Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Oak Yearbook / INSTANO Yearbook (Indiana, PA)

Page 17 text:

JANE E. LEONARD, M. S., A. M. Xo other mime means more to the students and graduates of Indiana than that of Miss Leonard, for thi-ough her faithfulness to their welfare she has done mueh in winninsT for the sehool tliat high standing: whieh it now possesses. Miss Leonard has s-iveu all and done all within her powei for Indiana. She has devoted her lifetime, ever since the school ' s beginning to her duties as Preceptress. Under the iniiuence of her sweet nature and Christian per- sonality, the girls of this institution have caught that wonderful spirit of life which radiates from her presence. In past years she has been the connecting link between the graduates and their Alma Mater and this yeai- that tie of love will be strengthened, for the class of ' 19 will carry away with them a broader and more intelli- gent view of worldly affairs because of her excellent leadership during the tiying years of the war. We will remember: The reason firm, flic timp(raf( n ' iU. Endurance, foresight, strength tnd skill, A perfect womein, nahJii planned. To icarn. to comfort, and eomnxnid '

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WALTER M. WHITMYRE, A. B., A. M. Walter ' SI. Wliitinyro, Preceptor ;it ludiaiia, is also head of the His- tory Department ami the Athletic coach. He was graduated from Jeamiette High School in lOOf), and en- tered Syracuse University the same year, graduating with an A. B. ae- gi ee in 1909. During 1909-10 and the summer of 1917, Mr. Whitmyre at- tended the Hai ' vai ' d Graduate School, receiving an A. M. from that Uni- versity. In 1910-11 he taught in Jeanette High School and later held a position in the Shattuck Boys ' School, Fairbault, jMinnesota, as teacher of history and coach in baseball and football. He was head of the Department of History in the high school at Dubutjue, Iowa, for some time. He re- signed at Dubu(|ue in the summer of 1917, to accept his present position. ilr. Whitmyi ' e is nnt only a sti ' oiig atlijetic coach, but also a man who thoroughly understands school life and does the best to jironiote its wel- fare. Possessing, a.s he tloes, a scholarly knowledge of hit subjects as a teacher. He has the respect of the entire student body.