Panzer College - Olympia Yearbook (East Orange, NJ)

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MARGARET C. BROWN Registrar and Assistant Director HERE are some people whose daily worth we feel so keenly and l gratefully that we jump at the opportunity to put into words some small expression of our appreciation. It is with a deep spirit of humility that we merely touch the edges of what we want to say. We appreciate her unending devotion that does not falter at anything we may do. We appreciate her understanding of all problems, an understanding that has enriched our school life and helped our growth. Above all, we appreciate the fine, keen intelligence and vision that can see beyond the immediate, present event, and can work for the future worth of us as individuals and teachers. Nothing we can do can repay Miss Brown wholly. They say, how- ever, we only learn by imitating. Let us hope, from the splendid ex- ample we have set before us, we can carry on to our pupils some small measure of the things Miss Brown has taught us. That would be success. .- a( 10 }i=-

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HENRY PANZER President •f T is with much pride and love that we write our appreciation of Mr. l Panzer. His kindHness, his shrewd, keen understanding of us, his great wealth of knowledge that with Miss Brown ' s, has made our school life so worthwhile, are all familiar aspects of Mr. Panzer to us. One of his greatest charms is his reserve — he does not blow his horn blatantly, as is the modern tendency. We are pleased to notice that others appreciate his great worth. The revised edition of his book that has been hailed so enthusiastically as one of the finest, soundest, most intelligently critical of its kind; his position in the Olympic contests have gratified us exceedingly, inasmuch as we realize how others appreciate what we already know. We feel that we have been deeply privileged to come into contact with a man of Mr. Panzer ' s caliber, both as a teacher and leader, and hope we may always prove worthy of the school and his name which it bears. ■4 9 )i -

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A MESSAGE •f THOUGHT I would write you a message, such as is customary from I 3. class advisor to a class that is graduating. But I find there is not much I have to say — there is no message I could give from the fruitful wisdom and experience of years. In a sense I have learned along with you; my disappointments and errors have been like yours, and my rewards the sudden, unexpected achievement of things well done, even as you have suddenly come upon your rewards. So you will pardon me if I seem to be didactic, and presume to give you the message of which I am surest. There is so much in our day that is cheap and tawdry, so much that is new and blatant. The hue and cry for progress has taken on in many cases, only the wild championship of the new fad to the utter disregard of things that have been tried and tested. And so it is necessary to keep one ' s head, and by that I do not mean to stop thinking, since change and growth are inevitable; but just the maintenance of a sense of proportion and a sense of intrinsic values. We must be broad-minded, but we must also preserve the integrity of our own judgments. May I thank you for all the kindnesses you have shown me this year, the unfailing, generous support of things I have suggested, and attempted; I have been made to feel one of you as well as one who stood from with- out. It is with deep appreciation I write this and the sincere hope that others will find you as generous, kindly and able as I have found you. SARAH D. FIELD. 4 11