Washington Irving High School - Alhambra Yearbook (Tarrytown, NY)

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The Class of 1951 hereby dedxcatc this Alhambra to iCll0lZ:lStlC pro,,ress upon whleh a Few of us ln Tarrytown can remember tlllS old school the flrst pubhc sc hool house erected as Umon Free bchool DISIFICI No 1 It was bullt across the street from the present lll ll school at the self nnposed ex pense of Laptaln Nathan Cobb ln 1850 The school whlch had been enlxr ed twlce to contaln ten rooms was torn down ln 1900 af ter almost flfty years of servlce The Tarrytown H1 h School wa replaced ln 1898 by a lar er lllllldlflb the present F li PICFSOH whlch was dedicated as the Wa h 1n,,ton lrvln H1 h school 'lhe school then contained all brades lrom thc klllllel' alien to the twelfth Its name was chan ed to F R P1erson Grammar School in honor of the school board presldent when ln 1925 the hugh school classes were housed ln tht thlrd school hullt for Tauvtown In 1925 the present Wa hmg,ton Irvm Hlgll School was completed to ,raduate nts flrst class of semors m June of l926 Are not these schools truly an example of pro ress'7 'l he efforts of our CdllL3ll0Il planner for Tarrytown s ohlldren have mdeed shown progress smce the 1950 s And what w1ll the future hung? Wnll we of the Class of 1951 come back ln 25 years to fmd a blgber Jc ter and more adequate school for our ch: dren? Only tlme can tell . ' ff .- ' 'll 1 . r in I , , . . . , , , . . 1 , ' 1 rr ' , 3 K ' ' ' e , ' , z g, ' ,, ' 9 v ' ' . Y 'g vu S n ' g fr, 2- . . s S ' . U -. g .g k . . K. 3 ' . U . N ' . ' I U . I., , p , I t A ., A. I , ,, C : ' , ' J 'f . , 1 , : ' - ' . u 1 Y . . s f g ' , ' U ' .' ' 1 U' 1 ' . Q U . . V , . . . , . n 1 l 1 Y ' . . . YU 9 ! t- 9 l' Page three

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E URIAM He added to the sum of human joy and were every one to whom he d1d some lovmg servxce to brxng .1 blossom to h1s grave he would sleep to nnght beneath a wnlderness ofHowers USLAI5 F VU! H ROBFRT G INN Rsou , . 7 - A N lt, V. 'kyle .J .1-.:f' l I X 1' X . e. I 1