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

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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

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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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ff M1 famcs P fozuzfas 11 11110 111 0105! our 1100101111 C07lI11lIlllIfX flax 1111111 the nsffrcf of Lt R111 am et Cl vw zme Greek Immzgront Makes Good ln a dax ot LIHCCIUIIIIU and QGSQIINISITI xxe ale C eied bx t1t lnndlx unstlh 11 acts of gow INCIILJIIS 'lheic 'ue 111311K such QfOllCs nut is 18 tl1e stoix ot 1 tiue Al116l1Cl11 1o about nttx xeais ago 111 Giecce He c:1n1t to this country in 1910 and became a citizen in 1017. That 1112111 is -11111 Tountas of l,e Roy, New Yorc. 5 i111 serx ed overseas witl1 tl1e ,Al11C1'1C'll1 lfxpe- ditionary Forces in 1917 and l91S. .Xfter worlc- ing 111 New Yorc and 1toc1eL'ter 'lim came o l.e Roy wl1ere he went i11to business for himself. Here he has conducted Z1 confectionery store IlI1C1 Co'ee Sl1oppe for tl1e past 25 years. H is 1 stucessful 13115111683 111111. 1 '. .' 1 1 ' t '11 t1a . because. you s ' f, Q ' 1' s '1 w'1y: 1een ex er as ' gy grate' to t1is country for 111'1iinf1' it possib e for l1i1n o succeed in l1is efforts to become 11ot o11ly foo business 1112111 but also to take l1is place 'ts '1 eac- inf citizen in 1is Clllllllllllllly, Up mor u11i y ice at would never ' 1- H1 ssible ' ' 1' ' ii 'eeee, ' ' 1 'lis :c1ooi11ff x 1s over 'tt 1 1 11 'ff-, 1 9' before ' .ffl sumo s ag . R Lut I1111 has alxx ax s bee11 a student He has read good boolts He has 136611 actlxe 111 COIUIIILIHIYN altaus Xboxe all 11111 seelts out ex erx poss1ble Xl11ClIC'1 101 inalong his 111odest business success 10 s1ble Outstandlng in 111s COI11l11ll1l1tX serx ice in Le Roy is his annual C111111C1' for tl1e graduatinv' class of L Roy High School. Each -lune for tl1e past eight years -lim has invited tl1e entire senior cl'1ss. many of their teachers andthe Board of Education l11Cl11lJE'l'S to l1is Cotnfee Shoppe for '1 di1111er. .lim has presented to each graduating' class. gold class pi11s designed especially for tl1e111. ' o11ly ex ery COl11l11lll11ty could haxe some goo ,'Xl116l'1C3.l'l like -lim Tountas reniind our thousands of graduates of tl1e fact that in .Xintrica there are many opportunities ope11 to those wl1o arc willing' to work. XYe suspect t1at .1111 s success has been due to thc willingness to wort VII' , to saxe, to forego many so-ca pleasures and to make substantial contributions to l1is Cfllllllllllllliy. His example '1S2lgOOC1i 111611 iertn c'u1 well be followed hy '111 of us ..... - ' 'A ' X .e. 1,,,s.- , , ,s , 1 , I I - We Pomt wxth Pride CN f V . 9 of ' 1 f' '. . . ' ', I 1 ' ' f ' I-ll L-is I., . vs . F H Q 5 - I . .., ,I M1 . - v ' - ' Y s ' ' v - fl ' . - Y - Q A ' 'J I ' -' . . '. 1' S : 1 : ': ' -' ::' . l111fOl'tL111Zl1Clf'. most of tl1e111 are never told. opportunity to tell others of l1is gratefulness to Thu X - C . 1 .' , 1 1 Tn 1- 1 ' ' K 'J 5 Q :S . 3: - ' 1. D 1 9 c l 1 C 4 L . 1 1 . g l 1 l s L t 1 1 I 5' fl! 1 s 6 1 ll ' ' 1' 1 L d l'ut Inn 18 llllt' 1111 l t' ' ' tt I1111 111 cl . s l 1 l 1111 1 51 tul ' 1 tl O 1 1 A . 1 Z1 5, d 1 ' ' . . . 1 1 I 11 fl 1 1 Ned g l 1 t 1 l l tl1 h.1xc hem po lm 11111 111 1 f X I 1 1111 .Lxs l s 1 l g x. . '11 ' 1 X ' culx age ln 11g the lllgl l l t t -11 -' 1