Dickinson Accredited Evening High School - Owl Yearbook (Jersey City, NJ)

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THE XVORLDS SHORTEST BIOGRAPHIES Do you reilrze thlt the Buble thlt mtryelous eolle tlon of the worlds Zerettest w rrtlnes whether srewed from the strandpornt of 1nsp1r1t1on1l 1nd sprrrtuql mlues or from thit of pure IIICIWILIIL eontuns the two shortest sutobroertphres eyer XVFIIICHJ Huh broerlphy eontims fue words F1eh rs so CPILFIIUUTIIIC th1t lt m1y be memorlfed nnstmtly 'und neyer for1otten Here they 1re I hue plwyed the fool I Nye kept the filth One ls ln the New lestunent the other IH the Old Wlll you not take your Blble IH hlnd for ct few minutes 1nd find out for yourself yust who these two men were 1nd then le irn whqt they did so th1t one 'ldIUlff6Cl. he h1d plryed the fool w hnle the other lsserteel th1t he h1d kept the f'uth7 ust old storles out of the pist wlth no bemne on the present you mxy sry but wre they 1 May not these blogrftphres be w rltten wlth the sstme utal force for the sonllly perhlps a seore for whom the one blogmphy or the other would be fxttlng, Ihrs rs my list ITICSSIEC to the pupils of the Aeeredlted Fvenlng Hugh Sehool I e1n thunk of no more sxfnlflmnt words to le we w nth you In e1eh one of you rs dl ymely implanted 1 eertmn hr h 1de1l In some thls flfrme burns brightly nn others It may burn more drmly But ln 61 h of you rt rs present You ue hung ID a troubled 1 Confused world More dnffleult drrys probetbly he 1he1d As neyer before wlll there be 1 need for ele1r thrnklne 1nd holding, steldfrlstly to high ndells The temporrzer the eompromrser wrth that fhme wrthm for tempomry gfun may be playing the fool He who stesdfastly follows hrs :deals whleh he knows 1re rlght who fosters not stlfles them IS true to hxmself Ihlt IS keeplng the f.11th To euh of you I extend my felleltitlons upon your CII'-ICICIII use of time md upon your temelty of purpos md for eteh of you I wlsh that measure of success 1nd lnppx ness you so yustly deserye T Gu BIRT Nlefaom Nl , . ' x ' ' , A ' A, L 4 ' 5 C' ' Y A 'it V, ' . h I 1 . t '. - t k 4 , 1 V, g A A , . ,, K .2 K' C. Y L v -ly A - I A 4 1 r ',- , A . A A V I v P y V. ' 1 A 1 ' ,L K Y ' x . X V V L ' 'L ' . ' ' I 4 . ' L L ' - , ' ' ' men and women today' as two thousand years ago? Look around you. You know, per- .' 4 ', ' 1 ', ' ' ' . ' ' ' ' Y. t ' V . ' ' K , L- ,L 1 . -' V - .L s Y '- I .1 ' . ' I l 4 e Y 4 A L s . . ' ' T -. f' ' . A f. ' f. L f W 'ez - I If 'I I e . ' . I e ' 4 h , ll . .I 1 ' '.' l. I I ' ' V. e . , ' , . I ., , . . 4 h ' l ' ' . 'L 1 ' '.' A V ' I I. e l .I V l 'I ' .l U ', I , . ' V -,Q . ' V' - - - .- '- . . 2 . 5 2 i. . Fire

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Tour T GILBERT MCFADDEN MA Prrnerpal L J 1. N1 f DEDILA1 ION 'lo I Grlbert Mel ldden prrnerpfrl of the Atrredrteel Exenlng, Hlgll behool srnee 1975 who through hrs high rdeals has grwen thrrty two ehsses 1 better eoneeptron of how to hee the world whose sympathy wrth and understindrng of the trrals of adults hue made real men find women of the puprls who hawe eome under hrs rnfluenee whose brrlhanee 15 an educitor wrll leaxe the Aeeredrted Ewenlnzg, Hrgbh School bright wrth the light of hrs knowledge and 1 better plfrte for future generrtlons to learn IU we the C,l1ss of 1941 humbly dedrcite thrs ycir book - psi? 1 I , 5 x , . x , .3 ' ' 1' 4 . , . . K ., -e , ,L ,I .A .YV '57, .s -- -4 's 1 -1 . ,, . . . . . . . , . -., . t . -- . - y , - - A . . , , . V . . . Q .v . V- V A A . -' a 3 a 4 - t , C , , , , 6 X- K . . , 1 - , L- Q ' f 4 c 7 l 7 7 7 7 , , - y. 1 L . gf , ri 7 , ' - ' ' ' , 4, I . , L . V A - 1

