Charlotte High School - Witan Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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WITAN STAFF il A Co-Editors - Features - Art - Sylvia Gottschalk Marguerite Davidson Gloria Clark Patricia Hallett Emily Dye Anita Jacksteit Betty Fitzpatrick S t - ecre cry MUVY Hendry Business Staff - Joan Flnkbelne' Sharon Littlewood Gerard Schmidt Patricia VanAtta Robert Vanselow Associate Editors - Jane Heerkens Joyce Lacy t Joan Fagan TYP'sl5 ' Marion McCann lda Vannicola Barbara Veit APPRECIATIGN TO ADVISERS Donald Vanselow lchairmanl Virginia Bell Robert Cole Patricia Curtin William Daley Pauline Gartland Kenneth Otto Carl Romer Marilyn Salmon Norma Yarker Class Advisers - Mrs. Stephen J. Leathem Kenneth B. Waide Witan Advisers - John W. Lee The i948 Witan Staff takes this opportunity to thank the advisers of Miss Joyce E. Sharer the Witan, Miss Joyce E. Sharer and Mr. John W. Lee, for the invaluable counsel and assistance which they have given us.

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GLENN M. DENISON, Principal FREEDOM, This 1948 Witan emphasizes freedom. lt gives attention to the freedom earned for us by our fathers. This attention and emphasis are most appropriate, for never has it been more important to realize that freedom must first be earned and then constantly protected. Freedom and fear are enemies, and fear is abroad in the land. When we are afraid, we seek comfort and security in our group strength, and we are then easily persuaded that freedom is less important than i61 OUR HERITAGE safety. We are the more easily persuaded that the liberties of unpopular minorities should be sacrificed. With the world divided and confused, many Ameri- cans seem nearly ready to toss aside as unimportant some of the freedoms our ancestors earned. We seem almost persuaded that the Bill of Rights should pro- tect only those we like or with whom we agree. You boys and girls now in school must be alert to these trends, for you will help decide what freedoms, if any, we Americans give up.

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KENNETH B. WAIDE B.A., Eastman School of Music, U. of R. A graduate of Greenfield, Massachusetts, Mr. Waide has been director of band and orchestra at Charlotte and of the orchestras at Schools 38 and 42 since his graduation from the Eastman School of Music in 1934. He enlisted in the Navy during the war and while in service his march The P. R. N. C. Uhe Potomac River Naval Commandl was played on the steps of the Capitol by the U. S. Marine Band. He composed the music for our present school song, The Waters of Ontario, and has had several of his com- positions published. CDUR CLASS ADVISERS MRS. STEPHEN J. LEATHEM B.A., Michigan, M.A., N. Y. U. Mrs. Leathem, a native of Canandaigua, was graduated from Canandaigua High School. She came to Charlotte in 1943 from Vocational High School. As a dramatics en- thusiast Mrs. Leathem has appeared with the Community Players and is active in dra- matics productions at Charlotte.