Lexington High School - Cats Paw Yearbook (Lexington, SC)

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Eager, ambitious, and filled with desire, We enter, ready to accept the challenge and yet uncertain of our abilities. Within an atmosphere of long hours and hard work we progress, constantly being asked to prove our- selves. The results of distinctive styles and individual approaches to our ev- eryday challenges are shown when . . . Preparation Meets Opportunity l 353 , i 5 ! ii if .M ' .ia xii i 4. ' ' , F' i I e I .1 - W--1 --'-- -'1' 2. fy? 1 mx X .N .N K' X

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ln Memory Of Dr. H. Odelle Harman - , ,7 ,,,, ,L .-.4 l, .J The seventeenth century poet John Donne wrote: 'No man is an illand, intire of it selfeg every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maineg if a Clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe is the lesse, as well as if a Promontorie were, as well as if a Mannor of thy friends or of thine owne were, any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankindeg And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls, It tolls for theef If it is true that each man is a piece of the continent, then Lexington County became a great deal smaller in size early last Saturday morning Uanuary llj when H. Odelle Harman, Sr. died at his home here. Death, even proceeded by a lengthy illness, is never gexpected, and Dr. Harmanis death was one of the most 'un- expected' tragedies in our community in many years. Even though he had been under treatment for a pain in his chest, few, if any, outside his immediate family knew that he was anything but healthy. His vigor, even in the immediate days prior to his death, was as it had always been, determined, confident and unceasing. Dr, Harman's life was centered around education. He had risen from a teacher, to principal, coach, county superintendent of education, nearly to state superintendent of education, and finally settling in his last position, superintendent of schools of Lexington County District No. 1. Dr. Harman's influence in education will linger on into generations. His policies were always aimed at better education, no matter if they did not exactly suit all the people, all the time. Name any man, any great man, who did not meet opposition during his life. Dr. Harman never let anything stand in the way of what he thought was best for his schools and pupils. t'To those who did not know Dr. Harman, we should state that his entire life was not all education, as it may seem. Quite the contrary. His was a life filled with service and doing. In his Church he served in nearly every capacity, and took a special interest in the work of the Lowman Home at White Rock. He served in many civic affairs, becoming the first president of the Lexington Chamber of Commerce in 1957. In this capacity, the Chamber would never have became an effective productive organization, had it not been for Dr. Harman. His latest, and probably most loved 'projecti was the Lexington County Hospital. Under his able leadership, the on- again, off-again proposal for a Lexington County hospital, became a reality. He devoted countless hours, traveled, met with commit- tees and literally got the Lexington County hospital on the ground. Fate prevented him from seeing its completion. The hospital, as with anything else he undertook, was done right. If Dr. Harman said he was in something, then you could count on 100 per cent and more from him. He was a doer. He was a man who knew how to do. He was a man who did. His efforts will remain with Lexington County as long as there is a history. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family in their hour of grief, but time will heal their sorrow, and then they can remember