Van Hornesville High School - Otsquagan Yearbook (Van Hornesville, NY)

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IN APPRECIATION Mr. Grant Campbell Mr. Lowell Kraft The members of the Class of 1959 wish to express their appreciation to Mr. Lowell Kraft and Mr. Grant Campbell. As advisers, both official and unofficial, they have guided, and sometimes pushed, the Seniors through many of the doors of high schooL 'I'hey have given freely and willingly of their time and efforts to help the Class of 1959 to be successful in activities and finances. Although at times school life has seemed very hectic, much as if it were a revolving door, now, with the keys that these men have helped to fashion, the new doors of knowledge and experience are open to the Seniors. 3

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FOREWORD In keepmg w1th th1s year's theme through these doors' lt IS approprtate to revlew some of the men and events that have passed through the doors ofVan Hornesv1lleCentral Sch0oL Wlth the a1d of an otl pa1nt1ng, one s memory goes back to another school, a school whtch bears httle resemblance to the present one. It IS a small one room structure. The door IS ajar and hangs awkwardly on one h1nge. Thts IS the f1rst school OwenD Young ever attended Ttmes have changed The present day v1s1tor would f1rst see the dtgnlfled whlte columned entranceway to what IS affect1onately called the old bu1ld1ng' just 1ns1de th1s door hangs alarge brass plaque sllghtly tarmshed w1th ume. On 1I are the words School D1str1ct No 1 Thls was the f1rst centrallzed d1str1ct H1 the state. Readmg further, the v1s1tor would see the words Abram Tllyou and Owen D Young rocktng cha1r consultants' Th1S greatly clarfxes thtngs Almost at the bottom of the plaque the v1s1tor reads the words whlch best exempltfy the Splflf 1n whtch th1s school was founded Th1s bu1ld1ng was bu1lt by the cooperauon of the men named above and many others who atded and asslsted them and w1thout the SCTVICCS of a contractor a supermtendent, or a boss Walkmg through the alcove 1nto the study room a fmely pollshed wooden case of Indlan Presldenual Peace Medals catches the v1s1tor s eye. A former Presldent once spoke here Frankhn Delano Roosevelt, then Governor of New York There ts a ptcture of Madame Cune, d1scoverer of radxum the grandmother of Atomlc Power She was here too as av1s1tor Our laboratory IS constructed from the same plans that hers was A ptcture g1ven to Rtchard Young by Robertj' Wagner, thenaUmtedStatesSenator IS seen as xs an autographed photo of Rushmore Memorlal. Down the hall past the p1ctures and plaques IS the old o1l pa1nt1ng of the f1rst school house. Full cycle. Our doors are not all of wood and xron The ones that w1ll last and endure are of somethmg more than mere matenal They are knowledge, our her1tage the key to the future. From our vantage potnt m Now the great door ts seen built on Yesterday, h1nged on Today and opemng upon Tomorrow Only those who take the key and open the door can say what hes on the other sxde 2 . . . U , . . . . 1 1 . . . . . , . , - q . u - ' - . . H . . , . . . ' 1 . . . . . H . . ,, . . . . . . . . . . . H . . . , . . . Q , - . I I H . . . . . 1 1 ' n , - . . . . , . - Q , 1 g u . I 9 0 9 . ' - . . - Q .

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OWEN D YOUNG The freshness of human bra1ns IS the great mouve power of the world ll IS only the quesuon of whether or not men of age have the courage to recognlze the freshness of youth 4 ,, . . s - n v