Onondaga Valley Academy - Yearbook (Syracuse, NY)

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PROPHECY Joan Berry-will siill be warming Don's hearl. Winifred Coyne-will sfill be giggling. Jane? Dauler-will siill be a carro+ lop. Barbara Dolsen-as Topaz, will s+ill be shaking in her shoes from a Shadow of Terror '. Jeanne'H'e DukeH-will be ihe manager and owner of JeaneH's Cafel'eria -specially -chocolale milk. Anne Ellis-will slill be as quief as ever. Joan Freeman-will be head dramaiic coach af Vassar. Beflye Gales-will s+ill be able io +alk herself our of a difficulf siiualion. Efhel Glaisfer-will b6 ihe 'lirsl woman mayor of Nedrow. Jenny Karim-will be 'Phe Jennie Lind of l95l. Shirley Negus-will be a privaie secreiary, always making eyes ai lhe boss. Rloberf LaFaver-will be ihe world's greafesf card-shark direcf from Pullins cellar. Warren Newman-will be head bacferiologisf af Sharp and 77? Frances Pfhol-will sfill be going around wiih Carolyn Whileman. Donald Rauch-will be wriler of a greal book enliiled How io Win al' Argumenis in Hisfory Class. Donna Travis-will be Allied You+h's Chief lniernalional promoier. Gerald VanVen+huysen-will be ediior of 'lhe besi lazy magazine in lhe counlry. Kenneih Wilbur-will be manager of lhe Ne'Hle+on Shoe Faclory. Arlene Yafes-will be champion a+ faking shorfhand diciafion. SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS ju 0. HE Scholasfic Magazines sponsor a Nalional Ari' compeiifion each year al' rgg kgs Piffsburgh, Pa. A+ lhai lime many cash prizes and one-hundred arf college HT' ff scholarships are awarded. This year +wo sfudenfs of Onondaga Valley Academy received scholarships. Lorance Yaies won lhe Philadelphia Museum School of Arr, Philadelphia, Pa. and Charles BraH' won lhe Famous Arfisls Course, Wesiporl, Conn. scholarships.

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CLASS WILL Bill Adams-leaves Barb behind for all fhe wolves. Beffy Babbiff-leaves quiefly and wifhouf a backward glance. Bill Beckwith-wills his kicking abilify fo anyone who is good enough fo fill if. James Brennan-leaves fo fill Digger O'Dell's shoes. Willard DeSaw-leaves his poker playing abilify fo anyone who can use if. Harold Docfor-leaves all his English froubles fo anyone who wanfs fhem. James Duncan-leaves wifh fhe Navy Reserves. Bob Dwyer-FLASH-Bob Dwyer has iusf willed his skelefon fo Miss Dixon for use in her biology class. Kenf Frifz-leaves his book of passes fo Joe Dixon. Ed Gordon-his vocabulary is leff fo anyone who can pronounce 'the words. Barbara Green-leaves Miss Clark wifh black days before her. Gloria Gulino-leff her appendix af fhe hospifal. Louise Herscha-leaves fhe Valley boys wifh heavy hearfs. Dorofhy Hill--leaves knowing fhaf her work has been well done. Lynn Horricks--leaves on his mofor scoofer-never fo come back. Gwenn Howard-leaves fo prepare for her frip. Barb Karvwnaris-leaves her abilify of collecfing dollars for fhe annual fo Jean Pudny. Mary Karvwnaris-will be head bookkeeper for American Tel and Tel. Beverly Lamb-leaves hoping fha? her lamb won'f furn info a lion. Anna Moses-leaves her giff of gab. Ed Murphy-leaves one less person waifing for a ride in Elmwood. Harry Ohlson-leave Miss Swindells fo carry on bravely wifhouf him. Priscilla Parce-leaves her brain fo all fhe failures af Valley. Doris Quisf-leaves her wise cracks fo Ann Baldwin. Hazel Richardson-leaves making eyes af a cerfain boy from C.B.A. Shirley Russell-leaves her giff of smiling fo any old sourpuss. Barbara Shorff-leaves her Iasf name fo all fhe fall girls af Valley. David Tennanf-leaves his girl behind. Gary Wood-leaves soon fo buy ouf Whelan's Drug Sfore. Raymond Wrighf-leaves Ally fo roam fhe halls alone. Roberf VanMarfer-leaves wifh his abilify for making friends. Dorofhy Sedgwick-leaves fhree ferms of English books fo some deserving person. Sally Frasier-leaves quiefly wifh Bob. Hamilfon Dixon-leaves his 97.I average as fhe highesf ever achieved. Ronny Robbins-leaves wifh Ed fo ride around in fhaf flashy Oldsmobile. Fred Duell-leaves his heighf fo some baskefball player fhaf needs if. Roberf Bowers-leaves in his blue Nash fo scare pedesfrians.

