Lancaster High School - Vidette Yearbook (Lancaster, PA)

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111111 4 IH Strtrltlrr ROI: E W STRICKLER w IS born Aprrl Z4 187-1 rn the lrttle xrllage of Cresw ell Lmcaster County Pennsyl1anr1 and spent hrs boyhood dns on the farm Hrs prelrmrnary educrtron consrsted of the usull rur1l school work md llter rn 1897 he gr1du1ted from the Mrllerswrlle St1te Norm1l School About thrs trme hebec1n1e 1ctrxely rnterest d rn 1rtrstrc penmmshrp md furthered hrs tr1rnrng rn thrs freld by t1krng 1n rntensrwe course rn the stb ect If the Z1ner11n Art College Columbus Ohro I 1901 h completed 1 course rn commercr1l subjects at the Lebanon Pa Busr ness College 1nd SCXCTII QCIYS l1ter succ ssfully finrshed 1 course rn hrgher 1ccountrng wrth the Bennett Accountmcx lnstrtute of Phrladel phr1 For the p1st tw else WCIYS he has be n onnected wrth the teachrng Iorce of thrs crtx haxrng orqmrzed the Commercrrl Departments of both the Stevens Hrgh School 1nd the Boys Hrgh School He h1s been the eflicrent held of the Commercnl Dep1rtment rn the l1tter rnstrtu tron for the 11st ten NCIYS The su cess of hrs endeuors rn thrs capacrty speaks for rtself It rs howexer authorrtatrvely substantrated by the followrng extract from a recent testrmonral gryen Mr Strrckler by our present Superrntendent Dr H B Work whrch reads as follows The qualrty of work done rn hrs Depart ment of the Hrgh School h1s cre1ted 1 demand for rts gradurtes f1r bey ond he 1brlrty of the School to supplv Mr Strrckler leues the f1cu1ty of the Boys Hrgh School to take up hrs dutres IS Secretarv Tre1surer of the Educ1tor s Benelicral Asso cr1tron 1 I rotectrse org1nr11tron for te1chers When rnterrrew ed con c rnrng hrs lerxrng the terchrng professron he m1de the followrng remarks I had chosen teachrng IS my lrfe work and hare eng1ged rn rt for just twenty five ye1rs Iam therefore 'llDS0lllIClN srncere when I say that to wrthdraw from the professron now c1uses many 1 heart p1ng the lrke of whrch can only be felt bv one w ho h1s alw avs loved the work and has gn en mans of hrs best QCIYS to rt However the tre mendous rncrease rn lrrrng expenses w rthout a pro portronmte rncre1se rn s1lary to meet rt has forced the rssue I take thrs step not 1s 1 muter of chorce but of necessrty IS I hare grxen up the less re munemtrxe posrtron Our best w rshes for hrs contrnued success rn hrs new xocatron SHALL EVER BE WITH HIM J . -- , -. - . . .,... . ' v , , . . , , , V 0 , , , , .1 . . . . . . n . e ... s - 1 . . Q. '- , , ,, - , - V - .. r 1. e t F , , . . I at K. 4 . L s L S 4. . ' . , F , , . . . .. . , - Y 1' 1 s. K. 4 ., Y . , , , , , D ' Y . V , , , .. . . , , . . , ' 1 , , I , ,W , , , r . . F

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Prof. E. W. Strickler

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