Episcopal High School - Whispers Yearbook (Alexandria, VA)

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most regions thereof to glimpse some light where before had reigned Stygian darkness. Although no athlete himself and not engager in coaching activities. Shack maintained a devoted interest in this important branch of school life, and his figure was a familiar one, even to the youngest rat , as he paced slowly along the playing lields or perched somewhat precariously on his equally familiar cane- seat to watch the practice sessions. The warmth of his personality and the integrity of his character, along with his outstanding professional qualities, will long be cherished and preserved as part of the rich legacy left us by this beloved teacher. R, P. T. l3l

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GRIGSBY CAVE SHACKELFORD T has been learned with deep regret that continuing ill health will necessitate the resignation of Grigsby Cave Shackelford at the close of the present session. For some time now it has been known that his physi- cal condition was poor and that he has kept his shoulder to the wheel only because of his great loyalty to the school and his un-N willingness to leave during the critical war years. These lines attempt to express the heartfelt sympathy of his many friends and admirers and some measure of appreciation of what he has meant to them. Mr. Shackelford graduated from the University of Virginia in 1905 with its high- l est academic degree and joined the corps of l masters at the high school in 1906, soon -- -- l thereafter assuming duties as head of the mathematics department. Along with the others of that old guard of masters which have kept the Episcopal High School a vital and unique force in American secondary school education, he ranks as a great teacher of boys, both inside and outside the classroom. Al- though a capable and conscientious disciplinarian, his chary charges considered it no idle rumor that in study hall his ever-present green eye-shade was a blind or mask, behind which his keen eyes were constantly probing and assessing their actions and intentions-his reputation for fairness was universal and his pleas for leniency provided more than one offender with another chance to make good. It is in the setting of his classroom that Shack is best remembered by the boys of the past 40 years who survived the preceding echelons of arithmetic and algebra to sit at his feet in 4th, 5th, 6th, or Qavis raraj 7th math. He was a source of real inspiration to those who could or would be inspired, and many a pupil inclined to regard math as a necessary evil found, to borrow from the surprised observation of one of them, that under Shack's tutelege he was even beginning to, like the darn stuff! He continually strove to impress on his classes the greater efficiency of applying straight thinking to math prob- lems, as opposed to reliance on the Hckle Molock of Memorization and that he was successful to a high degree is attested by the esteem in which our math depart- ment is held by those institutions where his students have subsequently matriculated. It is fondly remembered by old boys how he would sketch a Euclidean figure on the blackboard, place his ear close to it and exhort it to talk to him, and then, after a masterful exposition of its secrets, turn to his classes and plead, in sonorous and convincing tones, Isn't it easy, boys? Needless to say this conviction did not always extend throughout the length and breadth of the class membership but it usually enabled all but the nether- l7l

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