Charlotte High School - Witan Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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DEDICATION Mr Yathanrel George XX est came to Charlotte High School rn September 1930 I-laxrng achrexed hrs success as principal of Andrews School Number Nine he vx as then appointed our principal rn recog nrtron of hrs outstanding abrlrtx rn the educational field Mr XX est has alxs as s been xerx cooperatrxe with the xarrous school actix rtres and organizations especralls those of the senior class He has allovsed the cl ass to function with a democratrc form of gox ernment x et he h rs alxx rx s been vu rllrng to help solxe their problems with hrs ads rce In recognition of hrs untrrrng servrce and cooperation the senior class ofjune 1940 dedrcates this rear book to our principal Mr NK est CLRTIS BAKER Clan Prerzdent AFTER TEN YEARS Ten xears ago Charlotte vsas a raprdlx growing and crowded school Gathering around rt a yard were rn sight At thrs crrsrs rn rts hrstorv Charlotte acquired a new principal Mr XX est left a post at which he had made an outstanding record to accept a difficult situation at Charlotte NX ith enthusiasm and wrsdom he went to vwork XX rthrn three rears vue were in a new building and vxrthrn six wears the school had grown to tvxelxe hundred Through this trying perrod of rapid change and through the more stable recent years Mr West has consrstentlv been a progressrxe democratrc leader Teachers and pupils alike feel that they know hrm vs ell and respect hrm for quick understanding and sy mpathy and for hrs nexer failing friendliness If he has faults they are the occasional ox er use of these xrrtues And so we honor hrm for ten sears of fine serxrce As a friend of everv pupil every teacher and ex ery member of the Charlotte community he is a fine school master tolerant toward human weak nesses progressrxe rn hrs knowledge of modern school practice and insistent that every boy and girl hare the best possible training Vte honor the able school administrator but to us all he rs first and foremost a kindly helpful svmpathetrc friend GLENN M DENrsoN Vzce Prznczpal l A . , . V S I , A v' I v A a 1 ' I v iv v iv ' v v' v S ' v' l ' ' , y ' - , v 2 I sz v 7- . v ' I ' 1 7. I , . A . . . I . , . , . l . 1 , . . V r . , A v f y I v v' . . I Y full of temporary portables the old inadequate building housed seven hundred pupils and many more . 1 , . I ' v- - . Y q 7. . Y V - r . Y. . . Y Y v ' . fy. . A . 7 , . I v 1 ' . r D S y 1 . y I ' . ' , . v ' 1, v' I ' I ' , r , Y JY! 1 . - V I ' 7 l , 7 , bf l . . . . , ' -

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Frederick Rena Nlarch4 1924 Octobe 1 1939 On October 1 1939 the class of une 1947 xx as stunned to le1rn of the sudden death of Frederick Renz Freddie xx as unusuallx popular xxith classmttes and teachers a superior student and an outstanding citizen of Charlotte High School Manx of Freddie s closest frlends did not realize that underneath his good n ttured smile and cheerful disposition there was a phvsical h1nd1cap th tt he could not ox ercome The members of the class of 1942 xx 1ll llxxax s cherish the memorx of Freddie Rena kenneth E I acx teacher of commercial subpects at Charlotte High School died March 5 1940 in Strong Memorial Hospital He was 37 x e irs old Mr Ltey lixed most of his life in the Charlotte district I-Ie w ts degree of Btchelor in Commercial Science from New iorlx Umxersity 1nd returned to Charlotte as 1 Commercial teacher In 1930 31 he was tranted a lelxe of absence for further xx orlx at N Y U Later he con tinued his studies at the Unix ersitx of Rochester and Nazareth College Summer School HIS pupils Ind the Ch lrlotte te ichers xx ho lxnexv for thlrteen years his cheerful spirit and Vx1ll1I1KL,I1CbS to xxorlt for the general good vxxll miss him sgreltlx Their regard is .1 tribute to the courage xxith xx h1Ch he carried on his duties during the pist txxo difhcult xears Besides his xxife Ruth Fogel Ltcx he le 1xes three small daughters Join Jox cc ind Janet A I v ' In x , , ' Ll - - ' ' 7 ' ,. - , Y. 2 I y V . I . ,' , ,, , ' Y ' . Y . -I lv, 1 .1 . . 9 1 9 9 L 1 ' graduated from Charlotte High School in 1921. In 1927 he received his . - 4. ' 7 v ' v ' 2 1 2 A. I - 1 7 ' I Y ' ' ' . . . ' .N . y L Y' 4 L . I . V. Y . A ' v4 5 2 1-, 2 v 1 . , 1 , 1' 'Q ' .