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FOREWORD We, the senior class of 1953, feel very honored to be the first graduates from the new Wayland Central School. During our short tenure in this school, we have become fully aware of its many advantages over the old school system. However, this awareness is based upon the realization that the ideals of our early school districts have provided a basis for our present-day school system. Therefore, in commemoration of these early schools, we are presenting them throughout our yearbook in picture form as they stand today. In 1811 the first school in Wayland was erected. It was a log school house located on the County Line Road, just north of the village. An important change occurred in November 4, 1881, when the people of the village de- cided to build a new Union Free School. This school was chartered by the University of New York in 1894, and four years later it became a full fledged high school by establishing a department of academic studies. School house succeeded school house, each larger and better equipped than its predecessor. The old wing of the Wayland School on Lackawanna Street was constructed in 1905, and in 1928, this school was remodeled and a new wing was added. May 14, 1945, proved to be the Deginning of a new chapter in the history of Wayland schools, for a public meeting was held on this day to vote for the centralization of the school. Out of the 732 people who voted, only 81 opposed while 651 favored the proposition. Thirty-six school districts from Steuben, Ontario, and Livingston Counties were united into the Wayland Central School in 1945. This new central district covered approxi- mately two hundred square miles, and had a population of about 6,000 people. At the time of the centrali- zation, only five district schools were still in operation. The last of these rural schools to close was the Perkinsville District School in 1950. The need for a larger, more accommodating school was soon evident, and on June 26, 1946, the citizens of the district voted to purchase forty-five acres of land for $12,000 on the Dansville-Wayland road as a site for a new central school. Three days later, this need greatly increased when a fire partially destroyed the Lackawanna Street School. Various community churches offered rooms for housing elementary grades and some high school departments. August 17, 1948 was another memorable day in Wayland, for on this day the public approved a bond issue for $400,000 with which to build a new elementary school on the new land site. The vote was 218 in favor of the proposition and 27 opposed. From a balance of this appropriation for the school, a bus garage was constructed. This was approved by voters on May 19, 1949. The elementary school was completed in May, 1950, and was open for use in the following September. On June 5, 1950, voters overwhelmingly approved a bond issue of $900,000 to construct a new junior-senior high school. This was completed and put into use on January 5, 1953. A new era in education in Wayland was under way. We have, indeed, advanced a long way from the original log cabin school because of the ideals of our prede- cessors. May our ideals prove equally stimulating to the future.
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Mrs. Sally Patchin Mrs. Lola Wemett Guy B. Benneti President Victor M. Kimmel J. Austin Otto To the Board of Education, the class of 1953 dedicates this book. This group of interested citizens has ser- ved our school and community in many ways. They were instrumental in the centralization of our school, in 1945. The latest proof of their untiring efforts is our new school building, a dream come true. We salute them!
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