Ann Arbor High School - Omega Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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Agia! WW' wulsslm MISS EDNA PERRY

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Declzzctcvcton The class of 1946 dedlcates th1s book Wlth attectlon to one who has been much more than just a teacher to us to one who 1S also a real trrend and 1nsp1rat1on to her students MISS Parry W1thout her a very real part of the Splfll We have known at Ann Arbor Hlgh School would be m1ss1ng Those who have taken Amerlcan H1story rn D22 W1ll remember 1t not as a dry course studled from a dry textbook but as the l1v1ng and lnterestmg story of our country And who W1ll forget the celebratlons of MISS Parry s bmrthday second only to that of George Wash1ngton 1n the mmds of AA H S students the frrendly atmosphere and gay W1tt1c1sms of D 22 or the lncomparable vlew from the wlndows of the crow s nest 'P We who are graduatlng W1ll long have memor1es of MISS Parry and her part 1n our h1gh school days , W s 9 5 ' F 1 1 , . . . . , . 1 . . . . , , 1 ' I - 11 I ll

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Twenty Nme Years of Servrce MAAH Iune 1946 sees the departure of someone who has been the guldlng sp1r1t of Ann Arbor H1gh S hool for nearly thlrty years Wlth the res1gnat1on of Mr Forsyth we are loslng the person who 1S most respons1ble for maklng Ann Arbor H1gh School the outstandlng school we know today The hlgh standards the hberal 1deas and the frlendly atmosphere of our school can all be credrted t the long devotron and steady v1s1on of our pr1nc1pal Born rn Washtenaw County Mr Forsythe has spent the greater part of lfrs hfe rn M1ch1gan schools startrng Wllh the two room vxllage school h attended as a chrld at Moorevllle through to h1s pos1t1on as pr1nc1pal of the hrgh school here rn Ann Arbor He was graduated from Ypsllantr Hrgh School and then got h1S degree four years later from the Unrversrty of Mrchrgan He started h1S career rr' educatron Wlfh the posmon ot prrncrpal of lVIan1st1qu H1gh School after that he was superrntendent ot schools 1n Ionxa and St LOUIS before comrng to Ann Arbor Slnce 1917 when he became prrncrpal of Ann Arbor Hlgh School he has done more than any other person for the welfare of the school and the thousands of students who have attended rt H1gh school students 1n Ann Arbor today may well be grateful to h1m for the advantages wh1ch they real1ze as well as many blessmgs wh1ch they unconscrously enyoy Mr Forsythe s act1v1ty has 1n luded much more than that wh1ch was con hned to the hrgh school Hrs own scholastlc 1nterests ext nded to graduate work at the Unlverslty of Calrfornla and Columbra Un1vers1ty as well as at the Ln1vers1ty ot lVI1ch1gan He traveled not only ln the Unrt d States but also ln MEXICO Canada and Europe Outsrde of Ann Arbor he has made lrnportant contrzbutrons to state and nat1onal educatronal 1nst1tut1ons holdrng many POSI t1ons wh1ch 1nd1cated Wlde recognmon of h1S prof sslonal d1st1ncton In the Clly he has actlvely supported programs wh1ch lead to a better communrty and lncluded 1n h1S SGIVICG here are the presldencles of the Y M C A and the Rotary Club In the Ann Arbor comrnunlty he has outstand1ngly exemphtred the good c1t1zen The graduatrng senrors w1ll leave 1n Iune proud ot the school they have attended but regrettrng that the man who just1t1ed the1r prrde IS also leavrng the actrve cl1rect1on of the school The present sophomores and 1un1ors Wlll stlll feel the effect of h1S work as w1ll countless young people ot Ann Arbor after them The resrgnatron ot Mr Forsythe as pr1nc1pal concludes a long and rnusually fru1ttul career but hrs great contrrbutrons to educatron and the cornmunrty w1ll endure tar 1nto the future 0 0 , 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 . F . . . . . - 1 1 O . .. . 1 ' ' . , I. . . . . . . - . Q . , ., ' L 3 , . - 1 1 , .. . . . C 4 ' . . . . . Q . C T' - . l . . le : 1 1 - , . C . 1 I . I l , I I I