Grand Island High School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Grand Island, NE)

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lN MEMORIAM wi:-ess.. 2 4 'firing ,sv .QP MR. ARDELL HAROLD NEWELL Mr. Newell was born at Lyons, Nebraska, April the first, 1899. He was graduated from the Bellevue, Nebraska, High School in 1918, where- upon he entered the University of Nebraska, completing the course in three years. After graduating he accepted a position as instructor of history and social science at the Braymer, Missouri, High School for one year. The following year he became a faculty member of our school, teaching history and social science. He was an excellent instructor and his classes were made most inter- esting by his constant cheerfulness. He was held in highest esteem by all who knew him and a deep feeling of regret swept over the entire school when on March 10th, it was reported that he had become seriously ill, and his sudden absence at school began. A greater shock was to be known on April 15th, when came the announcement of the death of our beloved teacher and friend. Mr. Newell took a great interest in all school activities and was a sponsor of the senior class, and a sponsor of the annual staff. He was laid to rest on a beautiful hill overlooking the Missouri river near Bellevue, on Thursday, April 17, 1924.

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IN MEMORIAM MR. RGBERT J. BARR Robert J. Barr was born October 29, 1849, at Grand Rapids, Michigan, and died October 5, 1923, at Fremont, Nebraska. For forty years he was Superintendent of Schools at Grand Island, Nebraska. In the estimation of the writer, Robert J. Barr is an outstanding character in the development of Nebraska. He entered upon essential life activities in the youth of the State and continued these activities for forty consecutive years. His life work was directed to the end of devel- oping character and thus establishing efficient citizenship. In these lines Robert J. Barr is the peer of many Whose names may be placed higher on the Roll of Fame. The sterling qualities of the man,-his sincerity, unself- ishness, cheerfulness, sound judgment and bluff heartiness, had a subtle influence on all who came in contact with him, and are a definite cause of the honor and respect which all who knew him pay to the memory and to the notable Work of Robert J. Barr.