East High School - Janus Yearbook (Youngstown, OH)

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9044 W- 5 ' Q PD ga- . And, so it was, that Iohn Smith found a place for himself as head of the ,fe fu' V' E: Churchill schools and the decision to make teaching his life work was im- ,if A , ' planted firmly in his mind. A X ' il 1 9 9 is -ff f e- H1911 His work at Churchill was merely a repetition of his former successes: -E new enrollment there increased 200 percent in three years time. 1 K, ,sl K!! I Q 6 0 A Y HCXQRC ILL ffgrg FF' rf K , W 2 Dr. Chaney, then superintendent of Youngstown schools, heard of his work and asked him to take charge of an elementary school. Here was the widened opportunity for service which he had been seeking. In 1911 Iohn Smith was made principal of Lincoln School. To Lincoln School came the children of new emigrants, people from almost every nation on earth. Iohn Smith knew their problems. His constant trust in God and faith in himself ever stood out as a beacon of light and as a source of inspiration and courage to the little folks of our new citizens in America. It was not long before Iohn Smith realized that to give the children of the east side the same opportunity to attend high school that the children of the north and south side had He talked to influ ential citizens he buttonholed politicians he wrote articles in the papers he encouraged the people of the East side to fight and demand that a high something must be done school second to none be bu1lt for the children of our new emigrants In time Iohn Smlths idea of a new high school gained favor and in 1926 East High School was proudly opened ssh Under his leadership East H1gh has produced some of the finest students and athletes ever to come from Youngstown Many colleges and universities have copied the East High system until today it stands as an everlrvrng memorial to Iohn W Smith who has been at the helm as principal during the ,X past 20 years Q' J L Nor has Iohn Smith s life been a one track life His services to the city of Youngstown during a lifetime includes chairman of teachers Lecture Committee 1916 1919 teacher of Men s Bible Class for over 18 years member of the Board of Trustees and of the Mahoning Building Committee of the Mahoning Methodist Church member of the Chamber of Commerce was the first president of Youngstown Education Association from 1920 to 1922 president of Torch Club and president of the Klwanis Club Yes Iohn Smith the students of East High School believe we speak not for the present students and the faculty but for all the graduates of East High the people of the East Side yes even the City of Youngstown when we say that to you and Mrs Smith we s1ncerely wish all of the best that can come to you folks who have made Youngstown a better place because you were here may the remainder of your days be bright in the memory of the 52 years of teaching and serving the generations of children who have received the guidance and inspiration of their life s work from you Alma Mater ,Pg N11 , as-Sc 420,90 W2 rm' 'SV 8044 5, 9,6-Arn, Q 4 '1 . . . Q , , , ,' , fA I I , C f X - ' , QV , , , t :ef X . , . . Q 'At-E' . . , .... , A , V in 'iff . - ' gm - ' ez ' ' f-, ff x4 - uf, , , , A NX y vT...1-:- ' - .-17 - . L f A . , . . . . . Q ,I . ', 29 .L'f.r. : ,rs . , . I I ff, 1 1 . - , y,,x , . , . 1 I - L - . Q I , . I 452504 , . 2 ' Y, ua?- . . . fr 5 ' 9 Lf N - . . . . I I AA - uyby IQNQ T n ., it ,, 1 - - -- . . . . . . . 1 , 1' B ' 'W A . ...-:.,?g. ..r:1 g:g ' f' .a' ' ff? '.' . 0 5 '-'Q-' -if '. A I .. ' x rlm.. .--I.. :,-X' - A Q.. -, +I' we re 'Le

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I any Seventy one years ago rn a modest home rn Augusta Ohro a babe was born to Iohn and Agnes Smrth each of whom wrshed the baby to have the others endearrng qualrtres Of the mrllron of Iohn Smrths rn Amerrca few have made the rmprrnt upon therr respectrve communrtres that thrs small boy was destrned to make From the begrnnrng thrs lrttle fellow was taught the three Rs and the Brble Few chrldren can clarm the drstrnctron of havrng read the Brble through at the age of twelve years but Iohn Smrth could and drd read rt before he was twelve In the lrttle one room school there was no doubt of the brrllrance and ff? Wrth such a record rt rs not hard to belreve that at the rrpe old age of leadershrp of lrttle Iohnnre Smrth In fact rt was very unusual when Iohnnre was not frrst rn any contest At the country spellrng bees experrenced spellers were called rn to try to down hrm as a spellrng champron M Jw- -21426 U I f fl' thrrteen he passed a teachers exammatron whrch gave h1m the rrght to teach rn grade schools of that day Soon after a teacher resrgned rn a nearby school and lrttle Iohn Smrth at the age of thrrteen was hrred to teach at Soon Iohn saw the need of more trarrnng rf he were to serve the com munrty rn whrch he lrved and enrolled rn the Augusta Normal School Soon after graduatron at the age of seventeen he accepted a posrtron at Green Grove Ohro There hrs fame as a teacher spread and both chrldren and parents were rnsprred to seek hrgher educatron Nerghborrng communrtres heard of Iohn and the followmg year he was offered a posrtron rn New Harrrsburg at double hrs salary There the story was repeated Among those who beheved rn Iohn Smrth s teachrngs was a shy young lady who later became hrs wrfe and has been constantly at hrs srde durrng all these years In hrs quest for knowledge Iohn Smrth went to Chro Northern Unrversrty where he soon became outstandrng as a student and athlete As a debater few have equaled hrm there for clarrty of strength and eloquence of delrvery 4-ffl Whrle vrsrtrng rn Youngstown after graduatrng wrth honors from Ohro Northern Iohn had a burnrrrg desrre to enter other frelds law at Ada Whrle he dreamed of pleadrng cases before the Supreme Court and warted for the trarn he was suddenly awakened from hrs dreams by a call from the statron announcer that was destrned to change the whole course of hrs lrfe Trarns to Allrance Akron Mansfreld Ada two hours late At that very moment an acquarntance from the Churchrll Schools greeted hrm wrth the statement that he was the very man for whom they were lookrng to take charge of therr schools l Page Eight l 0 A W, . - . I . . - . 'J v f 1 . -3' - - I I . . 4122511 ' Tiibfrff . Q ,I -H, png: D . . . . Q - the salary of S20 a month. Q E in an . . . . . s iaz ihs I . . . . W . . . . I 1 u I X AAN QF , . . u u , 1 1 ,Q -A4 ' ...N fn ' ' -rf ' A li:-

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Commencement txme IS here aqarn You are to be honored We con gratulate you and hope that th1s IS but one step on the starrway to success You deserve lh1S honor or 1t would not be glven you The Faculty IS puttmg 1ts seal of approval upon you We cannot tell what the future holds We do know that uppermost m our mmds has been the desrre to help you make the preparatlon for a hfe that w1ll w1n confrdence the honor the respect and the admrratxon of all wlth whom you shall be called upon to assoctate Of some thmgs we can be certa1n The eternal verrtles of hte do not change Our rnterpretatron of them may Veer a httle But truth 1ust1ce rlght honesty farr deahng real effort helpfulness and servrce brmg the1r reward today and the1r rewards are always those worth stnvmg for It at the end of l1fe you can balance your budget wrth such entrres as these we w111 know that our conhdence rn you has not been mrsplac d and our work wrth you has borne such trurt that all men shall call you blessed Thrs IS our earnest hope and prayer I W SMITH Prmczpal H 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . Q , .f . . ,