Waterville Central High School - Academic Union Yearbook (Waterville, NY)

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enter the first through the sixth grades. All students above the sixth grade are transported to Waterxfille. Even with this arrangement of two separate units, the high school was over-crowded, so in 1934- an annex was built on a foundation which had been intended for a garage. All the agricultural and manual arts departments were moved to this annex at the beginning of this year, and this left room for two additional grade rooms. More teachers were required to handle all the 767 pupils. In 1930 there were 23 employed to teach the young men and women of this sec- tion. Five years later there were 29 teachers on the payroll. These figures show a tremendous increase in teaching efficiency, but they do not show the remarkable increase in learning. 1n 1929, of all students who took regents examinations, 64-.7 per cent passed. The next year the average was slightly better, 69.7 per cent. In 1934, however, 90.2 per cent of all the papers sent to Albany were accepted. These statistics pay a mute tribute to the splendid faculty which serves the community. The increasing size of the graduating classes is also noteworthy. 1n 1929 there were eight girls in the graduating class. In 1934 a group of 41 young men and women stepped out into the world, and the class of '35 promises to be still larger. 1t would take weeks to enumerate all the benefits which this community has received from the school in the last five years. New courses, modern equipment, and a host of innovations have tended to put the Waterville Con- lral School among the ranks of the best schools in America.

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Waterville Central School- The First Five Years Seven years ago, in 1923, the people of the village of Waterville and the surrounding school districts voted to institute a centralized district. A year later, in 1929, the voters of the central district authorized the new Board of Education to issue bonds in the amount of S225,000 for the purpose of erecting and equipping a new and modern school building. Work was be- gun immediately, and the new school was completed by the fall of 1930. This year marks the fifth anniversary of this outstanding edifice. There- fore, a portion of this annual is dedicated to the school in order to impress upon the community what great advances have been made in the past five years. This is not intended as a boast. lt is merely a statement of plain cold facts which clearly demonstrate the increase in service to the community. When the plans for the new building were made, the architects allowed for an increase in attendance so that 600 pupils could be accommodated if the need arose. At that time, in 1929, there were 412 pupils enrolled in the Waterville Central School. By the end of 19341, 767 young men and women were taking advantage of the greatly increased educational oppor- tunities which were afforded them. These figures show that there has been an increase in attendance of approximately 360 pupils. Such an increase in enrollment demanded more equipment. For instance, most of those ad- ditional 360 boys and girls did not live in the village of Waterville. There- fore, more buses were needed to transport them. In 1929 there were six school buses: two Brockways, seating 44 apieceg two Brockways, seating 38 apiece, and two Fords, seating 16 each. Today there are eight, not in- cluding an extra 20 passenger bus which is used on occasion: the four original Brockwaysg one International, seating 23, two Macks, seating 60 each, and one C. lVl. C., also seating 60. Thus, up to date, there is a total seating capacity of 372 in our buses, and intensive efficiency is shown by the fact that they transport 367 pupils to and from school every day. Naturally the one school building in Waterville was unable to accom- modate 767 boys and girls when the plans allowed for only 600. Therefore, when Union Free School District lYo. 4 of Marshall and Kirkland voted to join Central School District No. 1, a new grade school was erected in Deans- boro which accommodates the pupils in that section who are qualified to

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'l'l lli FAKII LTY Back How: Xlr. llart. .Nliss l'il'2:1ltl'6S Bourlw. Nliss llinggrv. Nliss XxHl l'IllPy. Xliss tvtson. Miss Sw:-vt. Xliss Larson, Xliss l7o1'sytlw, yliss javlxson, xliss Plusvh, Nlr. Wilcox. Nliiltllf- How: Nlr. Kola-rts. Xliss Katharine- Smith, xliss lfvans, Nliss Korhsl. 'Nliss lleclwrt. Nliss tlullilon, Nliss Yi-da Smith. Nliss Nluir. Nliss ,lonvs, Nliss Clark. Nliss Kellogg. Mr. l,f'll'l'r-'EIL Front How: Miss llvrringlon. Hr. lan llc-r Yoorl. Miss 5lIIlIIlllllS. Mr. Je-nlxins. Nlr. llatlleyf. Miss tlruinhy, Miss Sliawr, Miss llavlu-l Bottrku. Nliss Wiilliazns. The last half decade has see-n a vliangf- in administration. Miss Kath- PI'lIlP lf. ljivrrv. who had faitlilully sviwe-rl the 4-onnnunity' of Watm-ville for thirty'-l'iy'0 yvars, was succeeded hy Mr. Alllllll' A. Hadley' in l933. This transmission ol' authority' from onv pair ol' rapahlc- hands to another was ili't'UllllDllF-lli'fl so smoothly and easily that no one' felt the L'llHllgf'. limlvt' the new administration in l93li Mr. Milton ,lc-nlxins was :nada Dean ol' Boys and lVliss Katlwrinc Sinnnons. llvan ol' Girls. The school cannot fail to lunt-tion propc-rly' under the jurisdivtion ol' suvh VUIIIIJPICIII administrators. Already they have succeeded in reorganizing thi- institution on El 6-6 plan so that it now has tw o divisions. primary and sevondaryx The primary dv- partinont vonsists of the first lllfllllfffll the sixth grade. Secondary' is vom- posml ol' the seyenth through the twelfth years. This arrangelnwnt, permits thf- svhool to he lllilllilgiftl inorc- efliic-iently, and it represents hut one of the ways hy which the taxpayc-rs' inoney is saved. A gre-at df-al ol' credit is due to thc- lloarrl ol' Educ-ation for the long and faithful sery'ic'e without pay thc-y haye rzfiiclvrfycl to tho inhabitants ol' this 4-oininunityp lt is tllrougli the efforts ol' tht- ineinhers of our Board that this inarvvlous achievenient has luvvn ilf't'0llllJllSllPCl. Thf- class ol' l935 wishes to lalw this opportunity to show their appro- r-iation and gratitude to the- taxpayvrs who made this institution possihlv. Y to tht- hoard ol' lfdum-ation under whosv rlirc-1-tion and inanagonwnt the st-hool was linill and has lwffn varried on. and to tho hr-lovvd and revered tual-ln-is who have guided us through all the laltvring lootstvps ol' the years. Wo arm' proud and happy to graduate? lroin this splvncliml Watt-ryillc Cvntral S4-liool. The- lfditor.