Riverside High School - Mercury Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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PERRY S PRAY lull IIIIINII IMIIEBIIMIIGDIRIIAIMI It is not an easy task to pay a fitting tribute to the memory of a departed friend. I respond to this duty today with feelings of prof found regret and sadness. Cn my first day at Riverside, I found a fellow teacher who went out of his way to help me with the many prob.lems of a new teacher. I shall never forget the helping hand extended to me then. In the days that were to follow- I found him a real comrade and there grew a lasting friendship. , Mr. Pray was born on a farm in Fond du Lac County, this state, 49 years ago. He graduated from Fond du Lac High School and then entered Ripon College. At the time of his graduation from this institution, he was awarded special honors for excellence in scholar' ship. After graduation he entered his chosen profession, that of teaching, by serving three years in the schools of Minnesota, He was then called to be head of the department of chemistry in a large vocational school in Memphis, Ten- nessee. Here he likewise remained three years. Then, in 1917, he received the appointment to come to Riverside where he has served so well and so faith' fully these past twenty years. Twentyfsix years a teacher. In such a long'period a teacher comes in contact with many thousand young people in his classes and countless others as friend and councilor. What an opportunity for service and in this case what a splendid influence. I shall not dwell long upon the many fine qualities of the man. You know all as well as I do. As an instructor he was one of the finest, kindly, sympathetic, helpful, with inexhaustible patience. If at times he seemed to be willing to accept only the best that was in a pupil, it was because he felt that course was best for student's future. He was diligent to a fault. One instance comes to my mind. Two years ago the State Conservation Commission instituted a tree planting campaign. It was to be held at the Soldiers' Home. All of the high schools in the city were urged to organize working groups. Mr. Pray, always an ardent advocate of conservaf tion, organized a band of workers, and took them early one Saturday morning to their field of operations. When I chanced to visit them in the late afternoon, I found him in the midst of 40 or '50 workers, shovel in hand. The incident is significant. Here was a teacher engaged and paid to teach biology in the class' room, found many miles away, in the heat of the day, at manual labor. Al- though his health was impaired at that time, he was found where he thought his duty called him. I am satisfied that he paid for his fidelity to duty first with broken health and then with life itself. As a man his habits were most exemplary, his character irreproachable. He was loyal, kind, and altogether lovable. What a pity that such a man should be taken away when only part way across the ocean of life. Perhaps there is some consolation in the thought that a man need not live long in years to live an exceedingly rich life. Though the span may be short it may be full in service. It is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make a man better be, Or standing long an oak, three hundred year To fall a log at last, dry bald sere, In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures, life may perfect be. This trihulf fwas fwriltfn by Mr. Roy M. Lf'-wis, shortly aftfr the fall term had hvgun. I Mas fd?

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TO COACH HESELTON He is gone for ur, but who are we To hold him here, this 'mold In which our mightiest have been cast, When finer molten steel than ours Runs white-hot, quivering elsewhere- Waiting to, be poured, and shaped? -Dudley can-Held It is with mixed emotions that we say farewell to Coach Heselton. We are glad that he is going on to a better position, but seliishly sorry that he can't continue to make friends and football champions at East. Coach Heselton has done more than turn out six championship teams during his ten years at East. The large number of boys who have had contact with him have gained a sense of sportsmanship and friendship which will be invaluable to them. Coach Heselton is never forgotten by his boys . Year after year, they come back to see him. His oifice is usually filled with boys attracted by its atmosphere of friend' ship. A graduate of Minnesota, and pupil of Bernie Bierman, Mr. Heselton came to East in 1928. After spending a few years in installing his system, Coach Heselton started to make football history in the Milwaukee Prep school conference. East teams were distinctly different from others. During time out periods they formed a huddle and planned their strategy, while their opponents lay sprawled on the ground. Through teamwork, they accomplished what other teams couldn't do- winning six championships in ten years and establishing an all time record of 31 consecutive victorires. V The fine work of Coach Heselton, from now on, will be appreciated by Lawrence College in Appleton, Wisconsin. Lawrence is a member of the Mid'West Conference which consists of the following colleges: Coe, Carleton, Lawrence, Cornell, Ripon, Knox, Monmouth, and Beloit. MRS. HERZOG Riverside next September will miss the gracious presence of Mrs. Herzog, who has made the stimulating atmosphere of 312 a tradition for freshmen and sophomores. With her wit and originality she has enlivened the drudgery of grammar drill and has brought back old Julius and the Princely Odysseus in a perennial freshness and vigor which have kindled in her pupils a real love for good reading. Her sense of fair play, earnestness, and high standards of achievement have won the respect of all who knew her. Throughout her stay in Riverside Mrs. Herzog has been active in Camaraderie. The Cam girls appreciate the friendly, helpful, and wholefhearted way in which she has entered into all their activities. Her genuineness, quick repartee, and charm have endeared her to pupils and teachers alike. We all shall feel the loss of a real force in our school. 10

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