East High School - Orient Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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 D Ck: To William Betz, A. B. In token of our esteem and affection, this volume is dedicated =0 (7

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WILLIAM BETZ, A. B. Mr. William Betz was born in a small university town in Nassau, Germany, where he received his first schooling. When still a boy, he came to Rochester with his parents. He entered Wagner College, in this city, and was graduated at the age of fifteen. A year later he completed the classical course of the Rochester Free Academy. He was then admitted to the Sopho- more class at the University of Rochester, and was graduated after three years, in 1898. He was elected a member ot the Phi Beta Kappa Society, and was awarded the Townsend prize scholarship. In 1899, Mr. Betz began his work as a teacher of mathematics in the Rochester High School. In 1903, he was given charge of the department of mathematics in our school, which position he now holds. During the summers of 1902 and 1903, he traveled in Europe, giving particular attention to the methods of instruction used in German schools. Mr. Betz is a member of several mathematical societies. He believes in the importance of his chosen subject, and expects for it an auspicious future.

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PREFACE WK, the Class of June, nineteen hundred and seven, in putting this Senior Annual - Clarion before you, intend merely a memorial of the glorious class and its participation in the school activities, rather than a history of the whole school: as each succeeding class will have its chance in the future, which is far too near. Therefore, as you read the following pages we only hope that it will fix the more firmly in your mind the memory of our class and Alma Mater.