Sayville High School - Senior Yearbook (Sayville, NY)

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agwwwxagastagmmagagmaxag EEEKEKFEEEEKEEEKEEEEIEEEKFKEE join us in our Alma Mater, Sing with voices clear, Happier days now lie before us Through our high-school year. Sayville High School, Alma Mater, VVave her banner high, Bearing with her through all hardships As the time draws nigh. All through our four years of high school To her name be true, When our high-school days are ended, Thoughts revert to you. Alma Mater, Alma Mater, Sportsmen all are Weg Wheii we've left our dear old high school, Friends we'l1 always be. -G. S. E141

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with the help of one additional teacher, taught these advanced courses. Up to this time graduation from the graded school had meant the end of formal edu- cation, but through the efforts of a sym- pathetic schoolmaster a small group of Sayville students was enabled to continue its studies. The Greene Avenue building was already so Well-filled that at times those pioneers in higher education pre- pared and recited their lessons on piles of lumber in an unfinished room. Of this group two young men, Arthur and Ed- ward Cambern, completed the courses required and, in 1893, received Say- ville High School Diplomas. Neither the principal's reports for these years nor the diplomas granted to the two gradu- ates give any information as to what these requirements were, but the princi- pal's report for the following year, 1894, shows that both the community and the school were already conscious of the need for greater educational facilities. The re- port was written by lVIr. George P. Armstrong who succeeded lVIr. Jacoby in the fall of 1893. It states that several students had taken Regents examina- tions in Patchogue previously and the parents in Sayville, deciding that these examinations exerted a good influence upon the habits of study and the interest of the children, suggested that the school be changed to a Union School and placed under Regents supervision. At a meeting in December, 1893, this plan was accepted without a dissenting vote. Due to the reorganization of the school, no class was prepared to gradu- ate in 1894, and in 1895, only Anna Green had a sufficient number of points to receive a Regents diploma. This di- ploma lists the following subjects as re- quirements completed in the Academic Course: English, Advanced English, Composition Latin, First Year Caesar's Commentaries Algebra Plane Geometry Physics Physical Geography 16 Physiology and Hygiene Roman History English History United States History Civics Bookkeeping Drawing Drawing, Advanced From this time on, the physical growth of the high school was gradual. lVIore and more the community realized the advantages offered in further educa- tion, and parents willingly made the necessary sacrifices to keep their children in school longer. Over the span of half a century several thousands of young peo- ple have enjoyed the opportunities offered them in Sayville High School, For the present year the enrollment in the high school is 687. This total in- cludes ISO junior high students. The various classes with their activities and personnel are featured on the following pages. CLASS OF 1940 Class Officers' JOHN WHITEHOUSE President VVILLIAM DE LAVERGNE Vice Presiflent CAMILLE LUX Secretary EDNA DAVILA Treaszuer