Haverford High School - Greystones Yearbook (Havertown, PA)

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Dedication WE, THE CLASS OF 1953, DEDICATE THIS OUR YEARBOOK TO MR, AND MRS. GRANGER IN APPRECIATION OF THEIR DEVOTED SERVCE, PROFITABLE GUIDANCE, PERPETUAL INTEREST, AND SINCERE ENTHUSIASM TO HAVERFORD TOWNSHIP SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. IT IS WITH DEEP REGRET THAT THE FACULTY AND STUDENTS ACKNOWLf EDGE THE RETIREMENT OF MR. GRANGER WHO THROUGHOUT 'III-IE PAST YEARS HAS STOOD AS A SYMBOL OF PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION, NOT ONLY THE STUDENTS OF THIS CLASS BUT OF ALL THE FORMER CLASSES DURING MR. GRANGER'S ADMINISTRATION HAVE FELT A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM BECAUSE OF HIS SYMPATHETIC UNDERSTANDING AND FAIR JUDGMENT OF PROBLEMS. WE, THE STUDENT BODY OF HAVERFORD HIGH SCHOOL, FEEL THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY LOSING AN EFFICIENT PRINCIPAL. BUT ALSO A CLOSE FRIEND. Seven

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'F ppreciatinn Mr. Granger and I have been associated in a close personal way for the past ten years, and I have come to know him well. Through your Yearbook I want to share my thoughts of him as he closes his career as principal of Haverford High School. He has a deep and abiding faith in boys and girls. He believes in their ininate goodness. When things seem to go wrong, he holds his faith in the rightness and goodness of youth. He knows how to smile. It begins in his eyes and breaks in ripples of merrimentg a big, wide, hearty smile. He has deep silences-the thoughtful, full silence of great strength-friendly, gentle, calm. The Senior High School faculty has been fortunate in having Oscar Granger as its principal. Through his national and state contacts we have always been abreast of educational trends and practices. Through his fore' sight we have shared in such secondary school firsts as core programs, familyflife courses, and our own radio station. Through his personality, character, and hu' maneness we have shared satisfying and enriching ex' periences that come from daily living with girls and boys. Working with Oscar Granger is a rare privilege. His enthusiastic interest in every phase of school life, his unfailing optimism, his ability to guide without dictatf ing, his stimulating and democratic leadership, his friendly understanding of all our problems, his easy ac' With the retirement of our principal, Oscar Granger, the students of Haverford High School will lose a trusted adviser and loyal friend. Mr. Granger has endeared himself to all of us be' cause of his tireless efforts on our behalf, and his un' failing interest in all our affairs. We realize this when we see that largely through the help of Mr. Granger, we were finally able to fulfill the dream of having our own radio station. Then, too, we will always remember how Mr. Granger was always the first in the locker room after a football game to congratulate the team. Mr. Granger is always ready to give a smile and a I am reminded of Mr. Granger when I read Goodf bye, Mr. Chips, that delightful story by James Hilton.. After spending many years as a teacher and headmaster of Brookneld, Hilton says of him: For with the new century, there settled upon Ghips a mellowness that gathered all his developing manner' isms and his oftfrepeated jokes into a single harmony. No longer did he have those slight and occasional disciplinary troubles, or feel diffident about his own work and worth. He found that his pride in Brook' field reflected back, giving him cause for pride in him' self and his position. It was a service that gave him freedom to be supremely and completely himself. R. R. ABERNETHY cessibility, his sharing of all honors with his staff-all have endeared him to us. We feel that he Apersonifies the best and highest characteristics of the ideal secondary school prinripal. Oscar Granger is a fine person. He possesses that unusual combination of inflexible integrity and sympaf thetic warmth seldom found in any one individual. He has tremendous vitality which he uses unsparingly. He inspires by precept and example. The Senior High School faculty sincerely thanks Oscar Granger for having been its principal. We never could have worked for a better man. We wish him health and happiness in whatever he may elect to do in future years. We shall miss him! THB FACULTY cheery nod when we see him in the hall, amd he's never too busy to stop for a moment to answer a question. We of the senior class like to feel that Mr. Granger is ugraduatingi' with us-that is, his memory will always be with us through our lives. We know, too, that Mr. Granger's memory will not only live on with the people who have graduated, but that his kindly influence will long be felt at Haverford. As we say goodbye to Mr. Granger, we want to express our deep' est appreciation for all that he has done for us, and to wish him much future happiness. T HB STUDENT BODY Eight , ,H E. J!