5 named 1n honor of Dr Bugbee to be used for worthx md debervmg btudents 1 por tr11t of Dr liugbee now hangmg ln the oftlce of the school w 15 presented and a bfflllllflll tea serxlee to 1IlOI'1'l that hobpltable home where the gI'21ClU1l md genlal prebence of Nlrs Hugbee preslded and trom whlch radlated a wlse and helpful sp1r1t that COI1t1'lbllICfl greatlv to the formlng of the :chool s true personalltv The occ151on brought together notable perbonageb ol the btate and ol the alumnl all wlth one purpose ln vlew to honor the man under whobe w 1se ind devoted leadershxp the bchool had become a source of prlde to the cltx lt 1Cl0I'I'lS to the alumnl xt has reared anel to the state It aerveb The Percw I Bugbee I'0LlI1Cllt1OI'1 f1lI1CIl0I'l5 tod'1x and w1ll eontmue to function as 1 wltness of the dewotlon ot Oneonta s sons and d1ughters f11r to h1m whose name It bears The school had grown ap 1ce and 1 new bulldlng 1fl0I'I16ll the campus Ihe alumnl eager to bhow thelr renewed lox 1ltV and to T6-IOICG ln thls further evldence ot eonhdence reposed m thelr Xlrn1 Hater by the atate returned ln N111 1937 to O X Q for the dedlcatlon 1nd for a hfeppx renew 1l of fI'l8Hfl shlp tles The wear 1933 li here Our epoch 15 flflwlflg to 1 clobe Other and glor 10115 epochs will succeed lt Xnd each epoch w1ll retlect the btabllltw of the one we chronicle The lntluence ol the Nlaster Splrlt w1ll ablele J long as the school 5h1ll look out upon the monarch plneb lflngllig the neirbw blult the pe iceful x1ll1ge lung 1n the x 1le below and the cloudb and hlltlflg sh 1dows tlo1t1ng exer the xerdant dome and w or ded blopes ol futhlul Ro 1nd lop XRTHLR NI Lt RTIS fl9331cY'NP L tw ent nine C 3 Q I . ' ' 1 1 1 1 ' y ' - ' , ' V , . , . . ' ' ' L ' I L . I ' H 1 ' - , , 1 v. . - . ' ' , , , ' ' - , 1 - Q - c L D r - L '. e .' Z ' , 'Q ,' ' Zer - . 2 - ' . I 72 ... ' 12 ' , Q A ' L L . . . ' ' H v , r 1 . . .. . L . , - 1' ' ' 1 ' . . I I - v ' 4 1 - 1 5 . g - L , I ' ' A, V , Z . ,' . -. 2 - L . . 1 L , c 1 ,1 I , K , -K. V e Z . , 5 Z . . A .. . v . . . B. l 1 ' T ' . ',. , 2 . i , N , . . 2 , - . , 2 . ' . ' 1 1 ' . 1 1 , ' - v r V- N . . L L ' ,1 Z Q 1 ' H 1 .1 L 2 .1 SU . ,, . . . s . , - L , L L . Q 7 Z ' 2 ' 2 L f 1 .u I 1 . X I 'Z Y I . . ' ' 3 L L A ' ' 1 . - Z '. ... . . . e.. L ' e 1' L ' r 4 1 ' r V. I 5 - , , c c . ' , . ' A, ' . v' -- 1 ' ' f 1 L 1 e ' ' if ' .1 2 i . , - K , Z I Q Z s ' 2 1 . ,Z .l , s . S :AE vl- 2 3 1 1 . . . , 1 , . - e - - - 1 ' ' 1 , L e . V , U, ' I A

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4-,X-sg, ,- 4-hut o CN easy-',,, Tlurtqaftve llears llhth Doctor Buqbee To chronlcle the ex ents that crowd the last thxrtv flve years for the best normal school IH the solar svstem 15 a problem of selectlon The years have been full ones To present properly all the avallable materlal would demand space and t1me alun to the extent of those two elements IH the solar system ltself To condense th1s galaxv of happenlngs lnto the space for WhlCh the thrlftv purse of an O En Ess can afford to pav the prlnter baffles the chron xc er Statxstrcs IH these davs of economlc struggle are trlte and commonplace These must be used sparmglv To capture the bpm! of Ihr 1llSf1f1,lfIOIZ and to lmprlson lt ln a cage ot svmbols extracted from the fllCIl0HHI'y IS the task that glV6S the chronlcler pause He would fam call upon the Nluse and soar She responds not He must trudge along 1n prose afoot Our epoch IH school hlstorv began ID September 1898 The supportlng ubstance spendlng monev for the year was 826 300 So wlselv was thls and ucceedlng annual lncomes used that each year of the thlrty l:1VC has seen the leglslature s conhdence ln the school s CHICISDCW manlfest 1tself by lncreased approprlatlons unt1l the malntenance budget for the year 1932 33 reached the sum of S173 130 an lncrease of over slx hundred per cent 'Ihe faculty f3I'l1llX numbered but nlneteen ln the beglnnlng of our epoch In mneteen thxrtv two there are fortv sm Expansxon of the normal school currlculum a dropplng of all h1 h school and college preparatory courses thus pl'0XlCllI'1g mcreased facnlltles for teacher tralnlng by the addltlon of the Center Qtreet un1t larger reglstratlon of normal students these have been among the forces that expressed the CHIICICDCV of the school and retlected the COI1flClCl'lCC wh1ch the school 3lltl'l0I'ltl6S throughout the state reposed ln the 1nst1tut1on s able leadershlp In the summer of 1917 the Department of Educatlon selected O N S as the seat of an experlment ln summer sesslons for normal schools thus show mg thelr respect for the alreadx establlshed character of the school and the VSlSllCl'll of nts gu1d1ng hand 80 successful was th1s exper1ment that summer sesslons have been held IU a ll12LJOI'1Iy of the normal schools for many years The number of graduates from the school ln September 1898 was 667 In September 1932 th1s number had become 6 935 an lncrease of over 960 per cent The devotlon and lovaltv of all these chlldren of O N 9 rs most vratlfvlng It has expressed ltself repeatedlv and ln numberless wlvs There ' V953 N,'X'N I twenty elght I 4 ' ' I I O V V - V V ' 1 s. 7 Y , . , . H. , 'a . . - V V ' V V V V' V V ' B ' a' 7 ' ' ,- 7 s ' '. - ' 1 N . - . x V . - c . , . . U V . D , . '. 'a ' . . . , V 1 . ,F- . 3 . v. x ' 1 l . 1- .1 l f 1 u P-- . . . , . . 1 . , . L . - . ., . - 7 .. .,. I V' , v 1- . - 1 l ww 1 v1 5 Y V , . . H . c--. . V

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ll qoocl ihouqhls and all qoocl words and all qoocl deeds Are ihouqhi and spoken and clone wilh inlelliqence. HAUCSTQ