Morris High School - Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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Qlnlnnrl llnaeph A. Gnnlhrn Colonel Goulden was a genial gentleman, a loyal friend and an untiring public servant. As a private citizen and as a public ofhcial he was ever a potent friend of the schools. He greatly endeared himself to Morris teachers and pupilsg he shared the joy of our victories, both scholastic and athleticg he fre- quently graced our platform and cheered us with his kindly presence and he gave us substantial tokens of his affection. VVe cherish his memory. -F. C. W. 6

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Barwin Kung Earhmrll Darwin Long Bardwell died , as they say, on the sixth day of last September. Some High School pupils there may be who will not recognize the likeness of their former Superintendent, so quiet and modest was the man, so engrossing and responsible hiswork, so large and complex our educational world. But to all those who knew him-I believe to those who had been merely greeted by him-Mr. Bardwellls face and character will never be lost. For his character and his career are our legacy and will be the legacy of his pupils' pupils, to distant generations. What teacher can forget the visit to his class of this teacher of teachers, a man commanding in presence yet genial, confident in spirit yet tolerant, strict in judgment yet not school-bound, sagacious yet wise also, and sympathetic, of clear vision, progressive, and always kindly-disposed? And who has not felt, as this distinguished visitor left the room, a new stimulus and a higher resolve? It behts us, then, to make formal mention of ourappreciation of his swift and successful labors for the public schools and to note espe- cially our gratitude for his life, whose beginning, tho' humble, yet, by reason of high standards, strong convictions and hard, joyful work, as well as of unusual graces of mind and heart, developed into goodly promise, sound growth, widening experience, extraordinary activity and far-reaching, if not far-famed, accomplishment. No man can fully set forth the value of this life or bound its in- fluence. But we know that what we do is quickly done and simply said, while what we are is manifold, ever renewed and forever per- petuated. This was a life won in its early years to justice, reverence, courage, loyalty and also to friendliness, cheerfulness, hope. To the espousal of such virtues, in some service or other for the public weal, the life of Mr. Bardwell calls each and ever? OIR? 013 us. 5

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Uhr Hear at illllnrrin History is ever largely a continuation of old conditions, with just enough change to keep up the interestg and so it is at Morris. Two classes have left us within the year, yet are we never without a Senior Class, supporting the dignity and the scholarship of the school, and continuing the tradition of senior privilege. The first year has moved up, but the youngsters who fill their places are as numerous as they, and resemble them closely in length of trouser or of pigtail. The work and the play of the school sustain the ideals of Morris. Last term in the Latin Department did we not beat the State record, and in athletics have we not beaten Commerce? Yet there have been changes. VVe have showed our usual mag- nanimity toward Evander Childs, sending her Mr. Evans to raise us up rivals in Latin and football, our beloved lVIiss Thompson from the History Department, and llflrs. Van Santvoord, long mentor and friend to teachers and pupils alike. VVas there ever a more relentless exactor of reports and notes? Yet whoever saw Mrs. Van Santvoord lose her temper oyer our mistakes and forgetfulness, or found her too busy to answer our endless questions from her unfailing fund of information? We greet her warmly. Five members of the Faculty have resigned. bliss Graham had been with us only one term, Grace Vanderbilt Keyes and Birl E. Schultz, since 19113 while Mary Bourne Morse and Bessie Carleton were of the old regime. VVe miss them in a hundred ways, in class room, club and social life, and are only consoled for our loss by their gain. Mary Normile lVlacBain has left us the hope that she may return, and had we her own gift of expression we could more adequately word our gladness and our congratulations on her present enjoyment of woman's rights. But the faculty, like the student body, is constantly replenished, and we have already welcomed twelve members who were appointed in February, as well as those who so nobly came to our rescue in Sep- tember. On the physical side, Nlorris has finally acknowledged the principle that two bodies cannot occupy the same space at the same time, and has split into two sessions. They are not so widely separated that there is danger lest either forget the other. It must not be thought. however, that, like the amcrba, We can continue the process indefinite- ly. lncidentally, the Faculty have acquired a new Work and lunch room all their own. fApplause from the Facultyl Other changes, and the doings and hopes of all the days, are they not written on the hearts of the loyal members of Morris? -H. MACG. C. 7