Feitshans High School - Log Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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MR. WAX LEAVES FEITSHANQ Dave GroaT, Bob PaTTerson, and Scoff Fisher. represenTing a graTeful sTudenT body, presenT Mr. Wax wiTh a waTch. Mr. Earl Wax, principal of FeiTshans High School unTil January of This year. was named direcTor of The Federally financed programs Tor disadvanTaged children in The SpringfiEld'School DisTricT. Mr. Wax was born in Newman, Illinois, and graduaTed from high school There in I925. He received his Bache- lor's Degree in i929 and his MasTer's Degree in I936 Trom The UniversiTy oT Illinois. He also received a Bachelor of Law degree Trom The Lincoln College oT Law in l947. ln I929 Mr. Wax began his Teaching career in The Divernon School DisTricT. He ioined The FeiTshans sTaTT in I934, and served as a Teacher and TooTball coach unTil he became assisTanT principal. In I949 Mr. Wax Took over The duTies oT principal and devoTed sevenTeen years in ThaT capaciTy To our school. IT is impossible To Tell in This brief space all Mr. Wax accomplished Tor FeiTshans in Those sevenTeen years. Perhaps The besT way To sum iT up would be To look around The communiTy To The many ways FeiTshans' sTudenTs have Taken a place in our socieTy--all exhibiTing many oT The sTandards Mr. Wax encouraged and promoTed as an adminisTraTor. ThaT is The only True way To measure a Teacher's success--The resulTs-years laTer. Mr. Wax made a lasTing impression on all who have walked These halls during his adminisTraTion: sTu- denTs, TaculTy. parenTs, employees, visiTors, board members. Now, wheTher pasT or presenT associaTions, all join in congraTulaTing Earl Wax on a iob well clone. All willmiss him. FeiTshans losT an honored and respecTed principal, buT The FeiTshans family has noT losT a True and loyal Triend. The cake given Mr. Wax in apprecia- Tion of 32 years service aT Feifshans. W gs , KV

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When FeiTshans Opened iTs doors To high school sTudenTs, among The TirsT TO greeT The sTudenT body was ElizabeTh Cogswell. Miss Cogswell, a graduaTe OT lllinois College, Jacl4- sonville, was a member OT The English deparTmenT and direcTOr OT dramaTics, ThrOughOuT iTs TOrmaTive years, she did much TO mold Our high school inTO The proud insTiTuTiOn iT is Today. Talcing graduaTe worlc Trom The UniversiTy OT lllinOis, she was granTed a MasTer OT ArTs Degree. AlThOugh no OTher degrees were in her educaTional plans, Miss Cogswell aTTended many summer sessions and worlcshops which aided her in Teaching her classes and Ialer gualiTied her Tor The appoinTmenT To The pOsiTiOn OT Dean OT Girls. AlThOugh Miss Cogswell gave a high priOriTy TO her school duTies, she always Tound Time To cOnTribuTe generously OT her TalenTs TO her church, her cOmmuniTy, and her proTession. Someone Once said, Service is The renT we pay Tor Our place in sOcieTy. She has made more Than her paymenT in Tull. Capably she headed The SpringTield EducaTiOn AssOciaTiOn, and she has held several oTTices in DelTa Kappa Gamma, an honorary OrganizaTiOn Tor women educaTors. Many civic Or- ganizaTiOns Owe her a sincere Thanlr you Tor her worlc, parTicu- larly if The OrganizaTiOn had as iTs goal The beTTermenT OT our youTh Or The imprOvOmenT OT Our communiTy. For cOunTless number OT sTudenTs who wanTed TO aTTend col- lege buT who TelT iT was a Tinancial impOssibiliTy, Miss Cogswell Tound scholarships and parT-Time iobs and gave The encourage- menT They needed TO Taclcle The impossible For OThers her rappOrT wiTh The business people OT our ciTy and Their cOnTi- dence in her iudgmenT meanT iobs aTTer graduaTiOn. For hundreds OT girls wiTh problems, real Or imagined, big Or small, Miss Cogswell was ready To lisTen wiTh sympaThy and guide wiTh wisdom. NO one will be more missed in The years TO come Than ElizabeTh Cogswell. l-lowever, To The sTudenT body, The alumni, and her Tellow workers, Miss Cogswell will always be Miss l:eiTshans. MISS COGSWE LL RETIREQ Senior Class PresidenT, SCOTT Fisher, presenTs Miss Cogswell wiTh a bouqueT OT roses aT The RecOgniTiOn Assembly.