Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice School Memorabilia of the Tri-Counties Southside High School, Elmira NY Chemung County NY

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School: South Side High School Township: Elmira, Chemung County NY Dedication Booklet  Year: 1924 Booklet Submitted by: Joan NASH O'Dell Retyped by Elaine Frey Tri-County Genealogy & History Sites Home Page Souvenir School Booklets City of Elmira Page Contact Joyce

June 16, 1924

Junior – 7^th, 8^th, 9^th Years

Senior – 10^th, 11^th, 12^th Years

............................................PROGRAM........................................................

Selection......................................................................High School Orchestra

Invocation....................................................................Rev. C. G. McConnell

...................................................................Pastor of Centenary M. E. Church

Solo................................................................................Thaddeus W. Emblen

Address.......................................................................Mayor J. Norton Wood

.....................Introduced by Paul G. Kingston, President Board of Education

Selection.......................................................................High School Orchestra

Address.............................................................................Dr. Frank P. Graves

......................................President of the University of the State of New York

.......................................................................and Commissioner of Education

...................Introduced by Harvey O. Hutchinson, Superintendent of Schools

Prayer of Dedication............................................................Dr. Frederick Lent

...................................................................................President Elmira College

Selection.........................................................................High School Orchestra

Benediction................................................................Rabbi Henry P. Silverman

..............................................................................................High Street Temple
 
 

.......................................BOARD OF EDUCATION..........................................

R. T. Lewis..........................Paul G. Kingston...............................Ivan T. Smith

..........William H. Mandeville...............................Mrs. Alice D. Hamilton..........

...............Nathan Bimberg............................................Frank C. Hobler...............

...................F. S. Ellett...........................................Fred H. Rogers.......................

.......................Harvey O. Hutchinson, Superintendent of Schools.......................
 
 

.....................................................FACULTY.......................................................

Frank M. Edson, Principal....................................................................................

...............Clifford F. McNaught, Vocational Director..........................................

..................................Ralph Williamson, Commercial Director..........................
 

Gwynn S. Bement Arthur E. Bradley Elsa Brookfield Florence Callahan Maude F. Clair Ruth M. Cole Mary Conley Edna Crosin Thomas R. Davis Stoddard Dilly Emma Giveans Isabel Goodwin Elizabeth Grube Archie D. Hall Mabel I. Haupt Marie V. Henrichon Lynn D. Hunt Emma E. Kingsley Clifford R. Knapp Jarana A. LaBurt W. G. Ladd Virgil B. Langworthy William M. Lantz

Bernard E. Lavigne Lelia Leithauser Lucy D. Leverich Lena B. Logan Winifred D. Lucy Ira D. Maynard Lucy Newman G. Lewis Parsons Dorothy A. Perrine Henry J. Prechtl Clarence P. Sharpe Mary Skeahan Elizabeth Smith Ruby H. Smith Ruth P. Steinhauser Paul Tschudy Chalres E. Tinney Ray L. Tucker Susan VanDuzer Ada B. West Anna R. Wilson Muriel G. Wood

 
 
 

YOUR SCHOOL-----------------------------------------------------------------VISIT IT

................................................Built with your Money.............................................

..............................................Maintained by Your Faith..........................................

........................................Broadened by Your Co-operation....................................

........................................Bettered by Your Encouragement....................................

....................FACTS CONCERNING SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL...................

The total cost of the building not including site or equipment was $520,376.85.

The building contains approximately 2,260,000 cubic feet – the cost per cubic foot was 23 cents.

Ground was broken for the new high school in August, 1922.

Classes were first held in the building on January 28, 1924.

The building is 229 ft., 7 in. by 206 ft., 8 1/2 inches.

The building is of fire proof construction, surfaced with red tapestry brick and trimmed with litholite.

The interior trim is of Canadian ash; the floors of maple.

The auditorium seats 1164 people. The stage is 48 ft. by 20 ft. and when the doors at the rear of the stage are open the depth is increased to 32 feet.

There is a cafeteria under the auditorium, of equal size with the auditorium, capable of seating 600 students at one time.

The master clock in the office controls sixty-three auxiliary clocks and automatically rings all outside, corridor and room bells.

The library will be fully equipped with necessary reference and other books; $5,000 has just been appropriated for the first consignment of books.

A complete health room for medical inspection and dental clinic will be fitted up at left of entrance in main corridor.

On each of the three floors are two rest rooms, one for the women teachers and one for the men teachers.

The maximum working capacity of the building is 1200 students.There were 1066 students registered during the present term. There are 1120 built-in lockers, each 12x15x60 inches, in the corridors.

The building has two gymnasiums each 40 by 70 ft., also locker rooms provided with 1152 basket lockers and 22 shower baths.

Besides the regular college entrance course the school offers a commercial course, a course for trade training, a general industrial course and a course in industrial arts.

In the basement, rooms and equipment are provided for instruction in cabinet making, pattern making, electrical work, sheet metal work, plumbing, machine shop practice, auto mechanics, printing and drafting for the boys. Two rooms are also equipped for cooking and two for sewing for the girls.