Northeast High School - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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QSM EDITION of The Wresenfed 51 MANFRED MENDEL ARTHUR GRDFFMAN ca EDI raps IN 51-llEr 0 I' C JANUARY 1949

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When a man spends so much t1me at a t1ne 1hst1tut1on how can he help but become extremely attached to lto Such was the case w1th Docto Theodore S Rowland Dr Rowland devoted all of h1s llle to teachtng and most ot the txme he taught here at Northeast Dr Rowland was attached to Northeast' Those of us that wrtnessed the assembly rn wh1ch Dr Rowland othcrally announced h1s retrrement could te l and see that No drgnltary who has ever v1s1ted Northeast m all the past years so r1chly deserved the Senate Award as drd Dr Rowland when he rece1ved 1t at h1s last assembly Dr Rowland a natrve ot New York State and a graduate ot Cornell Un1vers1ty made h1s f1rst appearance at Northeast IH February ot l9l4 as a sclence teacher When Dr Stradlmg became prmcxpal Dr Rowland replaced htm as head of the scrence department Whrle teachrng Dr Rowland found trme to do tlve years ot graduate work at the Unrversrty ot Rennsylvama Dr Rowland s connectron w1th Northeast was 1nterrupted by promot1on to the pr1nc1palsh1p of the Grllespre lun1or H1gh School rn l929 and then to the Roxborough lunlor and S n1or Hrgh Schools tn l93O lt was IH l933 at Founders Day QXGFCIS s at Ursmus College that D Rowland recelved h1s Honorary Doctor s Degree Cn February 3 l9?2 Dr Rowland was appo1nted to the Pr1nc1palsh1p ot Northeast by the Board of Fducat1on h1s ottxce to become ettect1ve as of March l The mductron ot the new prmcrpal occur ed at a specral assembly ot the school on the morn1ng ot March l l937 From that trme on Dr Rowland has worked talthtully and unseltlshly rn the rnterests ot Northeast We cons1der Dr Rowland as 1ust about the pertect pr1nc1pal He was everythrng that could possrbly be asked ot a man m h1 protess1on He was sportsmanlrke he was honorable he was Just he was easrly approached yet not too tarmlrar Above all he was a gentleman and he endeavored to make every Northeaster a gentleman To htm our prlnctpal ard frlend we dedlc te tht book f f -Mr Tint ' ' i K' - -T' 1 Y 1 -T1 - Q . , Y - : : - . .I '- 1- : 1 - ' 'Y f- ' : .. -T1 1 A . -- 3 Q- -515. : '-5' '-:VP ' 5 3 -: A V . ' . ' r . . . , . . . . D . . V . - 1 1 Y, . . , . . , . . 1 . . . . Q , . . , s o . . 1 . Q . , X, , , . 1 F. . , , . , -. , , . 1 1 1 1 . , . X , I ,, , ' cl N 5 . - fi!!! t 'UQ 5' 4 s X WNW, 1, -5 , . , N , , H -N - 5 r Z Effie- as fl .3 . l Fl I ey- 1-f-1 if