East Stroudsburg University - Stroud Yearbook (East Stroudsburg, PA)

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In Honor of Mr. A. L. llelmes Lasr summer dearh broughig down ihe final curlain on a life filled wilh devorion 'ro +he cause of service for our college and our com- munily. The class of I953 wishes To pay i'rs deepesr respecls lo Mr. Arlhur L. Helmes, who passed away on June 23, l952, afier serving as business manager ai ESSTC for rhe lasi fhiriy- Two of his sixly years. Mr. Helmes served in 'rhis capaciry primarily for The beneiirs which he could render +o lhe college and io all of Hs srudenis. ln. his own way, Mr. Helmes did whaiever he could 'ro make' ESSTC a beHer place for all of us. Born in Brooklyn, New York, on July 25, l884, Mr. Helmes ariended 'rhe public schools ihere. He conrinued his educarion in Lynbrook and la'rer graduared from The Brooklyn College of Business. The business experiences of Mr. Helmes were many and diverse and included employmenr wi'rh 'rhe Cenlral-American Trading Company of New York Ciiy, Jrhe law offices of Dorman and Dana, New York Ci'ry, and wirh 'rhe Delaware, Lackawanna and Wesiern Railroad where he served in Jrhe capaciry of audiior. During rhe Firsi' World War, Mr. Helmes was employed as foreman of 'rhe Alpha Porrland Cemenr Company. La'rer he served as Assisrani +o 'rhe Manager wirh fhe Housing Division of Ingersoll Rand Company. He also operared a real esiaie business of his own, served as Super- infendenl' of rhe Srewarr Confracring Company, and represenied The Firsf Naiional Bank of Srroudsburg and rhe Scranron Trusi Company as borh Treasurer and Assisianl' Manager ai a large resorr hoiel in rhe Poconos. In I92O Mr. Helmes became Business Man- ager af ESSTC, which, ai ihaf fime, was s+ill a Siare Normal School. Ai Jrhe 'lime of his deaih, Mr. Helmes was a member oi The Baprisr Temple, in Brooklyn: Barger Lodge 325, F. and A. M. of Sfroudsburgg a charier member oi Lehigh Consisrory, A.A.S.R. of Allenrowng a pas? presideni' of 'rhe Sirouds- burg Kiwanis Club: a member of rhe execuiive board of 'rhe Monroe Counry Crippled Children's and Adull's Associaiion: and also a member of rhe execuiive board of lhe Monroe Couniy Chapler of fhe American Red Cross. Mr. Helmes was a 'rireless and conscieniious worker-one who pui' all of his heari and soul info his work for rhe good of all concerned. There comes a lime when every person musr be held accounrable for his pasf record. In rhar final analysis, perhaps no higher 'rribure could be paid 'ro any man fhan The siaiemenr, He performed his duiies well.

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ln SepTember OT The year I92O, Dr. Charles J. Naegle enTered The Then EasT STroudsburg STaTe Normal School as direcTor OT Teacher Training. Prior To ThaT Time Dr. Naegle had capably served as principal in high schools aT Meadville and Kane, Pennsylvania. From There he wenT on To greaTer heighTs as The supervising principal OT The SanquoiT, New York public schools and The ciTy superinTendency aT Corry, Pennsylvania. Dr. Naegle holds degrees in public school and college adminisTraTion Trom Three universi- Ties. T-le earned his Ph.B. and A.B. degrees aT Syracuse UniversiTy, an A.M. Trom Columbia and a Ph.D. Trom New York UniversiTy. ATTer buT Two years as direcTor OT Teacher Training aT EasT STroudsburg he was Then ap- poinTed To The posiTion OT direcTor OT exTensiOn work. During The Years he held This posiTion he Traveled exTensively in NorTheasTern Pennsylvania in addiTiOn To Teaching educaTion and admini- sTraTion courses on The campus. ln I933, upon The reTiremenT OT A. D. Wan- nemaker, Dr. Naegle was appoinTed Dean OT lnsTrucTion, a posiTiOn which he' held unTil his reTiremenT in l952. In Honor of Dr. Charles .l. Naegle Dr. Naegle has been exTremely acTive as a leader in communiTy liTe ThroughouT The TorTy years OT his academic career, having been, aT one Time or anoTher, presidenT OT The STroudsburg RoTary: chairmen To The CommuniTy ChesT bud- geT: disTricT chairman OT The Boy ScouTs OT America: chairman OT The Board OT TrusTees, EasT STroudsburg MeThodisT Church: a direcTor OT The KeysTone Building and Loan AssociaTion: a member OT The advisory board To The SalvaTion Army and naTional represenTaTive OT The Boy ScOuTs OT America Trom This area. OT The more Than I0,000 sTudenTs who have been graduaTed Trom The college, Dean Naegle has personally seen more Than 7,000 receive Their degrees. NOT one OT These seven Thousand will ever TorgeT The Triendliness, sincere helpTulness and superior leadership Dr. Charles J. Naegle has rendered To each and every EasT STroudsburg STaTe Teachers College sTudenT. STaTesman, yeT Triend To TruThg OT soul sincere, ln acTion TaiThTul, and in honor clear: Who broke no promise, serv'd no privaTe end, Who gained no TiTle, and who losT no Triend.

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AT The close oT The l95I-I952 school year, Dr. Thomas J. BreiTwieser reTired Trom acTive adminisTraTive duTy aT ESSTC. Dr. BreiTwieser came To The college in l926. The same year iT was accrediTed as a STaTe Teachers College. l-le pre- viously TaughT in TipTon CounTy, Indiana: a Teachers college aT Terre l-lauTe, Indiana, and was Tor a number of years The Dean oT TaculTy aT Ball STaTe Teachers College in Muncie, Indiana. Dr. BreiTwieser was named To The posiTion oT direcTor oT The EasT STroudsburg LaboraTory School in l926. FourTeen years laTer. in I94O, he became DirecTor oT Teacher Training and Place- menT, The posiTion he held unTil his reTiremenT. ATTer receiving his A.B., A.M., and Ph.D. degrees Trom lndiana UniversiTy, Dr. BreiTwieser began Teaching in I904. He also conTinued his sTudies by doing graduaTe work aT boTh Colum- bia UniversiTy and New York UniversiTy. Dr. BreiTwieser has been exTremely acTive in communiTy life ThroughouT The 26 years oT resi- dence in EasT STroudsburg. l-le is pasT presidenT oT The Kiwanis and in The pasT has served on The of Dr. Thomas board OT direcTors oT The Chamber oT Com- merce and in an execuTive capaciTy wiTh The American Red Cross. Even Though reTiring, Dr. BreiTwieser expecTs To have more Than enough To do wiTh The responsibiliTies oT his oTher acTivi- Ties. l-le is presidenT oT The EasT STroudsburg NaTional Bank, presidenT oT The KeysTone Building and Loan AssociaTion, a member oT The board OT TrusTees OT The EasT STrouclsburg PresbyTerian Church, a direcTor oT The General l-Iospifal oT Monroe CounTy. and is acTive in The work OT boTh The Children's Aid SocieTy and The Monroe CounTy Crippled Children's AssociaTion. We miss The Tamiliar and disTinguished Tig- ure oT Dr. Breifrwieser seen so oTTen on campus. l-le was especially helpTul To- The seniors. As DirecTor oT Teacher Training and Placement he Took a personal inTeresT in Those individuals wiTh whom he came in conTacT. Dr. BreiTwieser leaves behind him an impressive record ThaT may well serve as a model Tor us as prospecTive Teachers. J. Breiiweiser