Gorham State College - Hillcrest / Green and White Yearbook (Gorham, ME)

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DR. RUSSELL, whc: for thirty-faur years has been the principal of the Gotham Narmal Schonl, raises a stand- ard as a teacher and an administrator which the faculty and students at Gorham ElI'E proud to acknawledge and glad to foliaw.

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DR. RUSSELIJS MESSAGE TO THE STUDENTS OF THE. GORHBM NORMAL SCHOOL Flair mnre than sixty years the dnnr of the Gotham Nnrrnai School has been npen in welennae ten Vnung rnen and ynnng women with eharaep ter. personality. brains. ambition and the desire tr: beenme teachere. During each at these sixty years rnanjer eueh ynung penple have enw terecl ite open CIDDI. Some nnt at this class have slipped in but iinding the tasks teen arduous tar the restrictions tnn severe or the nbjeetivee dietaate- fnl tar their rnnney' tnn limited annn slipped nut again thrnngh the deer that swings berth ways. The great rnajtarity, hnweeer, hf thnee whn entered, because they were either rnnre able, err mere valiant or more determined aeeepted the diari- pline nf hard wnrk. adapted thernw eelvea tn the requirements nf neeee- aarj.r rnutine. adjusted themselves to their aneial nppnrtnnitiee and earned the right at honorable graduation. Then they, tnn, went out thrnugh the deer that swings bnth ways to enter their chosen held of teaching. Year by year for nearly Sixty years these grnupe by virtue of the same Splendid qualities that enabled them to eutteeefullj,I meet the requirements at teacher training have been euea eeeeful in the held hf teacher service. Their EmCiEnCY and faithfulness have kept open the entrance into that iield fnr Yuan when you shall be ready to jnin them. When You enter that iield be determined that the dnnr shall nnt be closed to your eneeeeanr because of any,r preventable failure of ynure. WaLTER E. RUSSELL. MR. PACKARD Ella- RUSSELL