Troy High School - Trojan Yearbook (Troy, PA)

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Orme mal Bmldmv Erected 1n 1867 Building VVith Annexes Destroyed by Fire january 6, 1922 S

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Hlstor of Tro Hlgh 011001 Q ut 1 istltullon ol .ni mv mm xx is tin old Shui School Housn Sltlll L t it LI imc m 1 mu X in in 1 i vi 1 c s mu x un in um X xx is unnliiuiuc in its Lxtctl n lf xi is bmi 'ht in Bri S t muh mr m lm 1 nux school hm which Lomutcci into 1 mt It mulxct stlli stmds on tin old sltt Ilia Nltfxt in Fun il: SLIHIHIIX xx is loumitci iimut 1338 It xx is Sllllltld on XX ut Alun ut 1 lmnum Hu hui c mv uc it . L ins x In it 'K IUIIIILI L im XL ICLINX xx is iilll t ID 1940 in IIULS Riu L unclu tilt CIIILLUOD of Comm mmuiox mrmv IIUSL xx 10011 mitac im llclu ID this Lllllitlllixllii nut Colcmd Pomciox ow ii Ll 1 ti 1 ln 1347 it xx is ll1L0ll7Ul itui incl tm some ti in tnul 1 ll n 0 sum Ir tm ILXLIILIL xx s x U c um 1 1 L at xx s tc xi i 1 ' L U ist mu s 1 h iss x 1 1 Lnttiwtwi LIL xx 1 1 1 L ixtiitt sn ic ut in 1369 1 I7lIi5ilL school xx is hmm LC L m Otl L u 1 it lil I1 Stliuol optmnl on Hum mini I its 1 f ss Lxx x I1 ii v tlllfllll 1 N tlit II L L18 1 1 v lmiu Stlwul to itunn 1 L s in m cv ii ifhncl imp ilLll1I f tit XITUIIU -uit umm mc ll its 1 XX L ILIII I 1 It fold xxlw dtxnt to Oiilllll 1 thmouoh Lcunl tion lm nxt it in LXI Lust of our S70 OOO iust uiinpictui time I-1I1LSISLil0Oil llllCill1UlI1 Nmthun xx x L 1 QL stu in XXII f t 0 s ll 11 lm is tour Iwmns 73x-PO mm tht stco ii v 0 x on 110111 -lflxv a F xxlumxu mtus L1L im iisu tim IWLLIYIIIUII lwonis 16x78 hat L lull on the snwnci liooi md SPILIOLIS Qloiix lmonis mn both Horns for tht List of tht I u Bl L L LI cimf s 1 1 x 0 ut Imso ti t Illini L 1 s 1 s mi vc x s s in du cm it ist moclun mai IITPIOXLLI stxics N L LSI 'll S ILS LL lIhSI CI XSS SCHOOL IJSLl53X 'K U L L ITU I DC I IIIL U tlLll I . . ilili' old '1 Qi ' 'ic' '1 ix n in this vit' 'i 'at H .A 1 ated un tli ' sito of lic p s'1t C1 'lfs cat 1 'Let Ir took its ngimc lirmn thc vcz1tlici'x'z c ' tliC turn ulial lisliwliiclisuri1oLll1tccitl1L'i Vliing. ililiis st-lmwl was built by 5uhsc1'iptim1 zinci :is mc 'U x :is 5L'ill'L'C in tlmsc cialis ull ol' tlic suiuscripticms wcrc in terms of lumber, iron or ' rk. 