Baldwin School - Prism Yearbook (Bryn Mawr, PA)

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Miss Minnie A. Beckwith

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DEDICATION TO MISS BECKWITH Many a blue Monday has been brightened by Miss Beckwith's crisp “Good Morning, acconv panied by that special twinkle in her eye. For her humor possesses something electric, which causes one to sit up and take notice. In fact, Miss Beckwith's whole manner is lively and stimulating. Her method of doing a job thor oughly and quickly, leaving no ragged edges, has inspired us with the resolve to do our jobs, now, and in the future, in this same clean-cut fashion. In Miss Beckwith we have found an absolutely unselfish person, with a genuine interest and sympathy for others. She greets us openly and directly, remembering our small achievements, forgetting our past failures, caring for each one of us as individuals. We have seen her courage' ously carry on in a time of sorrow, keeping her friendly smile, and never once forgetting us. So, to you. Miss Beckwith, with love and admira' tion, we of '45, dedicate this Annual.

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IN MEMORIAM Somewhere in the back of our minds exists a kaleidoscopic association between Ancient HiV tory and a watch on a long black ribbon, pink topic cards, T.T.O.'s, a peer over the silver rim of glasses, and a grey'blue twinkle. Miss Albert's Ancient History class becomes, as we look back on it, one of the greatest privileges of our total experience at school. Her inspiring scholarship and enthusiasm gave a three dimen' sional quality to history that transcended text books, a quality that gave reality and atmosphere to Greek philosophers and Egyptian Pyramids. The patience and real friendship that Miss Albert extended to us, in the last years of her life and in the beginning of ours, is a debt to be paid in tribute, not only to her memory, but to her ideals as well.