East High School - Angelus Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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ln Tribute To Service Rendered-- With malice toward none, with charity for all describes well the char- acter of Roscoe C. Hill, principal of East High School. When that can be said of a man who for forty years in Colorado has dealt with students and adults representative of all kinds of heredity and environment, it is strong proof of his tolerance, generosity, and sympathetic understanding. Twenty- four of those forty years, Mr. Hill has given in leadership and service to East High School and the City of Denver. For five of the twenty-four years, he was principal of Old East located at Nine- teenth and Stout Streets. With pride and a conscious sense of the responsibility involved, Mr. Hill has frequently remarked, l have signed ap- proximately fifteen thousand high school di lomasf' Those fifteen thousand one- 19204925 tirlhe students of East High School can never look at the signature of Roscoe C. Hill without realizing that it represents a man who gave liberally of his devotion, his intellect, his understanding, and his courage to their best interests. 'indiana born, reared and educated, Mr. Hill cherishes and respects the state that offered him, an Indiana farm boy, the first rich opportunities of the American way of life. ln i899 he married an Indiana girl, Edith Ritterskamp, whose companionship, encouragement, and de- votion he enjoyed for thirty-one years and whose death in i930 but served to make that union more enduring in memory. Sharing equally with his affec- tion for lndiana as the place which nurtured American principles is his - love of Colorado which gave the opportunity for the fruition of -.mm democratic concepts. Here he es- l 1 tablished his home, reared and edu- XMI cated his children, Maxand Louise, ' and labored unceasingly for forty years in the interests of the youth Q Q55-1 of Colorado. ' - ln the year I944 Roscoe C. Hill, fi carrying with him the love, respect, and gratitude of all students, teach- ers, and Denver citizens, concludes his years of educational leadership W' and service in East High School as E he began them in the year l92O with malice toward none, with charity for all. ii-

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l I To Those Who Serve--- It is not easy to give up friends, family, home. It is not easy to go to wars. It is not easy to face the future and stand unafraid. Yet men have done these things. Therefore, the l944 Angelus is dedicated to the alumni and teachers of East High School serving in the Armed Forces-but perhaps, we at ' ' home should follow a wise thought once expressed at Gettysburg and dedicate ourselves to the un- finished task of preserving and extending democracy. ar., r I c ..,7...,.,a.-- if.. ' -A :Mime-w...' uv- s . .e,4-,. ,, ,,.r -ll :rfff-5: A 'r 2 i 'H V V .. K e.. E 1. ,.,..sa-er'

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