Chicopee High School - Memini Yearbook (Chicopee, MA)

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FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION What Greater or Better Gift Can We Offer the Repubhe Than to Teach and Instruct Our Youth? CICCTO

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No one could foresee that February 13 was to be one of Comprehensiveis saddest days for its faculty and student body, the day of the sudden passing of Mr. Everett Sittard, our Director of Music for the public school system of Chicopee. He will long be missed and always remembered by those who had the privilege of knowing and working with him. An excellent pianist and organist, his wonderful talent was enjoyed by all who heard him in our churches and as music educator in our schools. Following his graduation from Chicopee High School in 1928, he majored in piano and organ at the New England Con- servatory of Music in Boston where he was graduated in 1932. He then served as music supervisor in the Easthampton school system before coming to Chicopee. An active member of the Chicopee Teachers Association, National Conference of Music Edu- cators, Mr. Sittard was dedicated to the education, health, and safety of the com- munity. V In the annals of the Chicopee schools, the name of Everett Sittard will always bring to memory a line, dedicated man, loved and respected by all, one whose contributions to the music field cannot be measured. The sense of musical delight, with the power of producing it,' is a gift. Such was the gift of Everett Sittard.