Franklin K Lane High School - Senior Echoes Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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,le icafion bm We are Trying To Tind words: we are groping Tor a way To seT enough of a man down in black and whiTe so ThaT all may know a liTTle oT whaT we Teel Tor him, and why. The man is Mr. Leo Dressler. He Teaches LaTin To Those who care To learn iT: he does remarkably well wiTh Those who don'T. He has a way oT giving someThing To everyone who knows him-someThing rich and very human. IT is a rare giTT. He has a way abouT him, a good way. He is a man who makes people happy. The man Teaches his subiecT well. He has a magic: he can Turn almosT any indiTFerence inTo enThusiasm. He inspires in his sTudenTs a very real desire To learn, because he Teaches ThaT iT is good To learn noT merely because we musT pass in a subiecT, buT because There is a Treasure in iT-someThing ThaT can be ours iT we are willing To work. He is a man who knows how To smile. He smiles aT The dull and The TalenTed alike, and none can resisT smiling back. He can laugh, and he wanTs you To laugh. He likes you, and he wanTs you To like him. You do. You may be The rare one who doesn'T like his subiecT when he is Through Teaching iT. BUT you cannoT be The one who does noT like and respecT him. ThaT one does noT exisT. He has anoTher way-a way oT coming inTo a classroom and making iT brighT and alive. Though he is genTle, he has a Tremendous energy because he is Torever young. He is noT a policeman. This is an odd Thing. He doesn'T need To be. He places The responsibiliTy Tor your behavior in your hands: he appeals To your inTegriTy. You Try very hard noT To Tail him. He knows iT, and you know iT. And so There is oTTen a very good Thing beTween you- friendship. We have said ThaT This man is a man who makes people happy. IT is True. Because he knows a secreT-ThaT happiness is wiThin you. and someTimes you are shy and unsure, and iT is hidden. He knows ThaT whaT you need is someone To help you bring your happiness ouT inTo The sunlighT. He knows ThaT you someTimes need a Triend. He has a digniTy ThaT comes Trom knowing ThaT you have digniTy. He has many good ways abouT him. He will be young as long as he lives. We pray he lives a very long Time. He is real and very human. He is happy, and oThers are macle happy because oT iT. Leo Dressler is a man To remember. RuTh Windsor

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