Curwensville Area High School - Echo Yearbook (Curwensville, PA)

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THE ECHO Therefore all brothers wrll stand whrle the names of these departed friends and loyal members of the pack are read and rf we have failed to secure any name or names thrs resolutron rs also dedrcated to hrm or them as the great unknown cur of the pack who as Rudyard Krplrng truly sard The strength of the pack rs rn the wolf And the strength of the wolf rs rn the pack Each rndrvrdual has helped to make thrs kennel the strong organrzatron rt rs whether he be leader or follower and now abrdeth farth hope and Iove but the greatest of these rs love Iove of God and love of cllow man Yellow Dog Memorial CommrtteewT S Davis Supt of Blair Co Chas R Bell Wm H Orr ohn Tate Robert W Smith GUESEQGF' WORDS FROM FRIENDS It rs drfhcult rndeed to apprarse the character and Irfe of any man There are some factors of lrfe that can be seen and tabulated There are srlent forces of rnHuence undrscerned by the spectator that mean much rn the strmulatron of farth rn others The total force and pressure of such a character as possessed by Grant Norris was beneficial to mankind He was built upon a large plan and hrs gifts were enhanced by a careful tramlng and drscrplrne that mcreased their value While we would grve a just estimate to hrs intellectual abrlrty hrs strength of Ieadershrp hrs platform power and hrs organizing capacity we belreve that the action rn others The unseen forces found rn hrm a pornt of expression a pornt of focalrzatron and through hrm manifested themselves to others These unseen forces that give value to Irfe found a vorce rn hrm and through hrmrncrted other Irves to growth and development Men appreciated his scholarship but they appreciated hrs frrendshrp and sympathy more If heaven s rrchest grft to earth rs a man strong and stalwart brave and unselfish we would express our gratitude for the opportunrty grven us to know Grant Norrrs and the prrvrlege to be asso crated wrth hrm Dr John C Collins Since my acquaintance wrth Professor Grant Norris I think I have met no one wrth keener mmd anywhere He could enter rntellrgently rnto any con versatron He was not a mrnd concerned merely with local affairs He thought of local condrtrons rn their relatron to world needs and condrtrons Wrth ease he could rrse the srghts of hrs vrsron and clearly see men struggling wrth therr tasks rn the drstant or as easily lower them and see the need for help among the ones rrght about hrm Grant drd not srmply teach school he taught rndrvrdualsl He knew hrs pupils all by name Their famrly hrstory drd not long remarn a closed book to hrm The envrronment of the chrld was always of interest and he soon acquarnted hrmself wrth rt for he knew the abrlrty of the puprl was largely determrned by rts surroundings Grant was interested rn the four fold lrfe of the chrld Hrs professron as a teacher clearly showed hrs rnterest rn the mental development the rntense rn terest he always displayed rn recreational lrfe was an evidence of hrs concern for I6 largest contribution he made to society was himself. He provoked thought and