'lil ' ' 'i' 'iq ' ' i ' l823. Forty iczirs laitur iliilCl' ' Q 'cm ' up 3 1' dum IILIIIAIXYHF' illlti Iiimcci to thc imvcr ond ul' Elmira ftrcct cm 1 ' - ' 1 ' ' 1 X ' ISC U X, 'YH 'z'fi 'V' it U.. a ' 71' Q' SU , oi thc sito ul' thc cimiimic limisc mvnccl by tllc lute Mr. N. Xl. J X' N ' 'li' 5 wr ' 'I ilu' ciuuimlc IIIIVITUSCOiiSCl1UIli :mai L'i1l.I i1, zmcl is mm' uscnl ini Hrs. Hurry Nlitclicll :is il luzirn. lr was I1llIllCCi for fcn. Szmmucl AICKCZIII, lui wlimn it was 'nclmvcnl in I vill. rl ' yum' 1811, Miss Mary Sayer uns pul. illvili' 1 'ali 1' 'I' t '-.li 'lilx X' ' , 'I il P ,X mi 'l gi 'ii if 'I' 1 5 i ' V. Xl. L ln,F'll1'.S Sliil and XV. Painc. U - ' 'Ly ' ' ' 1 ' 1 Y '5 '11 N rcci' uicl l'rom thc Stzltv, but tits wus not its only ical s I' . Mort. s 'I ' 'li ' 'tix mlcri cal l'mm tlic tuition, paid by tlic stunicnls in caiuli. ililmis iiuilciing was Iona usucl for time ,Xen I- I amd t1 mini, als al CiUCiiil1gilUllSL', it stiimis on its original sitc on P11inc's Ilill. ilili ' .Mui I 'my ug open ti in I3-12, x 'ti Pax. i'il'L'CIl1Llll Ltins, un liPi5L'lJl72ll L'i'l'nyU1llI1 us the l'rg pr' pul. Nlr. Clmrlc.' C. Paine was 1110 wwml princilml Ll ui is 1 .'.' istzint vast Miss 'H nl . Til 'als olicl ull this ltcfoci L if J 'I mol. U ' L' L L i' 'aj i lil mimi 'ii nivsr riwni gill lcrs. 'iii' first tcrm ui' ilu' ,lim P il' X I Q ' K 1 lily, Oct 21, ISKU. will l7r1l'L'..m' ln 'ii Xl. Ylfill s n ns p1'im'iluil. -lii!L'iiOiiUXYiI1g is ll Q ion Hum ii alt-st-ripmiw lulinpiilct isuccl .ll ' 'mcz 'l'Im ' citif 'i. ul' 'limi Htll'lJllg,ll. lmving, hmm ft-lr thc want of il 7' v , 1 mr Lint' not only thc pupil: of their own Pr rr umli, but nc tlult will 4 i ' 1 lc iz ' ics 'or all li' DC 1' X 4 lI,.i'1-nl' '-si' hi ' Lil ' O il in ',4 ,44 '-Qi-, -' 3 m'. i' Pt'nn l xinin. Mila' imuilcling is stliwstilntiailli umstructccl ul' brick, in lnuclcrn styicg is I0 fmt Q1 ai , tl Lust tlllli XXI-st wings lim' untriincc and xx' :torics l 'gl -Y ty i ' ' - .' ' mi Elm 'fL'2ll1ili3iC of lmcinh tlir x n into 0 'a , 17 icct, ' X x .'.Lll'y. uilii1 'A i.' ' 'VX' W J- ',1 Q iz 3 Jr x W 'jl'iis. l'l1-wlml-In il ' gi ig wt-ll ligwimtccl :lui viitilaltcci, :incl is licaltccl with tw ' -1 11.5 Paltcn lo ,Xir 7 ' aces. 'lim' Hof my nrt' Iiniylivci Iill' 11511 wut xith 11:11, llliti tiurniylicd with sczlts 4 ci Yks li Il ' mi. 4 1 ' ' lt iJ th ' ci '. 3 of tlic Ivvnlmlc ul' Troy to IT1kliiC thi. in till 'rp i 'ts an T fd! j 2 ,Xncl c . Ili, ll CiL'l'llllI i tiizit has lima exist 'cl in this 'ummt 1 i 1, by itil 1' ling fi: cil' S for tlic uttgiinmcnt ol' ll Sound, 'lil1UI'Ollni1 and Pmclicall li I 1 'Q inn. ..

