Troy High School - Trojan Yearbook (Troy, PA)

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To the Class of 1945: The first graduating class of Troy High School con¬ tained three members. All three of these students lived long and useful lives—lives made happy, serviceable, and profitable to themselves and to others because as young persons they prepared for the future. So it is with you; so it has been with all the classes from the first to the 75th; so it will be from the 75th to the 150th: “The future be¬ longs to those who prepare for it. ’ —W. R. Croman. 9

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School Board From Left, Seated—John L. Parsons, William W. Beaman, Treasurer; Guy C. Rock¬ well, President. Standing—Wilson Weigester, Vice-President; Harold French, Secretary. This year, 1945, marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of the first graduating exer¬ cises of Troy High School. It is well for us to think for at least a few minutes of the difference between what the first graduating class had in the nature of educational advantages and what you, the class of 1945, have enjoyed throughout your school years. Seventy-five years ago, the wild dreams of a vivid imagination could not have ap¬ proximated the picture of Troy Hi?h School as it exists today. So too, you, this year’s graduating class, aided by history and a meager collection of pictures, find difficulty in visualizing the school as it was in the early days, lacking in all the modern facilities of today. At that time, one building served for high school and grades. There was but one study hall or home room and classes were even conducted in this room. The Luilding was heated by stoves and arti¬ ficially lighted by oil lamps. There was no plumbing or water connections. The curriculum, compared with today, was limited and educational facilities were very few. Students were obliged to pur¬ chase their own books and there was no equipment for laboratory work and only limited means for any research study. There were no music or art edpartments. Agriculture, vocational work and domes¬ tic science were not taugh t. But there was one thing which that first graduating class no doubt possessed which the seventy-five intervening years have not, nay, cannot improve upon—the one thing which is not measured in years or generations or centuries or by figures on- a dial—the one thing which sometimes the lack of adversity and hardships dulls and too often easy methods fail to develop —the one thing which is not necessarily dependent on a fine curriculum or other school advantages.This one thing to which I refer lies in the soul of the individual. It is the sincere desire and the will to learn and improve and develop one’s character to the Divine ideal. There is no question but that this first graduating class possessed this one thing to a great degree. They were imbued with a great desire for learning and with a will and determination to overcome all difficulties in acquiring the same. They did develop their characters and they proved to be useful and outstanding citi¬ zens throughout the length of their lives. So this is the lesson which we all can learn in considering this seventy-fifth an¬ niversary: That what Troy School has of¬ fered throughout the years and is con¬ tinuing to offer, can be most useful and helpful only to those who sincely embrace every opportunity to make the most of every facility, be it great or be it small, which is at their service. This is the heri¬ tage left to us from the early days of Troy High School as an inspiration and help for noblest effort. WILLIAM H. BEAMAN, 1903.

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Teachers From the Lett: First Row—Mr. Guillaume, Miss Lyon, Mr. Kelly, Miss Dunbar, Mr. Woltanger, Miss Sling- erland. Second Row—Miss Moore, Miss Kerrigan, Miss Tuton, Mrs. Holcombe, Mrs. Doane, Mrs. Crumbling. Third Row—Mr. Crumbing, Mrs. Sherman, h r. Deemy, Mrs. McCord, Mr. Lefler, Mrs. Wright. Fourth Row—Miss Newell, Mr. McCabe, Mrs. Perry, Mr. Mack, Miss Rostock, Mr. Merrill. Filth Row—Mr. Hamlin, Mrs. Canedy, Miss Dunbar, Miss Rockwell, Mr. Williams. 10