Bainbridge High School Underclassmen, 1924

Bainbridge High School Underclassmen - 1924

Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY

The Echo, 1924

 

Junior Class

Row 1 (left to right):  Helen Clarke, Elizabeth Taber, Emma Perry, Pauline Loudon, Elizabeth Finch, Helen Cuyle

Row 2 (left to right):  Covelle Windsor, Prince Danforth, Maurice Hayes, Edith Moore, Mary Nutter, Viola Freidenstine

Class Officers

President:  Pauline Loudon

Vice-President:  Elizabeth Taber

Secretary/Treasurer:  Emma Perry

 

 

Sophomore Class

Row 1 (left to right):  Louise Petley, Stella Smith, Myrtle Kentfield, Norma Fiske, Mary Dunham, Doris Wilcox, Dorothy Hassart, Marion Nichols

Row 2 (left to right):  Maurice Colwell, Kenneth Eldred, Ward Kirkland

Class Officers

President:  Marion E. Nichols

Vice-President:  Kenneth E. Eldred

Secretary:  Maurice A. Colwell

Treasurer:  Doris E. Wilcox



Freshman Class

Left to Right

Row 1:  Florence Lord, Blanche Throop, Helen Lenhiem, Mildred Williams, Marguerite Wilcox, Dorothy Harmon, Florence Seeley, Mildred Ives, Ellen Smitchler, Gladys Sands

Row 2:  Hilda Sargent, Celia Axtell, Margaret Davidson, Gertrude Eggleston, Mildred Cheesbro, Gertrude Palmatier, Georgia Heath, Grace Luther, Celia Drachler, Dorothy Finch, Rose Sands

Row 3:  S. Earl  Hollenbeck, Rolf Garrison, Junior Corbin, Charles Taylor, Paul Oleson, Mark Sawyer

Row 4:  Herbert Seeley, Joseph Hohreiter, Elverton Hoyt, Burr Race, Elmer Archer, Marshall Lawrey, Alfred Hohreiter

Class Officers

President:  Stanley Hatton

Secretary:  Margaret Davidson

Treasurer:  Mildred Cheesbro

 

The Fiftieth Anniversary of Bainbridge High School

Mildred Petley, '24

 

Today (Jan. 19th), occurs the fiftieth anniversary of Bainbridge High School.  Ought it not to make us stop and think.  Let us for a moment review the history of our school during these fifty years [1874-1924].

 

After some controversy, a site for the building was finally selected in 1873.  In July of the same year the building of the schoolhouse was let to Mr. Lattimer and the work progressed rapidly.  On Jan. 19, 1874, the schoolhouse was dedicated, and school soon opened with E.W. Rogers as principal and Mrs. Gilbert and Miss Baldwin as assistants.  At that time there were only four rooms in the school with the three departments, High School, Intermediate and Primary.  Mr. Rogers had charge of the High School Department, Miss Gilbert of the intermediate, and Miss Baldwin of the Primary.  The Regents examinations were introduced almost immediately.

 

During the earlier years of our school, the rules were very strict, much more so than they are now.  The students then did not have many of the privileges and opportunities which we enjoy today.

 

Our school has grown rapidly during these fifty years.  The number of the pupils has gradually increased from about 175 in the first year until this year we have 344 students.  The course of study has also been enlarged.  Then there were no courses in German or French, but Greek and Latin were both taught.  Now we have the more advanced mathematics, French, Latin and Spanish (if desired), and a Domestic Science Course.

 

Twenty-five years ago a part of the building was destroyed by fire and, when that part was rebuilt, an addition was made.  Since then a house and barn have been bought in order to accommodate the increasing number of pupils.  Is it not time a new school building was built so that the students will not have to chase from one building to another all the time?

 

The High School students are doing their best to make the history of our school, of which we have a right to be proud, still more glorious.  But they need a new school building to show off their achievements.  It is embarrassing to have strangers say, when they see our school, "What such excellent work from that building?"  Is it not up to each and every one to do their best to hasten the erection of a new school building?