William Allen High School - Comus Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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page twenty-two WS, 1 sg it , X , E ef ik . vi. .alum ? e s ' X is CHEERIO We wzirb you well Rest is not quitting The busy career, Rest is the Htting Of self to its sphere. MARION STRUTHERS John Sullivan Dwight Miss Struthers was born in England and received her early education there. She earned a B.A. degree in German at Northwestern University, her M.A. at the University of Virginia, and did graduate work at the University of Chicago. Miss Struthers came to A. H. S. thirty-six years ago, after having taught at state teachers' colleges in Vir- ginia and West Virginia. In Allentown, besides teach- ing and tutoring English and foreign languages, she has taken an active part in the A. A. U. YV., the Y. VV. C. A. Board, and has been president of the B. P. WV. During VVorld War II she joined the Ambulance Corps of the Red Cross and taught First Aid. Miss Struthers' plans for the future include travel, both here and abroad, continued tutoring, and writing, based upon her vast source of teaching experiences.