Phillips High School - Phillipian Yearbook (Phillips, ME)

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In Memoriam LESTER F. BEAN Bmw MINRKIII 11, 1885 Dian Drsesmneu 31, 1944 Principal of Phillips Grammar School - Ianuary, 1911 to December, 1944 The Class of 1945 declicates this issue of The Phillipian in loving memory to our beloved Principal of Phillips Grammar School, Lester F. Bean, always our true guide and loyal friend.

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2 THE PHILLIPIAN ESTER F. BEAN, for more than thirty years Principal of Phillips Grammar School, passed away at his home in Phillips on Sunday morning, December 31. The entire community feels the loss of this faithful teacher whose influence upon the lives of its young people during this long period of years can never be measured. The scores of letters coming from all parts of the Country express the appreciation of his many boys and girls for the splendid founda- tion laid by him, which has meant so much in their higher education and -life work. Their accomplishments will ever be a monu- ment to him-his footprints in the sands of time. Mr. Bean received his education in the schools of East Bethel and was graduated from Gould Academy. His career as a teacher began when he was nineteen and continued for forty-one years of his life. The towns in Maine in which he had taught before coming to Phillips were Bethel, Wil- son's Mills, Princeton, Masardis, and North Vassalboro. 4 In his many years of service to Phillips he has had an almost perfect attendance record. Sickness and death in his family were his only excuses for absence. Here was a born teacher, an excellent disciplinarian-a man of sterling character. Mr. Bean has always taken a keen interest in the religious, civic, and social affairs of the community. The sentiments of Mr. Bean's boys and girls i' are expressed in the following: -Grammar School just doesn't seem the same to us 8th Grade boys and girls. We miss Mr. Beans welcoming smile and cheery Good morning, his distinct enunciation of words, his forceful It's all right this time but don't let it happen again. Yes, even his occasional well-deserved punishments which kept us in line. We find ourselves looking up even now half expecting to see him perched on a desk top, or leaning on the dictionary shelf, or softly approaching some unsuspecting fellow in the midst of his fool- ing. VVe shall be thankful all our lives that we were privileged to have him as our teacher two and a third years. We know the ground-work he gave us in Arithmetic and English will be of great value to us in our future studies. But more than from our school work we gained a thorough ground- work in good sportsmanship, fair play, and genial comradeship from Mr. Bean himself. How he despised a tattler or a fellow who would take advantage when his back was turned, and he taught us to dislike these things, too. VVe basketball boys miss his sitting in on our meetings. He was always so happy when we won. But win or lose, good sports- manship was what he wanted most from us. Now we wish he might be here to rejoice in our record so far this season, winning five out of six games. How proud he would have been of 'L his boys. Many of you were his boys, too, and you know just how we miss him here in P. G. S. I'm sure you will join with us in saying, U Mr. Bean was a good teacher, a good sport, and a good friend to all. The 8th Grade