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THE ECHO He was loyal to hls college and lxkewlse loyal to the schools he served as teacher prlnclpal or superlntendent He often remarked I wlll go to the verv llmlt of my best endeavor to promote the best mterest of my school The people of Curwensvllle recognlzmg thls elected him tlme after tlme wlth Increased emoluments and delegated to hlm Increased power IH the conduct of thelr schools He was one the of best loved school men of hl day and genera tlon III Hls Frlendshlp for his Fellow Nlen Wherever he went he made frlends and retalned them He hungered for fnends He would go to the lnmxt for his friends and as lron sharpeneth lron hls frlends would go the llmlt for hlm He was the flrst to recognize the lmportanc of the word frlendshlp IU the Yellow Dog Fraternity whlle many of us thought fun was the potent factor and that the order was lnstltuted for fun A llttle nonsense now and then ls good for the best and WlSCSt of men Grant Norrxs always lnslsted that frlendshlp was the potent factor He was the first one to make use of the words of Rudyard Kxpllng calllng attention to the Importance of all workmg for the good of one and one worklng for the good of all For thls IS the law of the jungle As old and as true as the sky And the wolf that keeps lt wll prosper But the wolf that breaks lt must dle As the vlne entwlneth the tree trunk This law worketh forward and back That the strength of the pac IS IH the wob' And the strength of the wal IS ln the pac So well dld Grant NOTIIS show hls frlendshlp as an lndlvxdual for the pack that the pack lncreased by leaps and bounds untll more than Hve thousand men of Blalr County assembled at dxfferent tlmes at the call of Chlef Cur Norrls to do honor to Clan Alpine The marvelous growth of the pack can only be attrlbuted to the fact that rlendshlp has been the Chlef that sat at the head of the table of all the dellbera tlons of Blalr County Kennel of Yellow Dogs When Grant NOYTIS left Blalr County to take up school work at Curwens Vllle he orgamzed a kennel at that place that became a real CIVIC orgamzatlon securmg and lmprovxng a playground swlmmlng pool commumty center house for all txme for the old and young people of hrs natlve town Surely he was the Abou Ben Adhem of Curwensvllle and now smce we have met to do honor to hls memory as well as the other Yellow Dogs who have passed to the Great Beyond therefore we present the fOllOWlHg resolutlons If there s another world he llves ln bllss If there IS none he made the best of thxs We have no doubt about another world where the Splrlts of just men are made perfect And surely the Splflt of Grant Norrls IS wlth the splrlts of the other great lovers of mankmd Further be It resolved That whlle thls memorlal servnce of Yellow Dogs was called prlmarlly to honor the memory of nts Hl St chlef cur Grant Norris at thls time we desxre to honor also the rank and file of those falthful frlends and curs who have passed from the end of the trall ln this world to that great un known country plctured only ln our dreams or lmagmatlons our hopes and the DFOTIISCS of our Elder Brother the Mediator and Savlor of the peoples of thls wor d . . . 4, . . . 1 ,, r . 3 - . . .4 . . ,, . Q . . ,, ,, 44 - 1 - 11 . . . U . . ,, 1 U . . . 1 1 . L 1 If . . It 11 9 1 .lt - - 11 . . A - Y - v 1 1 1 1 , . 1 - na 11 u 1 11 - - , . as 1 - - - 1 1 - - 11 , . U . . . 1 ,, . . . . . . . 1 1 1 1 1

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THE ECHO the soclal Ilfe as well as that of the physrcal and hls wlllmgness regularly to be used ln the Sunday School and church SCTVICCS was a manlfestatlon of deep con cern for the sp1r1tuaI growth I always enjoyed my vlslts wlth Grant He was ever the same to me and I belleve He was my frlend faxthful and true to me Rev H L arrett IVIcConneIIsburg Pa 'UEJKEW GRANT NORRIS LETTER TO PUPILS DURING HIS ILLNESS November I5 I928 IVIy Dear Student Friends ln English I cannot tell you the good your letters d1d me As I read your 1nd1v1duaI letters I could see the lmage of each one of you as I have so often seen you m class room IH study hall In office or on the street In fact your letters brought a real Invmg pxcture of you mto my Inttle prlson room where I am walled up for the tlme being But some one has sald and you w1II know who Stone walls do not a PFISOD make nor lron bars a cage Thls you see permlts me to be wlth you IH Splflt at least Yes boys I would Ilke to be wlth you ln the Thanksglvmg game You are a wonderful team thls year you are wlnmng the respect and approval of your supporters I know you w1II play Clearfield a good game and I am sure you have your chance ln wxnnlng It would be great lf you could take the game this year It would top the cllmax of a wonderful football year for the Curwensvllle Hlgh School Yes I want to see Straw make that end run Patsy go through the I1ne Vlnce keep up the courage and glve WISE dlrectlons and I know lm Leech will up set a few of the Clearflelders I can t tell just what each one of you w1II do but I am confident that you will do your very best and that you wlll keep your selves In the plnk of perfectlon and be good and ready when the tlme comes You w1II have to excuse me for not wrltlng much I have not eaten any thmg now for 28 days You mlght thlnk I am hungry but I am not I drlnk a I1ttIe hot water w1th a quarter of a teaspoon of sugar three to four times a day ThlS IS my duet so you see I need to get busy at this end of the Ilne or I would not dare to go out for fear of blowmg away Please accept my Iove and thanks for your letters and belleve me I would Ilke to be back among you Slncerely yours Grant Norrns MESSAGE FOR THE ECHO Character IS what WC are In the dark Genume Iove and affectlon for the chlld should make up 75'f of the teachers relatnonshxp Other educatmg mfluences 2J', You can only glve your pupils what IS part of yourself 4 Let us not waste time dlsapprovmg and reprovmg but start where we are wxth what we have and build December l9Z8 Grant Norrls v v n - .1 ' ' 11 - 1 . . . .j , , . Q , . . y 1 - . . . ,. - v y . . ,, . . . . v s - y - v v v , . . - ' , Y - . , . v v KK 1! 2 . . . sf . , . - n , .