Charles H Milby High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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'Epitome of Spirit Now and Always . . . If we work upon immortal minds and instill into them just principles, we are then engraving upon tablets which no time will efface, but will brighten and brighten to all eternity. —DANIEL WEBSTER None can deny that MRS. CLARA McLENDON’S dedicated spirit has not instilled just principles into the streams of students she has met since she first came to Milby 37 years ago. She has devoted her life to others—Milby students; friends of her church; children of her neighborhood. And her devotion will be re- flected “to all eternity” in the memories of those whose lives she has guided on to higher goals. As the propagator of Milby’s renowned spirit, MRS. McLENDON remembers the times she went to tea at the old Milby home in Harrisburg . . . the day when Mrs. Milby dedicated the school in 1927 to her husband, Charles . . . the day W. I. Stevenson brought “Charlie Buffalo” home . . . and the day the Hammond family gave the first $4000 scholarship. Mixed with these memories are precious years of active participa- tion in Oaklawn Presbyterian Church, the College Women’s Club, and traveler to Europe, Hawaii, the Caribbean, and Alaska. Her mark upon Milby will always be remembered, for she belongs to the generations that make HOUSTON’S PAST, PRESENT, and the FUTURE. 4