Manual High School - Builder Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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A TRIBUTE Mr. A. A. Dodd was a member of the Manual faculty from the beginning of the school. He was principal from 1921 to the time of his death. During all these years his gentle and kindly associations with pupils and teachers won him the affection of all. He devoted himself to his work with a zeal born of love, and accomplished greatly. How fine a life he lived! How largely he took from all fields of human interest! How generously he shared with others all that he had garnered in his mind! His was a life that touched the lives of thousands, and in every instance the contact refined and elevated those it reached. UHis magic was not far to seek- He was so human-always himself he bare At manhood's simple level, and where'er He met a stranger there he left a friend. In an oriental tale we read the following: In this world when a man dies men ask, 'What did he leave behind him?' But in the world to come the angels will ask, 'What good deeds has he sent before him?' What a hostage of good deeds preceded Mr. Dodd! What a pledge of duty done! What an offering of noble achievement for fellowmen had he sent before to await his coming! He was secure. Yet what a noble bequest was left behind when he died, a bequest more priceless than great riches. Thousands he had taught the way of beautiful and worthy living, but never one the way to sin. His services were abundant and lovingly rendered. Their effects will be permanent. He was greatly happy in the love and good will so freely accorded him by all who knew him. His life was indeed a noble and a valuable one.

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THE NAUTILUS . of 1931 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF MANUAL TRAINING HIGH SCHOOL FRANCES RAZEN ......... Editor-in-Chief HELEN PERSKY .... . . .Associate Editor DOROTHY BOWEN ....... Associate Editor CHARLINE HARE ,..... Business Manager

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ARTHUR A. DODD