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A oundarfzon 0 good ,reme and a mllnatzon 0 Ieauzmg are requzred I0 gne u Jeafonzfzg to 1611767116771 and make uf Iafte zfr bleffmgf DRYDFN A fortunate herrtage rs the background of Mr T Grlbert McFadden Hrs foun datron of good sense and cultrsatron of learnrng emanate from a famrly of educators Prror to the Crvrl War hrs father Thomas McFadden MD started the teachrng of scrence at Otterbern College McFadden Hall rs a testrmonral of the hrgh regard the college had for one of rts proneers In 1882 Lours Mr Mcfadden s brother succeeded Dr Mel adden at Otterbern Untrl her retrrement sexeral years ago hrs srster Cora was Dean of Women at the same college For tvro years after hrs graduatron from Otterbern rn 1984 Mr McFadden was Assrstant Secretary to the YMCA rn Dayton Ohro Ieelrng restless vrrthout some educatronal work he relrnqurshed thrs posrtron to take postgraduate work rn Ohro State johns Hoplsrns and I-Iarxard Unrversrtres all the whrle specralrzrng rn chemrstry and physrcs lortrfied wrth a Master s degree and an rnborn drsposrtron to teach he began hrs career rn 1898 at Otterbern College where he had charge of the chemrstry department I'wo years later he held the same posrtron rn Lebanon Vall y College It vsas rn the year of 1906 that Mr McFadden came to Jersey Crty to take charge of the physrcs department rn the Wm L Drclcrnson Hrgh School What he drd rs hrstory Hrs pruses are strll berng sung by educators vyho yrsrted thrs crty from all sectrons of the country Wrth the openrng of the Technrcal and Industrral Hrgh School he shouldered the whole responsrbrlrty for the settrng up of the electrrcal department In 1918 he was revs arded for hrs outstandrng efforts by berng made actrng drrector of the school The same year savy hrm as drrector of the War Trade Trarnrng School and prrncrpal of the Ijyenrng Technrcal and Industrral Hrgh School Although he began hrs eyenrnv school teachrng along wxrth day school employ wrth adults rather than wrth day school puprls Thrs wrde ersperrence of trreless pronecrrng on the part of Mr MCI adden opened new yrstrs of opportunrty In 1919 there vt as no credrt granted by the State for yxorlc talccn rn the eyenrng hrgh school In fact credrt for such was not recognrzed any vrherc rn the Unrted States Irnally rn 1925 through no lrttle effort on hrs part the State rccredrted yxorlc completed at nrght All agreed that rt would farl No student could come to school five nrvhts a vreels It was not practrcrl Mr McFadden marled questronnarres to seyeral States rn the Unron and learned thrt except for a small school rn Detrort and one rn New Yorls Crty nothrng lrlse an accredrted eyenrng school had begun or was berng contemplated rn the country The crownrng glory came rn 1925 when through the assrstance of Dr aclsson Assrstant Commrssroner of Educatron the Accredrted Eyenrng Hrgh School was or ganrzed by Dr Nugent The crrtrcs belref vsas proyed unfounded The rest of the story of the Accredrted Eyenrng Hrgh School rs open hrstory What a debt of gratrtude ersey Crty owes T G Mcl adden' Wrthout hrs pro neerrng sprrrt there mrght not be an accredrted exenrng hrgh school a year bools a Nrght Watch an alumnr extra currreular actryrtres clubs and sports So rt seems hrs foundatron of good sense vras not less adapted to the accom plrshment of hrs purpose than the cultrxatron of learnrng vrhrch arded hrm rn hrs vyorlc Grfted wrth great xersatrlrty of talents acuteness for detarl qurckness of perceptron warmth of heart and extrrordrnary charrty he at once captured the respect and admrra tron of all wrth whom he came rn contact Blessrngs on you 'I Grlbert Mcl adden rn your well merrted retrrement' Srx rr ' ' , ' . ' . . ' ' . f f I 1' . ' .I , . ,, 4 . 5 7 7 7 ' '! . . , , . , . , 15 Q A 1 s Y 6 , Y L, af s - 4 V 7 C . C -1' L . . , ' K ' , 1 ll -sis L 1 1 1 1 I I 7 I 1 : I - lv - , 1 r -I L K Y . A -1 . 41' . - A I V . 7 'r . ' . 2 A , a 1 ef 9 ' A . . ' ' . ' , . . e' . 7 I Y G . - I V . ' 2 Q ' ' ' : ' f ' ' . . . . 7 . . 3 c K 7 L Y ur! C 4 Y q . L S I . . ment, in 1906, Mr. McFadden's major rnterest has been, for the past thrrty-five years, e 1 ' . 1, ui ' 4 ' 4 ' ' K . I . s Y ' 7 ' I , ' N vt , ' K '- I I A ' - 1 cw. L 7, . n S .- 4 , I 1 ' 'O I '. L C 1 . I1 . . 4 1 . ' . ' . ' ' . t ' 2 , 1 Q r . . . . L 1 . Y . . 7 Y V, , 1 , ' I 4 I - I 1 I . , l , . 7 . . 7 1 r 4 - . . l W A .. A X C., . . , 2 ', . . I ' - I A 1 . , . It , V - .