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Students deslrlng to prepare for College xx1ll here find the opportumtles for that thorough preparatron so mdlspensahle to success In 1913 an Agrlcultural department xxas added to the school and 1915 1 larve annex to the school house xx as hullt ln thls xear a complete ITl0C1CI'l'1lZltl0fl xxas undertal1en hx lX1r Cromcnn and the School Board xxlth the unlor Hugh School ldea IS the mam ohjectlxe The enrollment m the lhgh School contmued to mcrease so thlt 1n 1921 thc Alumnx Assoclatlon crected a second annex to the blllldlng The comm1ttec ln charoe was Herman Plcrcc W1111 lm Belman and Wrlbur Parsons Thls balxnccd the Qnnex of 1915 ctncl m'xde fln rmposmv loolunv structure S10 000 was ralsed hx thc Alumnl for thls project This lmount cox ercd the entlre cost of the txxo rooms and the h rllxx rx The entlre hulldmv xxas destroxcd hx Hre on tnuarx 6 1922 On hlondax tnulrx 9 school opcned 1n dlfferent hulldlngs around toxxn 1nc1ud1n0 the Clxlc Blllldlno the hlasonlc Club Boom the hrcproof garage, the Grange Hall and the condenserx The prescnt hu1ld1n0 xx IS frnanccd hx xxhxt IS l1noxxn as the Trov Plan Sesslons xxcre hevun IH thls hulldlnv March 18 1924 After the flrc occurred anuarx 6 1922 S55 000 xx xs ohtamed from hrc lnsurmcc Thc m IX 11num leval hondlnu of thc dlstrlct xx I5 51542 000 I1 herc xx ts tlso S20 000 ID bonds 0I.lt5IlI1!.1lDU affalnst the school dlstrlct This lcft an lY1l11ll'J1C lmount of S77 000 for bllllfllllg purposcs xx hcrc IS a 1JLll1L1lDg cost1n0 upxxards of S200 000 vxas neccled Thc School Bo 1rd trlccl 111 mlnx wlxs to ox crcome the legal handlcap and ln consultatlon xx1th puhllc sp1r1tcd c1t1Lcns ohtuncd 1Hold mg Corporatlon to finance the bulldmg The members of the School Board at the txme xxcre W S Montvomerx, B B Mltchell Arthur Mchlah ln, D Fannlng and Anna B Case The memhers of the lloldlnv Corporft tlon xverc 11 K Mltchcll 11 lX1cClellmd H Plerce C Blackxxell and W W Bc lmln As a result of thelr comhlned efforts a school bL1l1C11D0 costlng 'S185 000 xx xs crected the 11old1n0 Corporatlon furnlshed S135 000 xxhlch xxas ohtalncd hx an lssue of 5 per ccnt honds In 1925 a Qommcrclal Department xxas added to the courscs of mstructlon and rn 1926 '1 llomc Economics Depxrtment Thrs same xear the school xxas ofhclallx lpproxed as 1 unlor Scnlor Huh School ln 1932 the pl xxground xxas enlarvcd and modcrnlzccl Most of thc moncx for thls cntcrprlsc vx is ohtuncd from student actlxltlcs An mtcrcstlnv studcnt projcct l1noxxn is thc Dxmc Fund xx 15 startcd ln 19752 xxhen school xx IS hclnv hcld IH the V1nDxne Clxlc 1JLlllClllIU A ten ccnt plecc wus found on the floor 1nd brouvht to the dcsl1 Tlus wus mx cn to thc Pl'LSlLlCI1l of thc Studcnt CKBLIDLI1 wlth mstructlons to mxfcst ll md sce how much he could rcturn llc rcturncd fxftx ccnts Thls hftx cents xx IS xlxcn to thc sccrctlrx of thc Stuclcnt COLIDLI1 xx ho rcturncd three doll Irs 'md txxentx slx ccnts Aftcr th xt onc doll lr vx ts Ulx cn c tch xxccl1 to thc sexcrll studcnts Nclrlx xlxx xxs thc dollxr clmc h1cl1 douhlcd or trxplcd Thls xx xs Lnoxxn xs thc Dlmc 1Iund and lmountcd to scxcrxl hundrcd dollxrs This fund xx 18 usccl to moxc thc llolcomhc House from ln front of the school hullcllnv to mxlcc room for thc lxrve pl IX vrouncl The Uxtcs It thc cntrxnce to the pl lXUI'0LlI1Cl xxere erected hx the Alumni Assoclltlon Wltlx the lI'l1LIULlI'lll0I1 of thc goxernments xxo1l1 provrxm 1 cllctcrll xx is constructcd Ind lxrge storc rooms xxere hullt undcrneath the shovxcr rooms also thc lI0LlDCldll0T1 of the hrst xnncx xx as madc The engmeermg xx orl1 on these projects xx as donc hx Mr W1lson WC1gCSlLf The tax rate before the fire of 1922 xxas 24 mllls and after the fare lt xx as jumpcd to 35 mllls md xx IS vracluallx reduced to 21 l'Tll11SlI1 1936 It xx as not reduced, hoxxex er untll a surplus of 9 11 . . 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