Le Roy Central School - O At Kan Yearbook (Le Roy, NY)

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F A A l We Gratefully neaicaie 7 7 7 the 1947 O-AT-KAN to MU: Edward W. Spry, whose Sj'I7lf7t'IfllCfl'f' advice and kindly Itfadcrslzif oifcfr flzv -vmrs, we haw rome to low' und afvprrciatc. Thirty Six Years of Service Edward XY. Spry began his education in a one room rural school and was graduated from Albion High in 1907. The receipt of a scholar- ship made college a possibility and he was grad- uated from the University of Rochester in 1911. He secured a Master's Degree from the same institution in 1922. He spent thirty-five and a half years in public education as follows: 1911-12 1912-17 1917-26 1927-28 1928-46 Principal, Groveland Principal. Savannah Supervising Principal. XVebster Superintendent, Owego Superintendent, Le Roy -. .4 6 Mr. Spry resigned his school position in Dec- ember, 1946, and is now back where he started -on the farm. Mr. Spry was averse to giving additional data concerning his career as a teacher and school administrator but did make among others these comments respecting that exper- ience and his present convictions. Probably his grvaimrf thrill as a teacher came that evening in Savannah when the two debate teams he had coached, one to support, one to oppose the payment of American vessels using tolls by privately owned the Panama Canal, won the judges decision in both debates with two larger high schools. 5

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5. 018' Looking back over his long period ol' service. he termed it as a great adventure. lle expressed the wish that he might repeat it. Then he would avoid the many mistakes he made. lle would strive to ineulcate greater earnestness on the part of pupils: he would work as never before to become a better teacher. l'uhlic school edu- cation. he is convinced, is the only hope of the world but to succeed, it must realize the serious- ness of its responsibility.. lle expressed his appreciation of the splendid cooperation and loyalty he has had through all the years from his respective boards of education and faculty as- sociates. lYithout it he could not have carried on. The most sigrtt'-firttttt curriculum dt'-:'rIofw1:e:1! in the past thirty-tive years has come in the tield of the social studies. The earlier public high school otferings have been extended to include and require instruction in Modern Xtorld history, 1, 5 f. v -09 -D and .Xmerica should he aroused to the real im- portance ol' this instruction lit-cause in this day ol the atomic lmonih and in a world made small hy science there ts need as never lmelore lor nn- derstandiug and cooperation between nations. Science has achieved the ultimate in power. Now leaders in the Iield ot' social engineering tnust talce over and must strive to the end that world peace may become a lasting reality. ll. tl. ltells has said, L'ivilization is in a race between education and catastrophe. The tempo of that race has heen stepped up tremen- dously since that statement was made. 'I'oday the social studies teacher must he allowed and urged to stress the teachings of the Great Teacher respecting the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man. Only the whole hearted and universal acceptance of these teachings in their application to all races. creeds, colors and peoples will make our democracy strong and one world a realitv. rt H-'X 1J4.'MA . 'mxy.n ,,7, 'ar TEACIIER Amt I xtsrttarott GEXTLEMAN FARMER ,,,. I -, ,Q 7 W, .- f- ' -A -wp-7-.-.r....-N A