Beaver High School - Shingas Yearbook (Beaver, PA)

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Faculty members come and go, some remaining only a short time, others longer. Occasionally one remains until he or she seems to become an essential part of the system. Sometimes their duties keep them very much in the public eye while others perform their appointed tasks with efficiency, quiet dignity and unassuming grace. Seldom noticed, yet they are always imparting wisdom, directing learning, exerting a good influence and making their presence felt for the benefit of pupils, faculty, and community. Such a person is she, to whom we are privileged to dedicate this T959 edition of the Shingas. Miss Adella Lawson, truly a dedicated teacher, ever conscious of her profes- sional responsibilities, has been equally trustworthy in many other ways. Born in Beaver Falls, she received her elementary education in the College Hill School. Following graduation from New Brighton High School she entered Geneva College where she maiored in the Language Arts to qualify for teaching in this field. Later she received a M.Ed. degree from the University of Pittsburgh. After a period of teaching in Patterson Township School, Miss Lawson came to Beaver. Here she was assigned the task of introducing Spanish into the curricu- Ium. How well she has developed the program, how high her standards of achievement have been, may well be seen in the fact that many of her students have progressed rapidly in college, indeed some have been exempt from advanced courses due to their knowledge of fundamental Spanish grammar. She has returned to Geneva College on numerous occasions to teach Spanish in the evening and summer school, and to work in the Registrar's office. Her leadership, always exemplified by the highest ideals of Christian living, has been extremely varied. ln Beaver, she has been High School Building Repre- sentative for the B. A. E. A., she is a past president of the B. E. A., a past president of the Junior-Senior High Unit of the Beaver P. T. A., and a past president of the Beaver County P. T. A. She has been elected to membership in the woman's Hon- orary Educational fraternity-Delta Kappa Gamma. Not only in the school and community does her leadership make itself felt but also in her church. A life long member of the Geneva congregation of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, her activities in it include the teaching of a Women's Sabbath School class, membership in a Missionary Society, superinten- dent of ci Mission Sabbath School and leader of the choir and congregational singing. Quiet, reserved, unobtrusive, yet making her personality felt through the force of her Christian ethics, Miss Lawson characterizes the best. We feel honored in presenting this-our Book of the Year to our teacher and friend. Class of 1959 6

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