Olney High School - Trojan Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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EDXVIN Y. MONTANYE Principals are truly unsung heroes. They are the men behind the scene who give much hut ask for little more than our cooperation and loyalty. In our high school days, we students give credit to many people- ---- teachers, advisers, sponsors, and such praise is indeed warranted, hut few people stop to consider the man who quietly and efficiently guides one and all. And so to Mr. Montanye we want to express our grateful thanks for his untiring efforts and splendid example which has made us hetter students and liner people. His understanding and kindness will not he soon forgotten, since he is more than our principalg he is our friend. May this humble tribute show how very grateful and appreciative is the Class of june '39.

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We who are ahout to enter a world full of strange vieissitudcsu feel that the great need in that world today is a widespread, true appreciation of the line arts. Society, moreover, is just now emergf ing from an unprecedented era of materialistic devel' opment, in which the swiftfwinged progress of organized life has ahsorhed all our mental activities. Accordingly, as we increasingly reap the results of our material progress, we must develop a keen understanding of the line arts, for they will wash away from the soul the dust of everyfday life. Indeed, the people today are ever demanding more good music in their lives, and more heauty in their homes and surroundings. Throughout our years of training, we have heen taught the importance and the influence on our lives of love and appreciation of the line arts. ln this volume we have, therefore, striven to exf press our deep, sincere appreciation of art and its influence.

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HlHIEHlIHN To Mr. Theodore H. Nitsche and to Mr. Charles McCann, we respectfully dedicate the Trojan of the Class of June, 1939. Cur humble attempt to honor these two arises from our appreciation of the work they and their departments have accomplished in making the Olney High School a leader among public schools in the artistic endeavors of music and the graphic arts. Mr. Nitsche's labors have made our Band and A Cappella Choir admired by Philadelphia's educators and the community in general. Mr. McCann's patient efforts in encouraging, teaching, and developing talented art students have gained the plaudits of all. We trust that the years to come will find these teachers striving yet further to make the school and community proud of its cultural attainments.