Northeast High School - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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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

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MY FRIENDS THE CLASS OF lANUARY 1949 We stand at the crest of a century ot unparalleled mater1al progress wtth a standard of l1v1ng so h1gh as to be mcomparable w1th the other great natlons And yet we fmd ourselves restless apprehenswe and d1s1llus1oned We now know that the confhct of our t1mes 15 a war ot ldeas and that peace w1ll be made 1n the mlnds of men and not on battlehelds or 1n arsenals and ldClOF16S Our great strength does not he ln the tremendous output of our 1ndustr1es Rather IS 1t IH the ldeals ot our people ID the value we place on our Amencar way of hte Be consc1ous and proud ot your custody ot such a preclous herttage the doctr1ne ot the brotherhood of man Awaken to the sp1r1tual power that hes ID your hands the truth that man s 1nd1v1dual1ty IS 1nt1n1tely lrnportant the truth that the State IS an mstrument ot man and for man not tus master Let us have a resurgence of talth and ot works rooted IH a long and proven trad1t1on a moral awakenmg we can brmg to our people Then and only then can we use our magnlhcent powers tor a golden age of servlce and peace God grant you the strength ot character to help lead your generahon to such a destmy' Slncerely CHARLES A YOUNG four Q ni-:Cf Q, - .- -. V Q , . 1 . f 1 1 1 1 ' 1 W' 1 . L 1 , . . 1