Charlotte High School - Witan Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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A Quarter of cl Century Twenty-five years ago the students of Charlotte High School published a thin volume of poems and short stories called the Witan. The name had been chosen from sixty prospec- tive titles which were submitted by the student body. The volume was the first of six issues created by that Senior Class. The children of some of these Seniors are working on the Witan today. Of course a few changes have been made. The Witan is no longer com- pletely financed by advertisements nor do we publish six issues annually. Production costs have been trebled twice, due to an increase in pictorial matter and the cost of printing. The Witan has gradually shed it's literary features, replacing them with news of the graduating class. Eventually it was published semi-annually and was devoted to the type of material that it now contains. By 1933 there was no longer a January graduating class. Thus the necessity for a semi- annual publication was relieved. In one respect the Witan has not changed-Miss Sharer and Mr. Lee have been the advisers, sharing their fund of helpful information with the staff and guiding them toward their goal-a volume which faithfully mir- ors the activities and spirit of Charlotte High School.

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George Emerson Eddy Today George Emerson Eddy is able to look back upon seventy years of useful living, and forward to many more years of service. Mr. Eddy's experiences contradict the common conception that the life of a teacher is one of continual bore- dom and drudgery. Upon receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree from Colgate University in nineteen hun- dred four, he was given the oppor- tunity to gain experience in both teaching and travel. This unique offer came in the form of a position as teacher of Geology, Science, Biology and English Literature at Robert College in Constantinople, Turkey. During his two years' residence in Turkey Mr. Eddy made many inter- esting acquaintances and traveled ex- tensively in Europe and Asia Minor. In nineteen hundred six, Mr. Eddy began his career in Rochester as teacher of English in East High School where he remained for eigh- teen years, holding respective posi- tions as Head of the Department of Physical and Commercial Geography, vice-principal, principal of East High School Annex, and acting principal of the high school in Principal Wil- cox's absence. Mr. Eddy was then appointed prin- cipal of Washington Junior High School, a position which he had held until the discontinuation of the school in nineteen hundred forty. During the interim before Mr. Eddy became principal of Charlotte High School, he served as co-principal of Benjamin Franklin High School. Mr. Eddy has devoted much of his life to activities which have benefited pupils, teachers and citizens of Roch- ester: President of the Board of Education of Fairport High Schools, President of the Rochester Teacher's Association, President of the Central Western Zone of the New York State Teachers' Association, Member of the New York State Teachers' Wel- fare Fund, Chairman of the Wash- ington Grove Committee, member of the Executive Committee of the Boy Scout Council of Rochester, Chair- man of the Rochester Teachers' As- sociation Relief Fund, trustee of the Rochester Teachers' Credit Union, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Washington High School Mem- orial Scholarship Fund, director of the Colgate University Alumni Schol- arship Fund for the Rochester Area. The Senior Class extends its most sincere wishes for his continued suc- cess in all undertakings.

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