Charlotte High School - Witan Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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THE WITAN 26 The Present Teaching Stake.

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THE YV I T A N CHARLOTTE TEACHING STAFF IN 1913 First grade through fourth year high school inclusive. Six of these were high school teachers. Back ivite: Miss Ella A. Tier sax, Miss Mary R Goff. Miss Kuna 15. Bough ton. Mr. Roy L Butterfieu . Mrs. Christ ink Pride Abnott. Miss Smith Mrs. Katherine Cummings Dalton. Front raw: Mhs. Edna Rile Manchester. Miss Bessie Beari». Miss Margaret Fum- ing . Mrs. May Green Blank, Miss Julia Haley, Miss Harriet Joslin . • Deceased. 24

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r H E WITAN he has excelled, it is the work that he has loved most. This probably accounts for his unqualified success in his pro- fession. During his early years in Charlotte, Mr. Butterfield not only performed the duties of principal but taught all the mathematics, taught public speaking, trained students for the annual orator- ical contests, coached the senior plays, coached the basketball teams, conducted the orchestra, acted as librarian, typed senior essays, and did many other things with and for the students. Soon after he became princ pal, the first Charlotte High School Students Association was formed. Meetings in- cluding the entire student body were held in what is now the gymnasium. (It was then the assembly hall and had a stage where the offices now are.) Everybody participated in these meet- ings and great was the excitement thereof. The first senior annual, “The Grad- uate” in 1913, was the result of Mr. Butterfield’s inspiration and effort. Although the annual has not been pub- lished regularly since that time, “The Graduate” did establish a tradition and has been a worthy example for later annuals. As the school grew it became neces- sary for Mr. Butterfield to give up one after another of these activities in which both he and the students found much pleasure and profit. His time during the past few years has been de- voted very largely to administrative work and yet he has known personally every student and his problems and achievements. The facts here mentioned are only a few that are well-known to all. What we feel about him cannot be so easily expressed. Facts and figures can in no degree indicate what he has meant to Charlotte High School and the students he has known here. We have said the new era began with R. L. Butterfield, 1910—but wc are not going to say it ends now. If his con- tribution to this school has been real, as we know it has, those of us who have had the privilege of working with him will keep alive the spirit which he has created here and each generation of students will pass it on to the next. H. Jean Carter. 26