Cleveland High School - Beacon Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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TRIBUTE As all of us go through life, there are certain individuals who impress us more firmly and more enduringly than others. Such a person was Mr. Milton Frye, who for sixteen years carried on the duties of assistant principal at our high school. Everyone who had the good fortune to come into contact with Mr. Frye, either personally or officially, will always remember him for the fairness and kindness and courtesy with which he dealt with every human being. There have been many men, who in similar administration offices, have dealt with far more people than Mr. Frye did, but there are few of whom it can be said that their job was carried on as efliciently and sincerely as was Mr. Frye's. Both the students and faculty of Cleveland High School will always picture him in the role of assistant principal, although they will also keep in mind the fact that he served in the classroom as a teacher for five years preceding his appoint- ment as assistant principal, and at the same time directed the Beacon activities, setting a high standard in that field to be met during the succeeding years. Mr. Frye, we are certain, would be very much pleased to learn that his position has now been filled since last September by a most capable and sincere successor, Mr. C. I. Fleming. Born in Shannon, Illinois, Mr. Frye received his elementary education at neighboring schools and his high school training at Lanark, Illinois. His Bachelor's Degree was obtained when, in 1902, he graduated with honors from Northwestern University. He entered the St. Louis school system in 1903, when he was appointed to Yeatman. In 1904 he was transferred to McKinley, where he remained until 1916. It is rather interesting to note that, while teaching English there, Mr. Frye had the honor of coaching that schoo1's first. football team. It is said by those who knew Mr. Frye intimately that he had always been proud of that fact. In 1916 Mr. Frye was again transferred: this time to Cleveland, the school to which he devoted the rest of his life. In 1921 Mr. Frye was made assistant principal, the position which he actively held until the illness which eventually caused his death confined him to his home at 3640 Utah Place in South St. Louis. We of the Beacon wish to extend our heartfelt sympathies to the mem- bers of Mr. Frye's family and we feel that no more fitting tribute can be paid to Mr. Frye than to reprint from the Orange and Blue those words which Mr. Mark Moody, a member of our faculty, said of him: Many a man has had an area of fame far greater than his, few however, have multiplied that area with a depth of personal influence equal to that of Mr. Frye. Cleveland High School began with Mr. Frye leading the English and Beacon activities. Standards in these affairs were placed high under his direction. When the students lost Mr. Frye as a classroom teacher, they found they had gained a mentor and guide possessing to an unusual degree a warmth and sincerity of friendliness which is so much to be desired and appreciated in an administrative office. Conscientious, careful, unremitting in his work, cheerful, cooperative, modest, friendly: these qualities characterize Mr. Frye. These qualities should-as we hold him in our memories-help us to be more worthy. Page Fifteen

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F MILTON FRYE 1877-1937

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HENRY R. TUCKER 1877-1937 Wholehearted devotion to the profession of teachingg independence in thought and action 3 zeal for democracy and faith in American institutionsg intense interest and sincere convictions in reference to vital social problems -and with all these a sense of humor that gave warmth and geniality to all human relationships. He was a good citizen and a good teacher of citizenship. Page Sixteen