Edward Drummond Libbey High School - Edelian Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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PRINCIPAL HAROLD EDWARD WILLIAMS 7fc,,,Wff.4,gi'u! 8

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CovER DEs1GN,,, SONNETS ,, ,..,w.... ,,,,,Y,, ,,7, INTRODUCTION Frontispiece ,w ,, Dedication , ,, Foreword ,7,, ,, ,, Class Poem ,,,o,,o School Views eeo,oo . In Memoriam YYY,,,.,,, ADMINISTRATION Executives, ,,Y,,, , Faculty ,,,,,,, ,, Office ..,,,, CLASSES Senior Officers , , Senior Class, Valedictory ,s,s,s,s,, Junior Officers, Class Deans . ss,s,, , Junior Class l,,sY, Sophomore Class ..,, Freshman Class, ATHLETICS ,,,, ,,,, CLUBS-, SCHOOL LIFE, ,, School Song ..., CONCLUSION Advertising . s,s,,i. , Autographsw, CONTENTS ,,.,,,,MERLE RATH ,HELEN COURTNEY ,,Page 4 ,Page 9 ,Page 11 ,,Page 12 ,,Page 13 ,,Page 17 ,,Page 19 , ,Page 21 ,,Page 27 ,Page 29 Page 30 ,,Page 55 ,Page 57 ,Page 57 ,,Page 58 ,,Page 62 ,Page 67 . ,,Page 71 ,,Page 95 Page 147 Page 177 ,,Page 181 Page 188

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Dedication IN DEDICATING our annual, the volume which marks our decennial, this Senior class wishes to honor one person to whom it feels the credit for Libbey's success of the past ten years is due, one who has been associated with Libbey since its founding, our much-loved principal, Mr. Harold E. Williams. We relate briefly that Mr. Williams was graduated from Adrian High School and matriculated at Michigan State Normal College at Ypsilanti, going later to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Keenly attracted by debating, his zealous interest in the work won for him many prizes and awards for his oratory, and his exceptional power as a speaker is today one of his outstanding qualities. At the University of Michigan Mr. Williams received that coveted symbol of achievement, the Phi Beta Kappa key, heading the list at Michigan of those elected to this famous national hon- orary society. Michigan also numbered him among her faculty, for he was an instructor of American History, a study which is still one of his favorite subjects. Further graduate study at the University of Michigan and at Columbia University, together with extensive travel both in the United States and in Europe, has helped in broadening the background which has served Mr. Williams so well in his work as an educator and an executive. Prominent in civic affairs, a member of the Kiwanis Club, our principal is much sought after as a speaker, for his forceful personality and his sincerity make a great appeal and win for him, wher- ever he goes, the appreciation of his audiences. The Masonic Order has been indeed fortunate in having Mr. Williams as one of its most ardent members. The devoted service he has rendered has won him an enviable record and many honors, among them many of high rank, as Master of Pyramid Lodge No. 701 F. 84 A. M., Master of Toledo Council No. 33 R. 84 S. M., and Thrice Potent Master of Miami Lodge of Perfection, Scottish Rite. The Zenobia Shrine numbers him among its members and he is also a thirty-second degree Mason, no small achievement, as any Mason will tell you. The principalship at Libbey is not the first one held by Mr. Williams. He served in this capacity at Fremont, Michigan, and later at Woodward Manual Training School of Toledo, where he won state-wide notice for his ability to deal successfully with problem boys. Starting with a group of forty incorrigibles, by a system of rigorous but interesting manual training, basketabll, and com- radeship and friendly guidance, he not only succeeded in making the boys into good citizens, but also attracted so much attention to his school that all the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades of the city clamored to be transferred to it. Later, in 1919, when Woodward Technical High School was opened with Mr. Williams as principal, the Manual Training School, by that time with a much increased enrollment, became part of it as the Junior High department. When the new south-side Libbey was launched forth in 1923, Mr. Williams started the work of organization and administration he has carried on so successfully ever since. Deeply interested in boys, Mr. Williams finds time in his busy schedule to sponsor the Hi-Y clubs and participate in Y. M. C. A. activities. It is characteristic of him to exert himself to help any of his students and we know that our difficulties can be taken to him and that every effort will be taken to aid the situation. An indefatigable Worker, his influence is felt in all branches of our school activities. To many of us, in four years, he has become a valued friend, and in him we see so many qualities we have been taught to admire and emulate. Though it is difiicult for a large group to become so articulate as to utter in one commending voice our very real appreciation, we hope, in dedicating this Edeliam of 1933 to our principal, Mr. Harold E. Williams, that he will sense the full meaning of the spirit which prompted us and know that with it goes our sincerest admiration. 9