Milton Hershey School - Acropolis Yearbook (Hershey, PA)

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IN MEMORIAM HEY Cy MILTON SNAVELY HERS ,YD S-ZX Dned oaober I3 l945 TJ Born Sepfember I3 I857 On Ocfober I2 I945 Mr lvlllfon S Hershey suffered a hearf affaclc whnch resulfed In has deafh af IO OO am Ocfober I3 lusf one monfh affer has 88fh blrfhday These meager figures fall fo sug gesf Ihe full and rlch llfe he led nor can we of The Hershey Indusfrlal School 'rhe beneflclarnes of has greafesf phllanfhropy adeguafely express our grief af has passnng If IS wufh a feeling of profound sorrow fhaf we record fhe deafh of fhus greaf fhls good man fo whom we all owe so much May our Irves be come a frubufe fo has memory' Pg M Thus November Eduhon of The School IncIusI'rIaIIsI' previously fhe Founders Eduhon because of fhe foundmg of The Hershey lndusfrral School on November I5 I909 IS re specffully dedlcafed In fond mem ory of and In hugh frnbufe fo Mr M S Hershey whose life and worlc were devofed Io service for ofhers who lived by fhe Ten Commandmenfs and fhe Golden Rule and whose en fire esfafe was generously given for fhe care and 'rrammg of orphan boys for Ihe educaflon of fhe youfh of his communlfy and for fhe gen eral welfare of all h I I I I ' 1 I . . . I . . ' -I I ' I I ' I . . ' I -11 I . I ' I I ' . ' I ' I a es o two, and Four were reproduced from the . S. Hers ey Memorial edition of The School lndustrinlistj

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MEMORIAL DEDICATION lvlilfon Snavely Hershey was born in a small, Dauphin Counfy, Derry Township farmhouse on Sepfember I3, l857. Here and on a farm in ad- joining Lancasfer Counfy he spenf his boyhood. As a young man his am- bifion led him fo seek his forfune in candy manufacfuring. Affer fwo failures he achieved success wifh a caramel facfory in Lancasfer. This business he sold for SI,000,000, wifh fhe infenfion of refiring fo fhe life of a genfleman farmer. Buf fhe sfafure of his characfer would nof per- mif a life of mere exisfence, and a few years lafer he sef up a facfory amid fhe cenfral Pennsylvania cornfields fo make a liffle chocolafe. His unshakable confidence and dogged persisfence assured his success. In I909, af fhe suggesfion of his beloved wife, Mr. Hershey founded The Hershey lndusfrial School and accepfed for admission four boys. Such a venfure as fhis, creafed fhrough fhe benevolence of such a man as ifs founder, could nof buf succeed. As his business grew, Mr. Hershey gave more and more fo his boys and in I9l8 furned over his enfire forfune of 360,000,000 fo fhe insfifufion. Today nearly 2500 orphan boys have been faken in, cared for, and properly frained in fhe ideals of good living. As long as he was able, Mr. Hershey himself supervised fhe adminis- frafion of our school - his greafesf pride. lf was always wifh our happi- ness or welfare in mind fhaf he made his decisions regarding H. I. S. His posifion as Chairman of fhe Board was fhe lasf office he gave up, and by fhaf fime he had fully provided for fufure adminisfrafion and manage- menf. His passing lasf fall was mourned by all who knew him or his accomplish- menfs. We especially, fhe benefacfors of his greafesf kindness, realize our loss. Buf his nafive benevolence and unselfishness have remained wifh us in spirif, an inseparable parf of fhis living monumenf which he creafed. If is fo fhe memory of our fosfer-fafher, Milfon S. Hershey, fhaf we, in humble grafifude and in a spirif of deep loyalfy, dedicafe our Acropolis.