Grove City Area High School - Pine Knot Yearbook (Grove City, PA)

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To the lVlemory of Mr. Le n . . we wish to pay humble tribute ..... A great personality left our midst on November 11, 1939, but his works and influence live on in Grove City High school ..... Mr. Lehn was a man with more exalted ideals than most of us. When we discussed our problems with him, he proved to be able and willing to understand each side, and to make a liberal decision ..... He made sacrifices which were known, and he made sacrifices which were un- known, except to a few of us ..... He possessed a great tolerance which showed itself in respect for the per- sonality and opinion.s of others. He was our friend, fair and impartial. To teachers and students he was as a father, earning their love and veneration. Most of us have reason to be grateful that he so often tempered ju.stice with mercy. ..... He was devoted to his family, his profession, his community, his country, and his God . . . . . . Perhaps his most endearing qualities were his unselfishness, his sincerity, his modesty, his self-effacing conduct, and that great kindliness and understanding which would not allow him to wound anyone unneces- sarily. Because he was above any form of pettiness, we were lifted above it also. ,444

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E GIVE YOU THE YEAR AT GROVE CITY HIGH SCHOOL AT GROVE CITY, PENNSYLVANIA IN THE PAGES OF THE IQ!!-O PINE KNOT AS PREPARED AND PRESENTED By The Staff

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He possessed the happy faculty of being able, without resort to nagging and exhortation, to inspire his co-workers to put forth their best efforts, to make them ashamed of any unworthy motive or act, to cause them to place service a b o v e remuneration. His interest in the students' extra-curricular activities-sports, contests, programs-was not with him merely a matter of duty. One had but to watch his face or to hear his comments to know that he took a keen enjoyment in them. He loved nature, he had a real appreciation of the beautiful 5 and the musical ability of many young citizens of Grove City is an enduring monument to his love for good music ..... Mr. Lehn was recognized throughout Pennsylvania for his work in the music-forensic field ..... He brought no flimsy, temporal growth to our school .system. He brought substantial, well-organized results which will serve as foundations upon which we can continue to build ..... His life was, and will remain, an inspiration to every one of us, to teachers and students alike-and so, to his memory ...... We Respectfully and Proudly Declicate this Book W5- 1 l -