Penn Yann Academy - Key Yearbook (Penn Yan, NY)

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BACKWARD GLANCES In 1951 the class of '55 first banded together. Each as a freshman was expectant of the coming years. Many of us struggled with subiects which were new to us- Latin, algebra, science, and business courses. lntermingled with amo, amas, and amat or x -l- y : ?, we held a bake sale and in an assembly pro- gram produced a Freshman play. Then came April 4, 1952 with its April Showers, the theme of our Frosh Frolic. None of us will ever forget that dance, not only because it was our first, but be- cause we got so tired of cutting, painting, and stringing -raindrops! Our leaders that year were David Conley, presi- dent, Doug Calhoun, vice president, Carol Mc Daniel, secretary, Jack Depew, treasurer, and Teresa Hoban, representative to Student Council. In June 1952, our graduation from Junior High School made us full fledged members of the Academy: Our sophomore year began with Mary Wilber as president, Beverly Gilligan as vice-president, Pam Scranton as secretary, Bob Gelder as treasurer, and Gordon Bascom as representative to Student Council. We got on the ball and started by planning for our Soph Hop, which was held April 28, 1953 with Hawaii as its theme. In the fall of 1952, many of the '55 girls were initiated into Academy Club, while our '55 sportsmen were drafted into Varsity Club. The initiations were rugged, but we looked forward to returning the event to our under classmen in 1953. With Bill Wilkes, president, Bill Seager, vice presi- dent, Bev Gilligan, secretary, Bob Gelder, treasurer, and Pam Scranton, representative to Student Council, the class of '55 began their iunior year with a Sock Dance. The dance was fun with cider and doughnuts as refreshments, but oh those dirty socks! Shortly after mid year exams, members were busy ordering class rings. ln the latter part of March, every junior was showing his new ring to anyone who would look at it. On March 3, 1954, the whole school was saddened by the tragic death of one of the most outstanding members of the iunior class-Jim Potter. Our thanks go to the class of '54 for the wonderful tribute to Jim in their yearbook. As Jim's spirit still lives among us and inspires us, we placed his picture along with those of our class. 'Despite its sorrow and great loss, the class moved forward as Jim would have wanted it to. It wasn't long before we began rehearsing for our junior play- The Curious Savage. We will never forget Mary Wilber as the lady with the blue hair and the teddy bear. Late in the spring we all had fun and gained po- litical experience through the Student Council elections. They were tough battles, but in the end everyone came out shaking hands. At the end of our iunior year, we met the seniors in field day. We felt so important as we marched over to the athletic field displaying our class colors of blue and white! In spite of all our class spirit, we had to bow to the class of '54, We left our iunior year with confi- dence of winning the next field day. September 8, 1954-back to school, the meeting of friends, locating homerooms, and getting lockers. These activities began the busiest year the class had ever seen. Our first money builder was an old fashioned Country Dance, and it served its purpose of a back-to-school, get acquainted dance. Our biggest money maker, how- ever, turned out to be the Senior Play- Come Rain or Shine, which we played to a full house. During the Christmas season, we sold stationery and gold bracelets. We also had our class Christmas party. Through the arrangements made by our guidance director, Mr. Walter Jones, seniors held their annual career night on January 11. On January 28th we held what we consider the best dance of the year. Our Senior Ball had the theme Dreams, with the decorations re- calling many happy memories of our high school days. The rest of the year went so quickly that in no time at all, we were in the month of June. The usual senior activities came and went much too soon. There were field day, the senior banquet, baccalaureate, and finally graduation. As each of us looks back over our four years to- gether, we recall happy memories with our teachers, ad- visors, and friends. When we leave, we will miss Penn Yan Academy with its squeaky floors and stairs, broken desks, and leaky pipes, but most of all we will miss the help and guidance we have found here.

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