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IN MEMORY Miss Bessie A. Griffin Miss Griffin will live on forever in our hearts, for we will remember her as a wonderful teacher, a marvelous person, and a friend in our time of need. As a teacher, she gave us excellent ground material in English grammar, read us many thrilling stories, and taught us familiar poems which we will always remember. As a friend, she was concerned with our well-being and ready to help us at any time At the Hamilton College Commencement in 1957, Miss Griffin was awarded an Honorary Degree, Master of Humane Letters. A Hamilton Alumnus and former pupil of Miss Griffin's, Louis N. Brockway, presented her for the degree with the following citation: It is a challenge indeed to cite a daughter of the fomed 'Farmer Orator' of New York's turbulent Barge Canol ero, and to cite one who hos herself spent a lifetime ably teaching effective writing. Much must be said in little space. We foil if we do not re-creote the image of you as a young lady, surely little older than your pupils, first, teaching in the one-room school on the edge of this campus; later, trudging five miles doily to and from elementary classes in the village. We must recall the many days when you were the first to reach the schoolhouse and the last to leave; the many evenings spent directing ploys and counselling your pupils. We must tell of the personal drive behind your preparation to teach in high school, and of your subsequent achievement in giving many generations of young people — among them many who are Hamilton men, including the one who stands beside you now — superb foundation in the English language. But more, we must catch that spark within your personality that mokes it unthinkable that a pupil would ever come before you more than once without having done the best work of which he was capable. It has been said thot os a Clinton teacher with a road named after you, you are unique. Even more certain, indeed, is the uniqueness of your distinguished and unstinting service to this community over half a century. Hamilton College Alumni Review July i 957
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DEDICATION Mrs. Maude G. Luther Dear Mrs. Luther, Nearly six years ago we came to your classes — a group of very proud, bewildered, mixed up new seventh graders. You enlightened us on the mysteries of High School and helped us orient to our new surroundings and ways of doing things. Almost without our realizing, you went from the school to the Community and we learned all sorts of things that make us proud of our town and its history. From Community to County to State, you took us. All the time we were learning to stand on our own feet, to do our work without supervision, to fit into our school and our Community as good citizens. The Historical Club trips to Saratoga and Hyde Park are high spots in our memories of Junior High. We know how generously you gave your time and effort to make them possible and successful. Your guidance, interest, enthusiasm, and helpfulness have made you a teacher we shall remember. We wish you many happy years to enjoy leisure — free from the trials of a school day. To say thank you, we dedicate this, our Clintonian to you. Tk ri—
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