Fairport High School - Hourglass Yearbook (Fairport, NY)

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Thirty-Jive Years It is difficult to write at all adequately in apprecia- tion of one whose whole-hearted interest and loyal sup- port has been such a predominant factor in the life of all connected with Fairport High School for the past thirty- iive years. It was in the fall of nineteen hundred that Miss Minerva DeLand became a member of the Fairport faculty. The very next 'year-a fact which proves that her worth. to the school was at once evident and appre- ciated-she was made Preceptress of the High School. She retained this title and performed most successfully all duties connected with it until 1921. In that year, Mr. Claude Hardy became Principal of the High School and it was then that Miss DeLand' s title was changed to Vice- Principal and she assumed additional duties. The follow- ing year, Mr. Hardy was appointed Superintendent of Fairport Schools and at the same time Miss DeLand received the appointment to the Principalship, which position she has held to the present time. Now, at the end of thirty-live years of service, she is resigning, and she will be sincerely missed by faculty and pupils. Miss DeLand has performed all executive duties with unusual ability. As a teacher of Latin, she has by her own ardent enthusiasm and untiring effort, made her subject a vital one to those pupils who have chosen it for advanced study. Her humorous remarks enliven her classes and her pupils will testify that there is seldom a dull moment from bell to bell in Room 20. Miss DeLand is a woman with human interests dominating her life. lVhile she is enveloped in an in- herent dignity which is both real and wholesome, she at the same time displays a very human understanding. Her unostentatious intelligence and zeal, her deep sym- pathy and striking personality have won for her the lasting esteem and admiration of all who come in contact with her. To us all the noble worth of her character cannot but be a true inspiration and guide. Our re- membrance of her will be: A perfect woman, nobly planned To warn, to comfort, and command.

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