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

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THE ECHO SCHOOL BELIEFS OF GRANT NORRIS I belleve keeplng the schools as cIose to the people as posslbIe I beIleve Flttlng the school to the chlId and not the chlId to the school I beIleve the equaIlzatlon of educatlonaI opportunltles I beIleve the equallzatlon of taxatlon I belleve that CIearfleId County lS entltIecI to educatlonal opportunltles IN CLEARFIELD COUNTY beyond the hlgh schooI I belleve ln Readlng Wrltlng SpeIIlng and Arlthmetlc as prlmary essentlals I belleve that Clearfield County shouId be kept as cIoseIy related as poss1bIe to the Department of EdUCatl0H at Harrlsburg and to the State I..eglsIature I beIleve that a County Superlntendent of Schools or a Supervlslng Prln Clpal should be an exponent of LIFE and EDUCATION ln hls own school ln hls own county and ln hls own State I beIleve that conversatlon IS better than re cIamatlon I beIleve that FRIENDSHIPS are better than BATTLE SHIPS I belleve that 80', of our revenue IS too much to pay for war Reserve and glVC us 80', for PEACE I belleve that a small Ilbrary should be ln every school room ID the State I belleve ln a fuII day s work ln the school room I belleve IH the consclousness of work weII done I belleve that TEACHING IS the noblest of ARTS and the sorrlest of TRADES WBEKGU' WORDS FROIVI TEACHERS IN SERVICE Slowly and sadIy we Iald hlm away From thls Ilfe of fame and gIory To be gathered to a heavenly home Where all of Hls salnts wlII Glory Reuben D IVIoose Orlgmal And as the gardener seems to glVC More care to plants WhlCh fight to 'IV So he Wlth tenderer regard Befrlended those whose tasks were hard Thus deallng gently he became More than a hlgh and haughty name BCSSIC L Kuntz Edgar A Cuts! Truly can be Sald of Mr Norrls by quotlng hls ovxn words If you can save some boy or some glrI who othervxlse wlthout you would have been lost then you have a great success and have won a star for your crown Ruth I: IVIaurey One who never turned backward But marched Wlth breast forward Never doubted cIouds would break, Never dreamed though rlght were worsted Wrong wouId trlumph, Held, we fall to rlse, are bafHed to fight better, SIeep to wake Inez E Redden Robert Brownlng I8 ' 1. ' in ' ' . 2. ' in ' ' ' . 3. ' in ' ' ' 'I . 4. ' an ' ' ' . 6. . . . . - . ' - . . I . . I 7. I 1 . . . 8. B . . V U . .. . Q 9' . I . . I - . . IO. ' . 11. 'H V ' . it IZ. ' ' b ' ' , 13. ' ' ' ' - . 14. ' ' ' . 15. ' ' 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 , .

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THE ECHO As one rs ho loves a garden he Vvalked round the world rts Charms to see Not only by the rose he stayed The trnrest vrolet rn the shade On hrs devotron could depend To great and low he played the frrend Frances 'W Cook Hrs days though few have passed below ln much of joy and less of woe Yet strll rn hours of love or strrfe He escaped the wearrness of lrfe Lors H over And when the stream Whrclr overflowed the soul was passed auax A conscrousness remarned that rt had left Deposrted upon the srlent shore Of memory rmages and precrous thoughts That shall not dre and cannot be destroyed Edrth Saw telle Hfordsuorlh To Professor Grant Norrrs Hrs shambly walk hrs radrant smrle hrs sense of humor hrs unfarllng courtesy hrs sympathetrc soul hrs generous attrtude hrs confident manner cheerfulness rn the face of trrals restrarnt rn appressron hrs rron wrll and endurrng courage hrs jovral drsposrtron hrs krndly nature hrs unfarlrng porse he learned the art of knowrng how to carry hrmself rn vrctory as well as sustarn hrmself rn defeat the blendrng of all these human qualrtres made up the personalrty of th man who meant so much to us and they are the personal elements that en deared hrm to us all Leaf after leaf drops off flower after flower Some rn the chrll some rn the warmer hour Alrve they flourrsh and ahve they fall And Earth who nourrshed them recerves them all Should we her wrser sons be less content To srnk rnto her lap when lrfe rs spent3 Rose C Bloom He ws rought rn wrsdom And he ruled rn love Audrey V Henrx Hrs lrfe was gentle and hrs mrnd The lrttle splendors seemed to find The baser srde of lrfe he saw But from the blemrsh and the flaw He turned as rf he understood That none of us rs wholly good 'Nlarron Snyder v s , ,. . 1 . , . , . V v Q e e ' u w . r 1 v v r. . 1 . . . . N 4. - - . '- r - 1