Lynch High School - Senior Yearbook (Amsterdam, NY)

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Foreword E, the Mid-Century Class, close the final chapter of our life to- gether, with this,---our Year Book. Here we are pictured, our achieve- ments listed, and our personalities presented. Here is the record of our activities in sports, music, drama, our clubs and organizations, sororities and fraternities ---- all the groups which make our school and the class of '50 unique. Our serious and humorous moments are cap- tured here so that fifty years from now, at the turn of the century, we may look back to fondly recall the experiences which we have shared so fully and so happily. 4

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if if Dedication 1 ' 9 1 9 Q 9 O Mr. james R. Kelton, our high school principal, whose superior leadership and true affection have made our high school days prof- itable and joyful, whose influence upon our lives h will endure, whose place in our hearts is ever- lasting. The Senior Class of 1950 - 3

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In MCmOI13m HE death of Mrs Ethel Wh1pple head of the soclal studles department, has left a gnef ln all our hearts Twenty three years of her 11fe were spent w1th1n our corrldors and classrooms Innumerable students sat ln her classes and passed under her guldance She was a graclous teacher, a kmdly frlend and a Wllllng helper Her ready sm1le was an msplratlon to students and teachers allke Amsterdam I-hgh School w1ll not be the same wlthout Mrs Whlpple, a most self less worker, beloved teacher, and falthful frlend of her puplls and colleagues Her l1fe was a symbol of beauty and 'A thlng of beauty IS a Joy forever, Its lovelmess mcreases, It w1ll never Pass mto nothmgness ND when she had, passed, lt seemed hke the ceasmg of exqu1s1te musxc Thls passage from Longfellow s 'Evangelme polgnantly descrlbes the emotlon shared by students, faculty, and friends upon hearxng of the death of Mxss Rose Keane For many years, Mlss Keane led choruses m lxltmg melodles upon the stage of our h1gh school She encouraged many men and women to expand and enrlch the1r l1ves with the study of the song of angels Although unable to contmue actlvely as a muslc teacher because of lllness, she held the posl tion of guidance teacher 'I'he beauty of her musxc wlll remaln forever as an mtegral part of om' memory of Miss Keane o ' I I - l . 0 . . . . . . . - 1 5 . . . . . . . . . . . H --- I . . . . . . D! . I C n 1, 1 1 . . . . . . . . o . . . ll DI 4 . . . . . a . 5