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Ithaca High School Centennial Class of 1975
Still Crazy After All These Years
12/18/2007 Man I am really late on this, but I won't bore you with the details of my crazy life! I hope to put up a Christmas 2007 page, so please get me your pictures ASAP. Email them to jhogue A ihs75.com.
8/7/2007 If you have not yet seen the August 13-20 issue of US News and World Report, you might want to grab a copy. I haven't read it yet, but the cover says 1957 A Year That Changed America
7/23/2007 I finally did some catching up on the day to day stuff. Yea! If you email-ed me an address update, it is now in the database, but still not visible on the net. The rest of the pictures for the Christmas 2006 page are up. There are 2 interesting stories below. As always, if you have any comments, questions, additions, or need to contact someone.
5/3/2007 Miss Elliott one of our English teachers passed away this past weekend (obit).
1/10/2007
The pine tree is gone!
Jim Harcourt sent me an article from today's Ithaca Journal that I thought you might find interesting. ITHACA -- The pine tree in the middle of Ithaca High School's quad area likely witnessed many first kisses in its 40 years there. The tree was cut down on Sunday after vandals gouged a large portion out of its truck with a chain saw. The gouge made the tree unsafe because it could have fallen at any time, said Karen Rachetta, assistant principal at Ithaca High School. The tree was planted in 1966 by the senior class and has graced the cover of numerous IHS yearbooks, said Rachetta, a former student at the high school. "It just really symbolized Ithaca High," she said. "Every time I walked by that tree it was a connection to past students and teachers." Superintendent Judith Pastel called the incident "senseless" and "heartbreaking." The vandalism was discovered on Sunday by custodial staff. The tree was cut down several hours later. The Ithaca Police Department is investigating the matter. The school provided police with surveillance images of the incident, Rachetta said. Rachetta wouldn't give details about any possible video footage of the vandalism. One school official did video the tree's last moments as it was being chopped down, Rachetta said. The military funeral song, "Taps," can be heard as the video plays. Rachetta said feelings about the incident are mixed among the student body with some students being upset and others showing indifference. Two students even attempted to boost the school's spirits about the incident by nailing a smaller pine tree to the stump of the former pine. Other students kicked the smaller tree down sometime during the day. "Some of our freshmen haven't been here long enough to understand the meaning of the tree," Rachetta said. The school plans to place a tribute to the tree on their bulletin board and a blog has even been created in honor of the tree.Click here for past updates.