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

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9 IiR.'XNKI.lN .'XC.'XIJIiMY Illllll SCIIHHI. ANNIIXI. The Faculty ,qfcllllllllllib IU? lu l'lZQ'hf.' Miss Cecelia Flaherty, Ist and Zllil grades. - Mrs. Iirvia Horton, 5th and 6th grade-sg Miss Laura Pinneo, 7tl1 and Sth gradcs: Mrs. Flora Hiblmrd, 3rd and 4th grades, Smia'a', X110 I0 rlfhfx Mr. Oliver Watkins, 4Ag1'lCllltll1 8Q Miss Vernie Rayton, History, Biology and Clicinistryg Mr. Morris VV. Comstock, Principal: Matlieinutics and Civic Miss Helen Fahy, Latin and Frenchg Miss Ruth Stacey, English and Drawing.

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FRANKLIN ACADEIXIY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL Franklin Post Stall' Sfa11a'1'11g', lzjll fa 1'1:g'hl.' Margaret Ilearlove, Art, Merlin Druunn, jokes: Germain CTOSSIIIOII, .-Xss't Treasurer: Charles Borden, Photos, Alton Thomas, Treasurer: Gzunaliel Conine, Advertising: Herbert Clark, Business Manager: .'3'f'a!1'a', fzjll la r1Qg'hl: Iiertlm Gillette, Alumni, Iisther Blood, Historian: joseph Horton, Ass't Iiilitorg xvl'00lll1lllI'Ilg'lJj', liclitor-in-chief, lXIargeli:1Pl1illips, Ass't liclitorg Hilclretll Olney, Ass't Editor: Catlmrine Cornell, Advertising. I

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FRANKLIN ACAIJISMY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL o :Q The History of Franklin Academy XYONIJISR why most people show very little interest in the blessings and advantages surrounding them, but show an intense interest after one of these is taken from them. No matter what the reason, this is certainly true of most people. Vl'e have had an instance of that in the recently awakened interest and enthusiasm about Franklin Academy. As long as the building was standing and school was going on in the usual way, almost no one bothered to think about the school, how it was func- tioning, or of what lay behind it. However, since the last of February. when the fire destroyed the structure so well known, and so taken for granted, there has been a sudden and intense interest in the history of tlld Franklin. Iiveryone knows that it was an old institution, but comparatively few have definite facts about its story. It is to supply these facts. about which most people are now curious and deeply inter- ested. that I ani now writing this brief history. The subject of establishing an academy at Prattsburgh was first dis- cussed in ISZZ. In 1823 an adequate sum was raised to start the building. The school was completed in I824, on the plot of ground purchased from judge Porter. The lot joined that given to the Presbyterian church by Hon. Robert Porter. Vl'e owe much to this man for his contributions toward the building and support of Old Franklin. He was the largest contributor toward its erection. It might also be interesting to note that Mr. Porter was the first president of the Board of Trustees of the Academy, a position which he retained for many years. He was a grad-