Prattsburgh Central High School - Franklinite Yearbook (Prattsburgh, NY)

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FRANKLIN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 7 School iCalendar IQ2I-22 School opened Teachers' Conference, . Juniors organize Seniors organize September 6. September 9. September 1 5. September 16. School closed for Bath Fair . . . September 28, 29. Athletic Association organizes . . October 3. Current Topics Club organizes . October IO. School closed for Columbus Day .,.. October 12. Sophomores organize ...... November 1. Basketball season opens with defeat by Penn Yan at Penn Yan . . . . . . . . . -November 4 Better Speech Week ..... . November 7-1 1. Tag Day ........ November 8. Cement demonstration for Agricultural Class . . November 9. Quarterly tests ....... November 1o-1 3. School closed for Armistice Day . . November 1 1. Thanksgiving vacation . . . . November 24, 25. Chautauqua opens in Academy Hall . Y . December 9. School closed for Christmas vacation . December 14. Teachers' Conference . . . . December 15, 16. Chautauqua . December 23. School opens january 3. Chautauqua . January 6. Regents . January 16-20 Chautauqua . january 31. Farm Club entertainment ...... March 8. B. B. team closes season, winning from Corning Northside Independents . . March 10. A. A. Box Social March 16 Freshmen organize March 21. Junior party . March 28. Quarterly tests April 6, 7. Seniors leave for Washington . April 13. Easter vacation April 17-21 Baccalaureate sermon . . . June 25. Grammar-School Graduation . . june 26. Class Night . . June 27. Graduation Night June 28. Alumni Banquet June 29.

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6 FRANKLIN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL Editorials After a long brain-wracking and nerve-wracking process, another issue of the FRANKLIN POST is ready to be distributed to the people, who are interested or otherwise in Franklin Academy. We, as a staff, extend our thanks to the community as a whole, and especially to those who have advertised in our annual, and we are especially grateful to those, who have purchased copies of the same. We have tried to make this publica- tion worth while and readable. As for mistakes we will ignore them entirely and hope that our readers will be charitable. We also wish to thank all members of the staff, who have worked hard to make the POST a success. We also appreciate the assistance rendered by the faculty and pupils, who have contributed themes and ideas so generously. To the School Board we are also grateful for the interest they have taken in our work. If any of you have passed our homes since the first of March, you no doubt, remember seeing a light at our place. That light symbolizes the fire in our minds and from the material that fed this fire, we have obtained that which you now hold in your hand, the 1922 edition of the FRANKLIN Pos'r. The Senior class, through the generosity of the people of Prattsburgh were able to take that very instructive Washington trip, to which all Seniors eagerly look forward. The class, as a whole, wish to thank the people who helped them so willingly with all their efforts, and they appreciate the kindness of all concerned. The pecuniary assistance rendered bythe Board of Education to the Athletic Association has helped it over the rough places. We realize that we could have had no basketball season if we had not had this aid. In a way of appreciation we, as a school, tried to make a good showing in the basketball line. 3' ll' age: , if ef. lvl ll if .H . ri-vsvv1'Qqg? ' W' V A P' J

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8 FRANKLIN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL EE sex Ilfl tha! .I Beginnings of Prattsburgh HE township of Prattsburgh, situated in the northeastern part of Steuben County, was formerly a part of the territory comprised in the original charter of Massachusetts. The conflicting claims upon this territory between New York and Massachusetts were settled by a board of commissioners, and by their decision the claim was given to New York: but the pre-emption of Indian titles to Massachusetts. In the year 1787 this pre-emption was sold to Messrs. Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham. From them it was conveyed to Mr. Robert Morris of Revolutionary War fame, then to Col. Charles Williamson who acting as an agent for a11 English association transferred the title to Sir Wm. Pulteney. After his death this great tract of land was known as the Pulteney Estate. In the year 1799 a man by the name of Captain Joel Pratt came from Columbia County on horseback to Steuben County. He erected a log cabin on Urbana Hill five miles southeast of Prattsburgh but afterwards went away. The next year he came again, cleared the land and sowed some wheat. In 1802 Mr. Pratt and Wm. Root of Albany contracted for the purchase of the township of Prattsburgh from the Pulteney Estate and here Mr. Pratt moved with his family from Urbana Hill i11 1805. However Mr. Joel Pratt was not the first settler of Prattsburgh as jared Pratt and his family had come to this township in the year 1800. Others came and finally in the year I806 the population had increased to about twenty-five. It is of some interest to know that the first white child to be born in this settlement was a daughter of Jared Pratt, Maryetta Pratt. The first death was a daughter of Esq. Curtis. About the year 1808 Prattsburgh was designated as a postofiice station and post-riders began regular trips between Geneva and Bath pass- ing through this settlement. However, through political influence the route was afterwards changed to the east side of Lake Keuka. For a few years the people of Prattsburgh were without a postoflice station but at last they again had another system and thereby mails were received regularly. About the year 1816 a small school-house was erected and later in the year I824 Franklin Academy was founded.