Pingry School - Blue Book Yearbook (Elizabeth, NJ)

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ingry ROY R. SHREWSBURY English, Mathematics, Music New Englancl Conservatory of Musicg A.A.G.O.: Teacl1er's College, Columbia CHARLES B. ATWATER Mathematics and English Princeton B.A.g Teacheris College, Coumhia VICTOR A. DIEBOLT Business Subjects University of Pennsylvania R.S.g Montclair State TCZlCl1Cl',S College M.A. LAWRENCE E. STOKES Mathematics and Mechanical Drawing Colgate B.A.g Rutgers Efl.lVl. Page Eight .761 Ugg FRANCIS W. WEST Mathematics Princeton B.A.g T6HCll6f,S College, Columbia M.A. THEODORE L. MAYHEW French and Spanish Harvard B.A.g Columbia M.A. GEORGE G. GRIM Science, Mathematics ,lolln Hopkins B.S. EDWARD W. HATHAWAY Engish, History, Reading Bates College A.B.

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ingry OTHO L. VARS HEAD OF MIDDLE SCHOOL Arithmetic Alfred University, Pli .B. CASMIR A. FRANCE English Union College B.S.g Harvard C. ELLIOTT KNOKE Social Science University of Cincinnati, B.A.g New York Universityg Teachers' College, Columbia VINCENT L. LESNESKI Science and Physical Educa- tion Arnolrl College B.S.P.E. -L CLClfl,Ay GEORGE E. DIMOCK Latin and Greek Yale B.A., MHA., Pl1.D. DAVID B. BUFFUM History and Biology Harvard B.A.g Ed.lVl. ALBERT W. BOOTH Latin and English Harvard B.A. ABEL DeGRYSE French and German University of Louvain Belgium Page Seven

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caan. Intentionally, the 1944 BLUE BOOK has avoided a war theme or a preponderate emphasis on the effects which the war has inflicted upon school life. However, we feel obliged to mention briefly a few changes and consequences directly concerning our Pingry life which have resulted from the war and the exigency of preparing boys for service in the armed forces. Generally speaking, the tempo and tenor of studies have become accelerated and more rigid, and numerous activities have been curtailed. The first mid-winter graduation in Pingry's history took place on January 27, 1944, with 14 young men stepping out into college life or into participation in the ranks of American fighting men. The role of a secondary school in wartime is extremely vital and serious. Atten- tion has been focused upon subjects of immediate and pertinent wartime value. Mathe- matics and the Sciences have not been unduly emphasized, and Mr. Springer has at all times furnished his astute advice. An intensive physical training program in ac- cordance with Army and Navy requirements has been established. Military drill and its accompanying Mcommando coursei' have been instituted as features of the Athletic Department. The Pingry Service Flag lists almost 400 alumni serv- ing our country on the world-wide battlefields. The flag also bears the seven gold stars representing those men who have made the supreme sacrifice. We cannot express sufficient gratitude to our faculty, who have manifested magnificent devotion and patience in their ceaseless efforts to impart knowledge and mold a boy's character. Pingry's foundation of liberal education has been pre- served in this crisis, and the principal elements of instruction, plus the fundamentals of character- building, so intrinsic a part of Pingry training, have been maintained. These are critical days, and even more critical days lie ahead, when young citizens will answer the challenge and construct a new, enlightened world. We trust that the rudiments of the Pingry educa- tion and the Pingry spirit will be sustained in her sons. United States Army Official Photograph Public Relations Bureau