Scotia Glenville High School - Acropolis Yearbook (Scotia, NY)

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 ittcC ?t uzCCcf t e £xcCte(ne tt £ ‘Dedccatcotc 72 zy A MOMENT’S REST BEFORE THE GUESTS ARRIVED As the preparation narrowed from weeks to days, and then to hours, there was very little sitting around. Committees headed by Board members, school administrators and prominent members of the community relaxed a little only at the last moment with the assurance that the entire plant was shiny and beautiful and ready. (Above) Sandra Whitbeck, Judith Ovitt, Donna Youmans and Linda Davidoff do just that. GIGANTIC TEAM WORK Over four hundred committeemen cooperated to make the dedication day exercises and open house run smoothly. This huge team discharged a variety of duties, from that of the gen- eral chairman, Mr. Warren O'Neal, Board member, down to the students who directed traffic in our newly paved parking lot. Right: Frank Berning, Barbara Haines and Judy Kreger greet the arrival of one of the day's first guests.

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'pcnAt Scoo ft £,4 it4l — IT SEEMED A LONG WAY OFF . . . Above: David Andersen, president of the sophomore class which was destined to become the first graduating class of the new high school in 1959, poses with the first shovelful of dirt. Also on hand for the occasion were left to right: Mr. Kenneth E. Buhrmaster, president of the Board of Education; Barbara Giannelli, class treasurer; Dr. Leo Casey, former Assistant Superintendent; Helen Herzig’ class vice-president; Mr. Donald M. Letts, principal of Scotia-Glenville High School; David Anderson; Mr. William H. Martin’ Superintendent of Schools; and Janet Robinson, class secretary. All students pictured are presently candidates for graduation Class of '59. THEN, IT WAS HERE . . . From the first shovelful of earth, as seen in the above reprint from the 1957 Acropolis, through the phases of heavy construc- tion as pictured in the 1958 Acropolis, finally emerged our two- story building, designed to accommodate about 1000 students. Ready, but not quite finished! Carpenters, painters, electricians, landscapists, worked right on after the opening of school. Shops, gymnasium, auditorium and music rooms were the least finished areas. Mr. Letts, our principal, complimented everyone for the patience and good humor shown throughout the weeks of in- convenience.

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Ov i 000 'Peafcie t4te tecC s4tte ttcveltt Present and former members of the Board of Education, clergymen, civic leaders, executives from local industry, school officials, student leaders, and foremost citizens honor the occasion with their presence on the great stage of the new auditorium. Left: Mr. Donald Letts, principal of Scotia-Glcnville High School, accepts the new building from the architects on behalf of the faculty and students.