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.742 LMLMOIV of OILOYLJCLQCI, .!4CCL6!2l'l'lg Hislory is nol a cold, forbidding subiecl relished only by a few hislorians and scholars. No, il is somelhing vilally alive and ever changing. The Caleb Alexanders, The Jasper Hoppers, and lhe Joseph Swans ol lhis hislorical skelch were nol odd, lexl-book lype people: lhey were people who lived and lound lile dull al limes, lhen exciling and dull again. Someday in hislorical record we will be lhe people lhe lexl lalks aboul. Perhaps il is besl lo explain lhal lhis skelch is nol complele-ol course, even lhe mosl com- plele is never complele lor il would be absolulely impossible lo pul down on paper lhe numerous Iillle lhoughls and aclions lhal precedes lhe lound- ing ol such an inslilulion. Brielly, lhis is whal happened: Onondaga Valley Academy. The very name is dislinclive. ll has a dignily all ils own, lhal seems lo hinl ol lradilions, and a charler lhal dales back one-hundred and lhirly-six years. Bul allhough ils pasl has been rich and npleworlhy, il has a lulure, lor in realily il is a modern high school, parl ol lhe Syracuse public school syslem. There was a lime lhough, when boys and girls didn'l slream across lhe valley al eighl-lhirly in lhe morning and lrudge back al lwo-lhirly in lhe aller- noon. In lacl, lhe valley was once being consid- ered, very seriously, as lhe polenlial home ol whal was lhe Auburn Theological Seminary. A minor illness incapacilaled, lor a lime, lhe Rev. Derick Lansing, lirsl paslor ol lhe Valley Presbylerian Church, and when he recovered he resumed his pasloral dulies in Auburn where he founded lhe seminary lhal he had lormally inlended lo planl in lhe valley. Apparenlly lhe valley was ripe lor some kind ol educalional inslilulion, lor a group ol public- spiriled residenls ol Onondaga Hollow held a meeling on Augusl l5, I8l2, and a subscriplion paper was circulaled-ils obiecl lo raise lunds lo endow an academy. Applicalion was made lo lhe Board ol Regenls lor a charler which was granled lhe following April. The firsl board ol lruslees included lhe Rev. Caleb Alexander, Mr. Jasper Hopper and Mr. Joseph Forman. The Rev. Caleb Alexander lully inlended lo make a cenlral New York college oul ol lhe now lhriving Onondaga Valley Academy bul his plan failed. He was a lar-sighled educalional pion- eer. He has lhe dislinclion ol being lhe lirsl elecled presidenl ol Hamillon College in Clinlon, New York, bul declined lhe honor lo become lhe lirsl principal ol lhe Academy. ll was largely lhrough his inlluence lhal our school gol ils slarl. The lirsl building was ready lor use in lhe spring ol l8l5. The basemenl housed lhe kilchen, lhe panlry, and dining hall: on lhe second lloor was lhe chapel, lwo receplion rooms and lwo bed- rooms 'For lhe accommodalion ol lhe ianilor's lam- ily. Nine rooms lo be used by lhe sludenls con- lained sloves, lables, chairs, and beds. The lirsl sludenls paid lhe incredible sum ol SLIZM a week lor board. Laundry was exlra. Through lhe years lhe Academy has been lhe scene ol a number ol lires-some major, and olhers minor. Onondaga Valley's big lire occurred on Tuesday morning, April 8, l9I9. Headlines from an old clipping daled lhe day aller read- ONONDAGA VALLEY ACADEMY IS DE- STROYED BY FLAMES-HISTORIC LANDMARK BURNED TO GROUND SHORTLY BEFORE TIME FOR REGULAR MORNING SESSION-ORIGIN REMAINS A MYSTERY. This arlicle lurlher as- serls lhal lhe llames were discovered aboul len minules before lhe regular morning session. Aller lhe alarm was sounded, nearly one-hundred boys and girls marched lo salely. Al nine o'clock lhe slruclure was a roaring lurnace and all lhe near-by residenls ol lhe valley besides many hundreds ol speclalors lrom lhe cily were driven a hundred yards or more away by lhe inlense heal. Al nine- lhirly lhree floors ol lhe building caved in and lell inlo lhe cellar . . . Al len o'clock, eighly min- ules aller lhe lire was discovered, lhe building was m ruins . . . In I938 lhe Academy was once again lhe prey ol llames. Al lhis lime, lhe building was only par- lially damaged. Two rooms, lhe audilorium and gym, were com Ielely ruined. The aclual cause ol lhe lire is undblermined. Day aller day, year aller year, lhe school has sloodg each new class has seen many changes- new leachers, new lexl-books, new melhods, and new laces-bul always lhe same unchanging Valley spiril has remained. The Onondaga Valley lhrough lhe years has been a school lo be proud ol, for il has paved lhe way lor lhousands lo a higher educalion, lo crealive lhinking, and lo more useful lives. ll is, lhen, wilh reasonable pride lhal we, lhe seniors ol lhe Acad- emy, claim you as our Alma Maler.